Finance Director

What you will do 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. How You Will Do It - 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. What we look for Required - 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. Preferred - MBA or CMA qualification. - Prior experience as a Senior Financial Controller/Manager. - Familiarity with HFM consolidation software.