Finance Leader, Commercial HVAC Europe

About the role

The Commercial HVAC (CHVAC) Europe Finance Leader is a key member of the CHVAC Europe leadership team and the lead finance partner for the CHVAC Europe President and Leadership Team. The role covers growth strategy, financial planning, forecasting, management reporting and analysis, investment execution, working capital management, compliance and executive support for a business unit generating $1.5B in annual revenue. It is based in Brussels, Belgium, Monday to Thursday onsite, with Fridays flexible. The position reports directly to the President, Commercial HVAC Europe, and has a dotted line to the VP of Finance, EMEA and APAC.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the execution of the CHVAC Europe growth strategy and drive change and operating performance.
• Develop the business strategy with the leadership team and turn strategic goals into measurable business plans.
• Organise, develop, review and approve forecasts, plans (LRP/AOP), capital investments and business cases, driving accountability for planned returns.
• Direct decisions to grow the business, increase profitability, improve working capital use, cash flow and CROIC.
• Support growth, acquisitions and divestitures with financial modelling and due diligence.
• Promote compliance with accounting policies, SOX, US GAAP and European statutory and tax requirements.
• Build tools to identify financial problems early and design, improve and maintain financial systems and models.
• Guide the team in ad hoc analytics and in preparing monthly/quarterly BU reports (MORs, QBRs, ERAM) with variance analysis and recovery plans.
• Coach the team, develop direct reports and foster a culture of continuous improvement and empowerment.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Engineering or Applied Economics.
• 15+ years of experience in the Finance function; publicly held global corporation and European multi-country experience preferred.
• Professional accounting or finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) highly preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing, sales, parts, service, rental and controls environments, and familiarity with Lean methodologies.
• Fluent written and spoken English; French, German or Dutch is highly advantageous.
• 20-30% travel across Europe.

Required skills

• Financial statements and US GAAP consolidation, and European statutory reporting.
• Accounting and reporting systems: ONESTREAM, Oracle (or SAP) and Excel.
• Knowledge of accounting cycles such as AOP, LRP and standards setting.
• Process improvement, change management and stakeholder influence.