Sr Finance Manager

Honeywell Building Automation is a $6 billion global business that is increasing the productivity of people at work, and the safety, security and energy efficiency of our buildings and industrial plants around the world.

This role will support the META business with oversight to India/ROA and China. Provide leadership and analysis support to the ISC operations leadership teams and the ISC Finance Leader to create increased visibility into operational strategy and performance with the goal of driving speed, quality, and cost efficiency. Additionally, this role will encourage a continuous drive on productivity and necessary return on investments, while ensuring strong controllership and compliance. The role’s main responsibilities are leading the ISC finance team in Business Partnering with the site leaders & influencing all activities at the sites to achieve its financial objectives. The role will actively partner with the ISC FP&A team as well as business FP&A teams. This role will lead a team of Americas site finance leaders and FP&A support as well as provide work direction to Site Finance team. This role reports to the BA ISC CFO and dotted line to META CFO.

You will also develop/maintain standard reporting and MOS focused on productivity / spend performance and working capital (inventory / payables) and other required functional support to the ISC leadership teams, and all leadership touch points throughout the month. Planning and estimating will also be a key support area involving establishing the standard calendars, development of the necessary tools as well as coordination between the business and ISC teams on target alignment.

Principal Responsibilities:

1. Drive financial performance in the META, India/ROA and China portfolio

• Lead efforts across the sites for robust productivity pipelines, cost containment actions, and driving accountability to targeted commitments
• Support the identification of recovery / mitigation plans to improve performance
• Support the business to achieve overall operating income performance
• Drive working capital improvement across the sites via robust project pipelines and execution of key activities to reduce inventory and increase payables

2.   Provide key support and transparency to the business & ISC leadership team

• Provide key reports and analysis to the META, India/ROA and China leadership, FP&A and ISC Finance Leaders on current performance metrics, future forecasts and associated risks and opportunities
• Assess opportunities for portfolio/site rationalization where it makes sense and present this information to leadership
• Provide leadership for investment decision making via financial validation and cost benefit analysis
• Leadership for the STRAP, AOP, SRO and forecasting processes
• Lead and support ad-hoc projects as required

3.   Team leadership and coaching

• Ensure financial leaders are exercising strong leadership for their sites and providing the necessary support to drive performance
• Drive COO mentality for the team and provide coaching and direction where required
• Building a strong pipeline of talent to ensure smooth succession planning and hand off

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• English proficiency
• 10+ years of accounting/finance experience with increasing responsibility
• 1+ years of experience leading a team of direct reports

WE VALUE

• Significant financial systems and reporting experience 
• Experience developing forecasts and operating plans 
• Exceptional analytical skills, linking results to drivers 
• Direct communication with clarity at all levels 
• Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills 
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, and assertive individual. 
• The ability to make consistent and timely decisions 
• The ability to quickly identify subtle patterns among issues .
• Proficiency in Hyperion, Oracle, and SAP systems