Finance Director, Global Software Solutions (GSS)

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At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Finance Director, Global Software Solutions (GSS)-Carmel, IN (Onsite)

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position. 

Job Summary:

Role and purpose

• Lead and oversee the Finance function for the global software segment, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial management and reporting across multiple states / countries and legal entities with varying regulatory environments.

• Challenge the status quo on management reporting to ensure financial statements attribute performance effectively and reflect the value provided by the business unit.

• Act as a strategic business partner and key member within the GSS leadership team with specific emphasis on supporting business unit general management to drive profitable growth, extract returns on investments made, and appraise further investment opportunities, organic and inorganic, across a wide geography.

• Play a key financial and strategic partnering role in the identification, appraisal, execution and integration of acquisition targets in line with capital allocation plans.

• Provide leadership and development to a small team fostering collaboration with finance counterparts in other segments, high performance, and continuous improvement.

• Ensure compliance with local statutory requirements, internal controls, and corporate governance standards, including SOX and other relevant frameworks.

• Act as a key driver in the continuing adoption and / or continuous improvement of financials systems and processes including but not limited to acquisitions.

What You Will Do:

• Lead the development, consolidation, and analysis of budgets, forecasts, and short and long-range plans (AOP, LRP), ensuring robust, accurate, and actionable financial objectives and investment plans.

• Analyze trends and results in the context of market and competitive data and internally agreed benchmarks; recommend and implement corrective actions to achieve financial goals and drive business results. 

• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure financial reporting and controls are appropriate, based on GAAP and applicable Financial Corporate Accounting Policies (FICAP).

• Ensure accurate appraisal, interpretation, and analysis of financial results, providing clear justification and executive-level summaries of AOP, forecasts, R&O, and LRP.

• Collaborate closely with BU leadership and finance counterparts to gather insights, validate assumptions, and align financial strategies with operational plans.

• Partner with leadership on long-range strategies for software development and commercialization, including preparation of business cases and scenario analyses.

• Translate complex financial information into concise, high-level executive summaries and presentations for senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Oversee M&A activities, including financial and operational due diligence, integration planning and post-merger implementation to ensure seamless value capture and alignment with strategic objectives. 

• Monitor working capital, and software capitalization and the associated headcount investments, identifying any cost overruns and / or, delayed milestone achievements, recommending corrective action and performance improvements where appropriate.

• Oversee monthly reporting and including bridges and variance analysis.

• Lead and present monthly financial reviews (MOR, QBR), ensuring both detailed analysis and high-level executive takeaways are tailored based on the audience.

• Review, develop and partner on forecasts, capital investment, and business case proposals.

• Collaborate with finance and business senior leadership teams to translate strategic objectives into actionable financial plans and measurable outcomes.

• Lead the development and implementation of analytical tools and data to support revenue growth and margin improvement.

• Provide project support for cross-functional initi