Controller (M/F)

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Hiring Remotely in Gauteng
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The Role
Lead financial control and compliance activities including SOX management, internal and statutory audits, balance sheet review, account reconciliations, intercompany dispute resolution, and support EMEA/Global reporting. Coach and develop the finance team and serve as finance reference for business leaders.
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Date Posted:

2025-12-10

Country:

South Africa

Location:

17 Angus Crescent, Gauteng

At Otis, we move billions of people every day!

How? Through our talented Team of more than 72,000 employees, who are passionate about what we do and what’s next.

From our foundation of excellent products (escalators, elevators and moving walkways), to our next chapter of digital transformation, this is a great time to join our Company!

On a typical day you will:

  • Ensure control and policy compliance. Strengthen the control environment, lead processes improvements to enhance controls and standardization.

  • Responsible for internal audit plan completion in branches and subsidiaries.

  • Management of SOX requirements. Issue resolution.

  • Responsible for actuals accuracy. Review of Balance Sheet. Compliance with USGAAP accounting rules. Provide guidance on procedures, accounting standards. Preparation and review of closing One timers/Policy deviations. Ensure quality account reconciliations are completed in time.

  • Own quarterly representation letter process. Litigation assessment.

  • Support Statutory and Group audits. Review local S2G. 

  • Enhance approval matrix and support workflows, approving operations according to matrix. Ensure pr

  • EMEA and Global requirements.

  • Management of intercompany disputes for resolution.

  • Coach and lead the team in benefit of their professional development.

  • oper SGD. Comply with system access review plan.

  • Support Finance and Business leaders, participate in Committees and stand as a reference in the organization.  

  • Ensure proper and timely answer to EMEA and Global requirements.

  • Management of intercompany disputes for resolution.

  • Coach and lead the team in benefit of their professional development.

What You Will Need to be Successful:

Economics or Business master degree required, MBA or Master of Accounting preferred

  • Fluent English knowledge

  • Strong knowledge of US GAAP

  • Strong background in auditing, financial control, accounting, analysis and reporting

  • 5+ years of total accounting/finance professional experience.

  • Pace, autonomy, strong organization and interpersonal skills to work collaboratively

What can we offer you?

  • The chance to work for an industry leading company and a global brand.

  • A culture that encourages innovation and appreciates our talent is the key to our success.

  • Competitive compensation package.

  • Growth opportunities in a multinational environment.

  • Continuous training

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day. 

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.  

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.  

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.  

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.   

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do.  We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here.  

Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext! 

Otis is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other protected class according to applicable law. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

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The Company
Fairfield, NJ
22,636 Employees
Year Founded: 1853

What We Do

At Otis, we are dedicated to connecting you to the people and places that matter. For over 160 years, we’ve continually reinvented the way our passengers move through the urban world with industry-leading elevators, escalators and moving walkways.

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