Head of Controlling, BA AM, North America

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT  The Head of Controlling monitors all financial aspects of BA AM Segment Americas. He/she monitors financial performance, steers improvement activities to maximize sustainable profitability, supports customer groups to make adequate business decisions, and challenges costs and spendings, responsible for quotes, sales price controlling and R&D controlling related to Segment Americas.Key Responsibilities:Central Controlling:▪ Steers annual planning processes, inclusive of 5-year strategic planning, budgets and monthly forecasts for the BU, ensuring integrity and plausibility of all included alternatives.

▪ Prepares monthly financial reports for BA, Segment, and Customer Groups, including variation analyses to initiate countermeasures. 

▪ Approves personnel request and capital investments according to corporate guidelines and authorization of signatures (VR11). 

Ensures working capital positions generate positive cash flow. Specific asset management of inventory and accounts receivable levels.

Initiates action plans to improve profitability with local management (sales and production entities) as well as central management including follow-up.

Responsible for financial analysis of startup projects (ex: expansion or new plants)Business Controlling:▪ Provides financial input for Quotes, eCR requests, PCC’s - Supporting cost breakdown discussions (Customer specific + Compliance with Conti standards)

▪ Steers Target Costing activities - Develop market-based cost targets for key components, and supports Cost reduction projects (CRP)

▪ Coordinates Region-based business case analysis (regional roadmap profitability evaluation)

▪ Supports Customer Group providing alignment on pricing and balancing of cost targetsGlobal Account Controlling:▪ Performs CuPA analysis (customer profitability, outlet profitability), warranty management

▪ Supports Customer Groups with SPV Management, Pricing accrual calculations for all locations in region, Customer deductions validations, and Sales price updates in SAP

▪ Builds and Consolidates P&L and 5-year plans

▪ Verifies and checks sales forecasts for all Customer Groups, considering market opportunities, sales trends, production capacity and inventories, including feedback to all relevant organizations (markets, plant operations).Operational Controlling:▪ Plant focused, warehouse controlling (if required), including ICO Costing, Weekly Tracking, Budget, FC, Actual Reporting FIRE & SAP and PE ICO analysis

▪ Supports Plant Cost structure analysis (for the Segment EU)

▪ Monitors spending of Expansion and/ or Greenfield Projects

▪ Supports financial infrastructure setup of Expansion and/ or Greenfield ProjectsR&D / Project Controlling:▪ Performs Cost Center mgmt for R&D and shared services, investment controlling, project level controlling

e.g. R&D Controlling AUB, Cost Center mgmt, Hours analysis, Project cost analysis, Budget, Actual, and FC reporting

▪ Headcount tracking & reporting

▪ Project Controlling (Review projects by customer in GPS, Support Customer Groups with analysis of spending, reconcile to Gloria)CFO Legal Entity:▪ Supports PWC audits and approves

▪ Reviews contracts and NDA's and approves

▪ Reviews Quarterly litigation & legal accrual review 

▪ Reviews annual valuation of legal entitiy