Financial Controller

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!