Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.
We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?
Position Overview
Step into a pivotal role where your analytical skills drive impact across Hunter Douglas’ People function. Lead budgeting, forecasting, and Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) governance, track people-related costs, and maintain master data integrity across HRIS, Payroll, and EPM systems. Partner with Finance and HR to deliver insights, optimise performance, and support organisational change initiatives while building expertise at the intersection of people, finance, and operations.
What you'll do
- Lead the People cost planning cycle, including annual budget, forecasts, and monthly performance reviews.
- Own and track Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) across People cost lines, ensuring discipline and transparency.
- Analyse cost variances with Finance, identify risks, and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop and maintain People cost dashboards (headcount costs, run-rate analysis, vacancy impact, productivity).
- Maintain workforce master data integrity across HRIS, Payroll, and EPM systems; ensure a single source of truth.
- Support organisational change initiatives from a cost and governance perspective.
- Oversee employment contract changes, variations, and structural adjustments in line with policy.
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation initiatives to enhance operational efficiency.
Who you are
- 3+ years’ experience in Finance, HR, Business Analytics, Performance Management, or Business Operations.
- Strong financial modelling, forecasting, and analytical skills; advanced Excel skills (Power Query/modeling a plus).
- Experience with financial planning tools or EPM systems.
- High attention to detail with strong governance discipline and audit-ready mindset.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, able to influence and challenge confidently.
- Commercial mindset, proactive, and solutions-focused.
- Thrives in a dynamic environment and enjoys turning data into actionable insights.
What's in it for you
- Hybrid Work
- Opportunity to work in a highly collaborative HR team within a growing organisation
- Exposure to HR systems, workforce analytics, and cost governance processes
- The chance to contribute to process improvement and automation initiatives that shape how we work
Please note, all offers presented to candidates are carefully crafted to ensure market competitiveness, equity, and reflect the individual candidate’s education, experience, skills and potential.
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Skills Required
- 3+ years experience in HR Operations or a Finance-related role
- Comfortable working with HR systems (especially Oracle)
- Strong Excel and reporting capability
- High attention to detail with focus on accuracy
- Organised and able to manage multiple tasks
- Strong stakeholder communication skills
- Process-oriented with a mindset for improvement
- Professional when handling confidential information
Hunter Douglas, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hunter Douglas, Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by Hunter Douglas, Inc..
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and an EAP are widely available with multiple health plan options. Benefits are often characterized as decent to good and can include wellness programs in at least one division.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is consistently highlighted and regarded positively. Use of formal benefits portals and third‑party administrators underscores structured retirement support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays and vacation/PTO are standard, with parental/family leave available. Some divisions also call out added perks alongside the core time‑off suite.
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What We Do
Hunter Douglas offers premium, intelligent window fashions that beautifully transform natural light and enhance your home's interiors. Our products are thoughtfully engineered to craft your perfect light, and many designs offer additional energy efficiency and child safety benefits. A versatile product portfolio and broad selection of innovative operating systems—including advanced automation—allow you to effortlessly choose the look you desire and how your window treatments function.
