Senior Finance Manager

   Take full responsibility for the timely and accurate (program) reporting of financial results

·      Full compliance with local and US GAAP accounting rules, where applicable

·      Adherence to JCI procedures

·      Full SOX compliance

·      Achieve FY Profit Plan financial targets

·      Guarantee compliance with JCI procedures for all Team / Group Members

·      Set-up of Team Structure to support above

·      Manage, motivate and develop Team Members

·      Ensure the timely reporting of key financial information

·      Ensure ethical and accounting principle compliance

·      Ensure that external partners (e.g. PWC) and regional partners receive accurate and on-time information

·      Drives efficiency savings via  sharing of best practices

·      Deliver department's continuous improvement savings

·      Establish clear objectives for performance and quality across all Corporate / BU Finance departments

·      Ensure complete, accurate and timely processing of daily transactional volume

·      Monitor the performance and quality of the accounting activities performed by the accounting team based on agreed measurables (KPI´s)  plus initiate timely reaction to any missed KPI targets

·  B    BA/ MBA degree in economics graduated in business administration/ management especially accounting, finance, controlling
·         7 years experience in financial and business management
·         Minimum 3 years as Finance Manager operational and strategic involvement
·         US-GAAP-Experience
·         Finance Analysis
·         (MS-Office,  SAP/Oracle  & HFM experience)
·         Professional accountancy Qualification such as, CPA, CIMA, ACCA, ACA required (or in process of obtaining the certification).
·         Strong Accounting background and accuracy
·         Fluent in English, knowledge of Spanish, German, and / or French a plus