Finance Manager - Lifecycle Services, North America

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Job Description

The Finance Manager - Lifecycle Services, North America is a direct report to the Lifecycle Services Finance Director. The position will oversee a team of 5 direct reports and will be responsible for the financial management of the North American Lifecycle Services (LCS) P&L. In addition, he/she will provide business decision support to the Regional Vice President, Lifecycle Services North America and the entire North American Lifecycle leadership team.

More specific responsibilities include:

• Financial management for the North American LCS P&L entails business decision support, guidance and oversight of the FP&A processes, reporting, and internal controls.
• It is key to maximize the time spent in this role on business decision support.
• Responsibilities for this role will include to review and analyze operating results, and through his/her understanding of the results and identified risks and opportunities, recommend actions to the business partner and leadership team to improve overall operational and financial performance.
• Work with the Global Analytics & Insights team to ensure meaningful business data and analysis is being provided to the various business partners that helps improve decision making and financial performance.
• Ensure predictability of financial results by establishing and driving an effective AOP and quarterly forecasting process
• The Finance Manager - Lifecycle Services, North America, will look beyond the P&L, and provide insight on how to optimize field engineer utilization and project delivery cash flow optimization.
• He/she will work with the North America LCS leadership team to identify, review, select and implement productivity opportunities and programs.
• Provide leadership, direction and support in establishing, maintaining and enforcing proper internal control policies and procedures for the multiple product offerings covered within this scope of responsibility.
• Work on any special projects, including potential acquisitions, as assigned by the LCS Leadership Team or Lifecycle Services Director of Finance

Key Competencies & Other Skills:

• Strategic outlook with the ability to operate as a "change agent" to help establish the newly combined LCS finance organization
• Proven business partner and expert problem solver; Sorts through complex issues and makes sound recommendations
• Self-starter who seeks out opportunities for improvement and drives recommendations and solutions to closure.
• Willingness to challenge the status quo in order to enhance productivity, processes and procedures
• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills capable of interacting with staff, peers and senior leadership
• Self-Confident - inspires confidence in others
• Prior experience in analyzing, forecasting, and planning a P&L
• Working knowledge of SAP and IFS
• Knowledge of US GAAP, reporting, corporate governance and other statutory requirements including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Exposure to finance function activities in a global engineering delivery organization
• Ability to prioritize and delegate tasks
• An impeccable sense of integrity and business ethics
• Cultural sensitivity
• Intellectually curious, driving for continued self-development
• Personal qualities which include being a results oriented, bright, resourceful, service driven finance professional who is capable of managing multiple tasks in a time sensitive environment while remaining even tempered

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting or related
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification / License: MBA or CPA a plus
• Typically requires a minimum of eight years of progressive finance and/or accounting experience is required with a FP&A or General Accounting emphasis
• The ability to work collaboratively across the global finance organization to execute projects, drive standardization and enhance efficiencies
• A background supporting a global engineering delivery organization, while not required, is preferred

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

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