What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Controller position at Kardex?
Kardex is a leading global partner for intralogistics solutions in an attractive and growing market.
The Group offers premium automated products, standardized systems, and life cycle services that guarantee high availability and low total cost of ownership. Kardex provides an intelligent entry into automation with its dynamic storage and retrieval systems, offers integrated material handling systems, small parts storage systems, and automated high-bay warehouses, and acts as a global AutoStore™ partner, offering flexible and modular storage and order fulfillment solutions. We employ around 2,500 people in over 30 countries.
To support Finance and Administration department in the region, we are looking for a Regional Controller AMER
S/he must thoroughly examine the Kardex AutoStore Division financials within the region (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Project Cost and Revenue, Cash collection and free cash flow analysis per project/company) and non-financial KPIs (Purchase, HR, other operational and non-financial KPIs) and give support to the different stakeholders for Project Bookings, Project invoicing and revenue recognition based on cost incurred in the project. Keep track of requests from stakeholders (Project Managers, Sales Managers, peers, Directors), legal, financial and business/operational compliance against Group & Divisional Policies and booking/sales both past/present and (Rolling) forecasts. The Regional Controller reports to the Global Director Finance & Administration in managing finances and financial reports of the Region with a dotted line to the President of the region.
Main accountabilities
- Develop and implement financial systems, policies, controls, and procedures to improve financial performance for the individual countries of the Region within the Kardex AutoStore Division;
- Work with local business Directors, HR Directors and Project Managers to coordinate and/or prepare annual budgets, budget processing, and forecasts.
- Prepare and/or coordinate monthly Financial and Business Performance reports of Kardex AutoStore, ensuring compliance to group/divisional regulations and company policy as well as to compliance to government regulations.
- Monthly update actuals in Project control tool (KPlan)
- Business Analysis on processes and KPI’s for the Region. Provide detail and propose improvements for the respective functions.
- Supervise and control accounting process with external accounting firm.
- Plan and coordinate month end closing with external accounting to comply with closing deadlines.
- Take an active role in ensuring local legal compliance (Review of NDAs, Contracts, Terms & Conditions. Develop, maintain regional documentation, policies, procedures and processes)
- Business Partner: be the approachable and responsible Business Partner to all other aspects of the Kardex AutoStore Business.
- Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior management by evaluating, analyzing, and reporting appropriate data points
- Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines
- Help develop and support short and long-term operational strategies
Your profile
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Finance & Accounting or Economics
- Experience in sales organizations in globally operating manufacturing companies is an advantage
- Experience in project controlling is an advantage
- English language and second or third language is a definite advantage
- SAP/B1 and/or QBO experience is also an advantage
Other expert skills:
- Ability to interact professionally across borders, cultures and managerial levels
- Professional skills in Excel (e.g. Pivot, macro programming), Word and PowerPoint
- Advanced skills on other Microsoft tools (Sharepoint, Workflow/App, Planner, OneNote, Outlook, TEAMS)
- Advanced skills on reporting & consolidation tools (e.g. COGNOS, TM1)
- Good Communication skills (active listening, error-free written communication, non-verbal communication, solving conflicts)
