Finance Director- RLCS

Date Posted:

2023-01-11-08:00

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CAI23: Carrier-Indianapolis, IN 7310 W Morris St, Indianapolis, IN, 46231 USA

Carrier is a leading global provider of innovative HVAC, refrigeration, fire, security, and building automation technologies leading to safer, smarter, sustainable, and high-performance buildings. Carrier's businesses enable modern life by delivering efficiency, safety, security, comfort, productivity, and sustainability across a wide range of residential, commercial, and industrial applications.

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! Carrier is actively recruiting for a Director, Finance for the Residential HVAC Business to join the team in Indianapolis IN. We are seeking a motivated, analytical, self-starter, to contribute to our continued legacy of financial strength.

About the Role:

The successful candidate must be comfortable in a high-performing, fast-paced environment and can adapt quickly to produce meaningful outcomes, with integrity and commitment to quality. The successful candidate must have a strong understanding of managing and supporting sales and marketing functions, while embracing continuous improvement as we evolve our operating model and position the business for rapid growth. This role balances leadership skills with analytical and technical skills. The role will have ownership of the processes for budgeting, forecasting, closing, program management and sales and marketing support and reporting for the business including the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow. The role oversees a team of ten financial professionals.

The successful candidate will implement and drive financial processes to maximize the quality of financial reporting and strategic decision making. This role provides guidance to functional and operational leaders on key financial issues and decisions and works with local and shared service finance teams spanning multiple functions including accounting, engineering, supply chain and operations.

Responsibilities:

• Financial business partner to Residential General Manager
• Oversee the reporting of accurate and timely financial information of a $4B Residential HVAC business
• Lead a team of 13 finance professionals of various levels. Recruit and develop this team through performance feedback and coaching on an ongoing basis
• Partner with Operations and SIOP to drive financial performance, strategic decision making, and operational aspects of the business.
• Provide financial council on new and existing business strategies - inclusive of sales, warranty, engineering, and digital opportunities
• Responsible for directing the month end close, monthly forecast and annual plan process. Monitor financial performance by measuring and analyzing results, initiating corrective actions, and minimizing the impact of variances.
• Regularly reviews key performance trends (SG&A, RD&E, discretionary spend, operational expenses, etc.).
• Oversee significant financial reserve analysis on a monthly and quarterly basis and recommend process enhancements to drive further visibility and predictability to financial results
• Support senior leadership presentations including quarterly business reviews, board of directors material and other ad hoc presentations
• Develop financial strategies by anticipating resource needs, staffing requirements while developing operational plans to successfully execute
• Provides technical financial subject matter expertise to business leadership team
• Prepares ad hoc analysis and investigations as requested by leadership
• Be vocal in driving an ethical culture in support of Carrier policies and procedures
• Drive a culture that embraces and strives for continuous improvement

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts or Science Degree in Finance
• Minimum of 12 years of Finance experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA
• Strong FP&A experience
• Solid People Leader experience
• Experience in Manufacturing industry (Finance)
• Strong communication skills with 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
• Strong knowledge of financial analysis techniques, budgeting/forecasting processes, financial/cost analysis
• Expert analytical and spreadsheet development skills, along with prior advanced knowledge of financial consolidation systems and Excel
• Ability to analyze large amounts of data and output into an understandable format that is easily communicated to others
• Solid interpersonal skills, including ability/desire to communicate (verbal and written) and collaborate across all functions and organization levels
• 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 levels of performance in a dynamic, changing environment
• Exposure to Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), SAP, and Microsoft Office products

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