Full-time Finance Director, Johnson Controls

01What you will do

At Johnson Controls, the finance team partners closely with leadership to support business performance, sound decision-making, and disciplined financial control. This role is focused on business partnering, P&L management, forecasting, reporting, and counselling management on a wide range of financial and operational issues.

This is a senior finance leadership role responsible for helping drive business results across Europe in line with long-term objectives. You will work with management to improve financial performance, strengthen control, and support the achievement of targets across the business.

02How You Will Do It

Partner with leadership to drive business results and improve actual financial performance against the operating plan.

Control financial results in line with long-term business objectives and support achievement of performance targets.

Provide direction, training, and counselling to management on a wide variety of business and financial issues.

Develop and review monthly financial results and business metrics for product lines and the wider business.

Proactively identify future opportunities, barriers, and corrective actions, then implement them or escalate them for management action.

Support monthly management reporting, analysis, sales tracking, and reporting.

Prepare financial material for operations reviews as well as global reporting requirements.

Support the business planning and forecasting process and review plans for alignment with business objectives, market opportunities, and execution capability.

Develop effective control procedures where needed and monitor compliance with Corporate and Division procedures.

Monitor and report engineering, product, and technology spending performance.

Support Sales Finance activities, including sales forecasting, tracking, and reporting.

Support the development and enhancement of IT financial and business systems.

Drive the integration of financial analysis, business support, internal controls, and financial systems across multiple acquisitions to create a single finance support model.

Provide oversight across General Accounting/Record to Report, Order to Cash, and Procure to Pay functions.

Work with shared services leadership to move finance support activities into an SSC model.

Support acquisition and divestiture business cases and financial analysis to ensure opportunities meet financial expectations.

Ensure contract management policies are followed and review and approve large contracts.

Drive cash management for reporting units and align with the EMEALA Cash Management office.

Work with Corporate Tax and Statutory Finance to improve legal entity structure.

Drive and support Finance Transformation activities in the region.

03What we look for

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting.

Minimum of ten years of broad financial experience across all aspects of business control.

Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and management.

Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills with strong problem-solving capability.

Familiarity with IT systems as they relate to financial functions and operational areas.

Experience working in a complex multinational organisation.

Willingness to travel.

04Preferred

• MBA or CMA qualification.
• Prior experience as a Senior Financial Controller/Manager.
• Familiarity with HFM consolidation software.
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