Job Overview
The Finance Business Partner is part of the Global Financial Planning & Analysis Team. In this role you are responsible for the execution of quantitative and qualitative analysis, directly supporting the Business Unit Automation and Tooling Solution and coordinating a unified approach to closely measure, report and compare production cost among all relevant sites. You will oversee two direct reports based in Taiwan.
Main Responsibilities
1. Finance Business partner to the Automation and Tooling Solutions (leadership) team
2. Lead and develop a small Finance team, building talent and engagement
3. Develop, distribute and discuss monthly financial reporting packages, focusing on project and manufacturing performance, tracking productivity, material expenses, operating expenses, absorption, etc.
4. Provide monthly reporting data (e.g. explanation of actuals, variance analysis vs budget, updated financial forecasts, CAPEX, working capital, cash balance, etc.) in time and according to the provided template to support the preparation of the group’s monthly management report
5. Provide the Business Unit heads with solid data, key metrics and in-depth analyses to support decision making and ad-hoc reporting requests
6. Establish and track the Business Unit performance (projects profitability, cost overrun anticipation and mitigation, new revenue streams design, milestone billing and WC optimisation)
7. Lead the BU financial Analysis and Planning cycles: project variance analysis, Percentage of Completion (PoC) margin reconciliation, continuous improvement, deferred revenue, working capital targets, etc.
8. Own the Automation & Tooling budgeting process to assure OPEX, PEX, CAPEX are budgeted at the right level of granularity and within the correct functional area and correct cost center in time and ensure alignment with the budgeted headcount numbers.
9. Calculate activity rates based on budgeted numbers, to calculate budgeted project Sales and COGS for the Automation and Tooling organization as well as expected over/under-absorption by cost center
10. Detect and discuss potentials in the business area with the relevant stakeholders to improve performance, efficiency or results
11. Drive carve-out of automation and tooling segments and integration of newly created legal entities with newly acquired subsidiaries
12. Implementation of functional P&L, set-up and testing of new company codes in SAP, creation of new cost centers and allocating together with HR headcount to the right functional area and cost centers
13. Implementation of Percentage of Completion accounting for Automation and Tooling projects, including monthly planned cost updates on the full project portfolio to comply with financial accounting standards and allow proper revenue recognition
14. Implement intercompany pricing process and governance for automation and tooling organization to offer services to Medical business segment, including a solid quotation and invoicing process
15. Support process standardisation across our Project Finance processes and engage across functions
Minimum Requirements
16. 5+ years of Finance experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment
17. Solid experience with project costing and percentage of completion
18. “Story-telling” skills, being able to translate financial data into a management presentation
19. Excellent problem-solving skills and solution-oriented mindset
20. Comfortable working in a changing and dynamic environment
21. Being responsible, resilient and stress resistant
Preferred Requirements
22. Energetic leader able to gather energy and build followership
23. Strong team player with excellent communication and presentation skills
24. Ability to gain trust at all levels of the organisation
25. Positive, “can-do” attitude
We Offer
26. An exciting opportunity in a fast-growing international medical device company
27. A modern working environment, with multicultural and dynamic teams
28. Flexible working hours and a hybrid remote work policy
29. A centrally located office in Zug, very close to the train station