Finance Director, Europe

At Johnson Controls, the finance team partners closely with leadership to support business performance, sound decision-making, and disciplined financial control. This role is focused on business partnering, P&L management, forecasting, reporting, and counselling management on a wide range of financial and operational issues.

This is a senior finance leadership role responsible for helping drive business results across Europe in line with long-term objectives. You will work with management to improve financial performance, strengthen control, and support the achievement of targets across the business.

• Partner with leadership to drive business results and improve actual financial performance against the operating plan.
• Control financial results in line with long-term business objectives and support achievement of performance targets.
• Provide direction, training, and counselling to management on a wide variety of business and financial issues.
• Develop and review monthly financial results and business metrics for product lines and the wider business.
• Proactively identify future opportunities, barriers, and corrective actions, then implement them or escalate them for management action.
• Support monthly management reporting, analysis, sales tracking, and reporting.
• Prepare financial material for operations reviews as well as global reporting requirements.
• Support the business planning and forecasting process and review plans for alignment with business objectives, market opportunities, and execution capability.
• Develop effective control procedures where needed and monitor compliance with Corporate and Division procedures.
• Monitor and report engineering, product, and technology spending performance.
• Support Sales Finance activities, including sales forecasting, tracking, and reporting.
• Support the development and enhancement of IT financial and business systems.
• Drive the integration of financial analysis, business support, internal controls, and financial systems across multiple acquisitions to create a single finance support model.
• Provide oversight across General Accounting/Record to Report, Order to Cash, and Procure to Pay functions.
• Work with shared services leadership to move finance support activities into an SSC model.
• Support acquisition and divestiture business cases and financial analysis to ensure opportunities meet financial expectations.
• Ensure contract management policies are followed and review and approve large contracts.
• Drive cash management for reporting units and align with the EMEALA Cash Management office.
• Work with Corporate Tax and Statutory Finance to improve legal entity structure.
• Drive and support Finance Transformation activities in the region.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting.
• Minimum of ten years of broad financial experience across all aspects of business control.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and management.
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills with strong problem-solving capability.
• Familiarity with IT systems as they relate to financial functions and operational areas.
• Experience working in a complex multinational organisation.
• Willingness to travel.

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