Financial Controller
Job type: | Permanent |
Industry: | Manufacturing |
Expertise: | Finance & Accounting |
Salary: | 200-250k |
Job published: | 12/9/2024 |
Job ID: | V-42453-1 |
JacksonGrant Executive is delighted to support a world-class automotive company in their search for a skilled Financial Controller. This pivotal role will oversee financial activities across R&D programs and plant operations, ensuring data accuracy, optimizing profitability, and maintaining compliance with financial policies. It offers an exciting opportunity to make a direct impact on operational efficiency and the company’s financial success.
Responsibilities:
Financial Compliance & Procedures
- Develop, execute, and manage internal finance procedures, including spending authorization, ensuring alignment with company policies
- Ensure plant operations adhere to finance-related procedures, covering product flow, inventory, and internal controls
Reporting & Financial Forecasting
- Lead financial forecasting, budgeting, and reporting processes, ensuring data reliability and consistency
- Manage standard costing, variance and margin analyses, budgetary control, and monitor changes in sales and purchasing prices
Program Controlling
- Oversee program budgets and cash flow, ensuring alignment with company financial goals and compliance with controlling procedures
- Support profitability improvement initiatives, perform financial analyses, and manage forecasting and budget validation for programs
Business Partnership
- Act as a financial partner to plant and engineering management, providing recommendations for action plans to achieve operational goals
- Drive productivity improvements, optimize cash flow, and increase financial awareness among operational teams
Collaboration with Shared Services
- Partner with the Shared Service Center to validate financial data and facilitate information exchange with internal and external auditors
Leadership Expectations
- Collaborate in setting short- and long-term objectives for the plant, fostering an entrepreneurial mindset
- Take ownership of financial outcomes and empower team members to make decisions within their scope of responsibility
- Develop the controlling team, ensuring strong internal controls and compliance
- Promote ethical practices, integrity, and accountability in all financial and operational activities
Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Engineering
- Experience: 8 years in finance, including plant-level controlling experience in manufacturing or industrial environments
- Skills: Proficiency with industrial systems; SAP and automotive industry knowledge are advantageous. Strong accounting expertise, business insight, teamwork skills, and fluency in English
This is a unique opportunity to lead critical financial functions within a globally recognized automotive company. If you are passionate about driving financial excellence and contributing to operational success, apply today!