Senior Manager Financial Planning and Analysis (m/f/d)

Role: Senior Manager Financial Planning and Analysis (m/f/d)

Location: Allendorf, Gelsenkirchen, Georgsmarienhütte, Wildau, Forstinning, Hamburg, Leipzig or Heppenheim, Kontral-Münchingen, Frankfurt, Germany (hybrid)

Full/ Part-time: full time

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Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do.

Each day, the team at Carrier is working to meet some of the most unique and exciting global challenges in heating and air conditioning.  In order to continue to maintain our role as a global leader, we are always looking for talented, ambitious individuals to join us. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to develop your finance career, then we have a great opportunity for you.

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

• Oversee the reporting of accurate and timely financial information for the HVAC Europe Segment.
• Direct month-end close process, monthly forecast, and annual plan process. Monitor financial performance by measuring and analyzing results and initiating corrective actions.
• Act as key finance business partner and work closely with business management and operations to drive working capital and cash flow improvements.
• Transform the HVAC Europe Segment FP&A process
• drive a culture that embraces strives for continuous improvement, including Carrier policies and procedures.
• Regularly review / analyze key performance trends (orders, backlog, market growth, share, sales, margins, etc…) to understand and communicate risk and opportunities of the business.
• Review new business proposals including capital investments and provide recommendations
• Measure, track, and help drive productivity savings across the organization.
• Provide technical, financial subject matter expertise to the business leadership team.
• Lead a team of finance professionals. Help develop the team through performance feedback and coaching on an on-going basis.

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of financial analysis techniques, budgeting/forecasting processes, financial/cost analysis.
• Ability to analyze large amounts of data and output it into an understandable format easily communicated to others.
• Strong communication/ interpersonal skills with the ability to present his or her recommendations effectively and drive actionable results in the organization
• Proven track record of establishing a strategic business partner relationship with general management and functional leaders of a multi-divisional organization
• Ability to quickly identify new and innovative processes and ways to work faster and simpler.
• Proven ability to delegate, execute with speed and exhibit a bias for action mindset to meet reporting deadlines.
• Ability to think outside the box, innovate, take risks, and implement progressive sustainable solutions.
• Strong ability to lead and develop diverse teams to achieve high-performance levels in a dynamic, changing environment.
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