Regional Controller

Regional Controller 

LOCATION: Avon / Ohio (US-OH), United States | BRAND: Bendix | REQUISITION ID: 6734 | JOB GRADE: 20  

| ON-SITE/REMOTE: On-site 

 

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JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Summary:

 

Serve as a key member of the team to oversee, manage and review the overall financial assessment in operations, consulting with leadership for the purpose of improving Operation Excellence and improving the Cost Deployment function. In addition, this position is leading in strengthening the operations, sales financial analysis, and R&D while improving processes to improve performance and achieve business objectives.

 

Essential Functions:

 

• Drive cross functional (non-Finance) engagement to harmonize alignment between Sales, R&D and Operations assumptions/activities.
• Drive and support finance activities including decision-making support for various business processes including budgeting, forecasting, and strategic business imperatives   
• Lead planning activities and connection / alignment on key planning assumptions and activities.
• Drive and oversee strengthening the processes and systems supporting R&D Planning activities with capitalizing on PMO / Agile activities. 
• Drive / strengthen processes and systems supporting Operations Planning and capitalizing Operational Controller activities.
• Drive financial support to business stakeholders; provide insights, information, and key performance indicators along with supporting decision making.
• Responsible for monitoring financial performance, analyzing, and interpreting operating results, investigating variances and unusual items; and evaluating their effect on operations.
• Provide leadership accurate and timely financial and operational insights.
• Act as the key interface with Business Leaders and central functional stakeholders to support various planning / reporting activities.
• Provide a comprehensive evaluation of Cost Deployment projects to enable an effective allocation of capital resources for Operations/Function. 
• Oversee and collaborate with plant operations on the financial review and make recommendations on methods to increase profits through cost and expense reductions, other improvements and improve financial performance.
• Drive the Operations/functional financial planning process for monthly forecast, annual budgeting, and five-year strategic plan. 
• Provide leadership through effective communication and support.

 

Knowledge:

• Extensive understanding of financial concepts including financial statement analysis, accounting, budgeting, profitability analysis, and standard costing methodologies
• Solid understanding of the drivers of the business (i.e., industry volume patterns, specific customer products, customer/market mix, etc.)
• Ability to connec