Business Finance Performance Leader

at  Schneider Electric

Job Description:

ABOUT THE POSITION

We are looking for a Business Finance Zone Performance Leader for the Nordics Baltics to make an impact!
At Schneider Electric, we believe access to energy and digital is a basic human right. We empower all to do more with less, ensuring Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, at every moment. Great people make Schneider Electric a great company!
As the Business Finance Zone Performance Leader you will be in charge of driving the Zone Financial planning and Performance analysis across the 5 NB Clusters while supporting the Business Finance Head and Zone CFO

Your main area of responsibilities will be:

• Drive Zone Financial planning and performance & animate financial business review calendar
• Act as Single Point of Contact (SPOC) towards Business Finance CoE : responsible for managing stakeholders’ requests and follow-up towards Business Finance CoCe
• Ensure monthly closing activities are properly performed by the Business Finance CoCe
• Provide consolidated monthly performance analysis to Zone management
• Animate business review process (Monthly, quarterly, yearly, prior, 3Y)
• Drive LT plan and yearly activities (target, prior, …)
• Drive overall performance (Top Line / GM / P&L) : advise and coordinate stakeholders, ensure consistency, monitor / anticipate / challenge gaps Vs Target
• Drive quarterly Forecast : advise and coordinate all stakeholders, ensure overall consistency
• Provide strong support to the Finance leadership team and collaborate with Zone Management team
• Provide ad-hoc analysis for Zone tactical business decision
• Work on specific project (strategic Finance) and provide macro economics / benchmark / mkt share, composite index, baseline effects, assumptions (RMI, ..) to various stakeholders
• Provie daily support to Business Finance Head , CFO and Business Stakeholders on overall tactical and strategic actions and simulations
• Support Business Finance Transformation and One Finance contribution
• Being a change agent by proactively contributing and collaborating to ONE Finance community activities, working towards harmonized, efficient and compliant ways of working, applying latest digital tools, dashboards and policies.
• Be the Subject Matter Expert for selected topics across the Zone and ensure Global standard application within the scope of activities
• Support transformation by identifying and working on standardization, automatization and digitalization of processes and dashboard.
• Collaborate with One Finance functions to deliver best-in-class financial performance and reports (timeliness, quality and meaningful insights)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Ideal candidate have 5-8 years of experience in finance and performance analysis rôle
• Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication skills necessary to interact with stakeholder at various levels of the organization
• Proficiency in financial modeling, Excel, and financial management systems
• Team player with a commercial mindset, dynamic, proactive, collaborative, curious and open minded.
• Think outside of the box, challenge, and standardization/automation/simplification mindset

• Drive Zone Financial planning and performance & animate financial business review calendar
• Act as Single Point of Contact (SPOC) towards Business Finance CoE : responsible for managing stakeholders’ requests and follow-up towards Business Finance CoCe
• Ensure monthly closing activities are properly performed by the Business Finance CoCe
• Provide consolidated monthly performance analysis to Zone management
• Animate business review process (Monthly, quarterly, yearly, prior, 3Y)
• Drive LT plan and yearly activities (target, prior, …)
• Drive overall performance (Top Line / GM / P&L) : advise and coordinate stakeholders, ensure consistency, monitor / anticipate / challenge gaps Vs Target
• Drive quarterly Forecast : advise and coordinate all stakeholders, ensure overall consistency
• Provide strong support to the Finance leadership team and collaborate with Zone Management team
• Provide ad-hoc analysis for Zone tactical business decision
• Work on specific project (strategic Finance) and provide macro economics / benchmark / mkt share, composite index, baseline effects, assumptions (RMI, ..) to various stakeholders
• Provie daily support to Business Finance Head , CFO and Business Stakeholders on overall tactical and strategic actions and simulations
• Support Business Finance Transformation and One Finance contribution
• Being a change agent by proactively contributing and collaborating to ONE Finance community activities, working towards harmonized, efficient and compliant ways of working, applying latest digital tools, dashboards and policies.
• Be the Subject Matter Expert for selected topics across the Zone and ensure Global standard application within the scope of activities
• Support transformation by identifying and working on standardization, automatization and digitalization of processes and dashboard.
• Collaborate with One Finance functions to deliver best-in-class financial performance and reports (timeliness, quality and meaningful insights