About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager of FP&A supporting the $5B revenue HVAC Europe segment and reporting to the Director of FP&A of the Europe Segment. There will be a high level of visibility to this role as it will interact with all key leaders for Commercial HVAC, RLC EMEA (Viessmann, Riello, Toshiba), and Carrier Innovation Technologies.
This position will own traditional FP&A activities (P&L, working capital, and cash functions and provide support to leadership in various strategic initiatives) along with the need to provide financial guidance to business unit leadership to achieve annual financial performance targets and supporting the development of accurate and timely forecasts and annual plans. The responsibility to transform the entire HVAC Europe Segment FP&A organization moving from a decentralized and descaled process to a more centralized and scaled will be crucial as well. This will include but not be limited to standardizing all reporting, coordination with WHQ FP&A, and setting up and transitioning to low-cost CoEs. It will include aspects of Viessmann integration towards Carrier’s financial operating model.
Job Description
1. Oversee the reporting of accurate and timely financial information for the HVAC Europe Segment.
2. Direct month-end close process, monthly forecast, and annual plan process. Monitor financial performance by measuring and analyzing results and initiating corrective actions.
3. Act as key finance business partner and work closely with business management and operations to drive working capital and cash flow improvements.
4. Transform the HVAC Europe Segment FP&A process
5. drive a culture that embraces strives for continuous improvement, including Carrier policies and procedures.
6. Regularly review / analyze key performance trends (orders, backlog, market growth, share, sales, margins, etc…) to understand and communicate risk and opportunities of the business.
7. Review new business proposals including capital investments and provide recommendations
8. Measure, track, and help drive productivity savings across the organization.
9. Provide technical, financial subject matter expertise to the business leadership team.
10. Lead a team of finance professionals. Help develop the team through performance feedback and coaching on an on-going basis.
Requirements:
11. Strong knowledge of financial analysis techniques, budgeting/forecasting processes, financial/cost analysis.
12. Ability to analyze large amounts of data and output it into an understandable format easily communicated to others.
13. Strong communication/ interpersonal skills with the ability to present his or her recommendations effectively and drive actionable results in the organization
14. Proven track record of establishing a strategic business partner relationship with general management and functional leaders of a multi-divisional organization
15. Ability to quickly identify new and innovative processes and ways to work faster and simpler.
16. Proven ability to delegate, execute with speed and exhibit a bias for action mindset to meet reporting deadlines.
17. Ability to think outside the box, innovate, take risks, and implement progressive sustainable solutions.
18. Strong ability to lead and develop diverse teams to achieve high-performance levels in a dynamic, changing environment.
19. Exposure to Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), SAP, and Microsoft Office products.
Benefits:
We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees and enhancing our programs when necessary.
20. High growth potential
21. International development opportunities
22. A secure job in a growing and global company
23. Contact with the executives in Carrier
Our commitment to you
Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is .