Head of Business Unit Controlling - OE and Industrial

Mann+Hummel GmbH

• $120K — $150K *
Portage, PA 15946In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
2 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in finance/controlling
  • Proven leadership experience with direct people management responsibility
  • Strong background in a global, matrixed, and multicultural organization
  • Advanced SAP expertise

Responsibilities

  • Act as a trusted financial co-pilot to senior leadership
  • Deliver holistic financial perspectives integrating operational and strategic drivers
  • Challenge and influence senior leadership for sustainable performance
  • Link financial strategies to profitability and capital efficiency
  • Drive process optimization and digitalization initiatives
  • Ensure high data quality and transparency in financial processes
  • Identify performance gaps and propose corrective actions

Benefits

  • Opportunities for continuous professional development
  • Strong emphasis on digitalization and innovation
  • Supportive leadership culture fostering collaboration
  • Global exposure within a diverse team environment
  • Travel opportunities to engage with international operations
Full Job Description
Main Tasks

Strategic Business Partner
  • Act as a trusted financial co-pilot and strategic counterpart to Vice Presidents of Original Equipment and Industrial businesses
  • Provide a holistic financial perspective integrating strategic, commercial, and operational drivers
  • Proactively challenge and influence senior leadership decisions to ensure sustainable financial performance and value creation
  • Drive business impact by linking financial steering to profitability, cash flow, and capital efficiency targets
  • Drive entrepreneurial performance management using liquidity- and value-focused KPIs (e.g., NWC, FCF, ROCE)
  • Lead and drive company-wide process optimization and digitalization initiatives to enhance efficiency and transparency
  • Proactively design and improve financial processes in alignment with group standards, with strong focus on digitalization
  • Build strong, trust-based relationships across a global and matrixed organization

Financial Governance & Performance
  • Own and ensure efficient financial processes, high data quality, and transparency
  • Act as a forward-looking financial leader, delivering insightful KPI analysis, forecasts, and budgets to senior management
  • Hold accountability for legal entity financial oversight, including:
  • Financial performance and balance sheet reviews
  • Profitability analysis by customer and product
  • Costing, investment management, and capital allocation
  • Financial, liquidity, and working capital planning, forecasting, and budgeting

Risk Management & Controls
  • Ensure implementation and continuous compliance with internal control systems and financial governance standards
  • Translate financial requirements from Headquarters into an effective regional finance strategy
  • Identify performance gaps, define corrective actions jointly with business leadership, and track financial impact

Leadership & Organizational Impact
  • Lead, develop, and inspire the Business Unit Controlling organization, ensuring high performance, engagement, and continuous capability building
  • Build a strong talent pipeline through active coaching, development, and succession planning
  • Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and performance discipline
  • Strengthen cross-functional collaboration and promote a "one-team" mindset in a global matrix environment
  • Act as a role model, driving transparency, trust, and constructive challenge across the organization
  • Communicates clearly and fosters collaboration across functions and regions
  • Demonstrates ownership, courage, and speed in decision-making
  • Develops talent and strengthens internal capability
  • Supports digitalization and continuous learning across the organization

Leadership Expectations (MANN+HUMMEL Leadership Profile)
  • Drive
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Future & Customer Centricity


Your Profile

Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field

Experience
  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in finance/controlling
  • Proven leadership experience with direct people management responsibility
  • Strong background in a global, matrixed, and multicultural organization


Required Skills
  • Strong financial acumen with proven financial performance management and reporting capabilities
  • Advanced SAP expertise
  • Strong analytical and business partnering skills
  • Excellent communication and influencing capabilities
  • Proven ability to drive performance and challenge senior stakeholders
  • Proficiency in MS Office, including advanced Excel
  • Willingness to travel (approx. 10%)

Preferred Skills
  • Multilingual capabilities (e.g., English/Spanish, English/Portuguese, or English/German)
* Ladders Estimates

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