Business Unit Controller

Key Responsibilities

•  Lead high performing teams across the GEC and GSSC Locations to deliver all aspects of Financial management & Control for the Global Excellence and shared service centers
• Be a key member of the Global Excellence leadership team to support effective decision making and ensure the right strategic and operational choices are made.
• Lead the GEC/GSSC annual budget /plan and work with the GEC Directors and GSSC Director to deliver the agreed financial targets for each business unit, with a ‘no surprise’ culture, fostering the spirit of continuous improvement.
• Drive team performance – setting goals, priorities and internal cadence to ensure the wider FP&A and Group control deadlines and objectives are met.
• Work with the finance pillars to ensure the GEC and GSSC is compliant from an accounting and tax perspective.
• Be a key stakeholder in driving the wider Finance community strategy, including company-wide alignment on best practices.
• Lead on initiatives to drive improvements in planning and forecasting accuracy.
• Develop strong relationships with the Global Business Area leaders to understand their (and their clients) business needs, and encourage / attract regional colleagues to work with the GECs and GSSC
• Work with GBA Finance and Operational teams to create the right commercial environment to support growth of the GEC and GSSC capability.
• Support the delivery of the People & Culture plan to enable a People First culture that progresses the business towards being an employer of choice and a great place to work
• Above country Finance PiP for governance and key finance control issues across the GEC and GSSC Countries.
• The Business unit controller will lead high performing teams to drive the following responsibilities
• Effective cost control of Enabling function costs including Technology and Workplace, supporting Enabling Function Controlling Director and Global Function heads
• Responsive analysis – based on the company needs and latest strategy.
• Provide a link to the Finance transformation team, supporting delivery of the finance strategy

Qualification & Requirements

• The candidate should have of a minimum of 15 years of experience ideally in an international, listed company.
• Preference will be given to candidates with a Certified Accounting, Controlling or MBA qualification and significant experience gained in an international setting.
• Other required experience and competencies for this role:
  • Experience of managing and developing high performing teams
  • Mature personality with strong and independent point of view.
  • Excellent communication, strong negotiating and influencing skills.
  • Self-starter with strong collaboration and team skills.
  • Enthusiastic, pro-active and result driven attitude.
  • IT literate with ERP, forecasting and Planning tool experience
  • Native language: unspecified, but fluency in English is a must.

For this role Arcadis values professional experience across the following priority areas:

• Breadth of experience: Working internationally, across different industries and business lines and/or functions, managing projects impacting people/issues/solutions across orga006Eizational boundaries.
• Driving innovation: Involved in generating and driving innovation, engaging with clients on new business models and revenue streams, working with alliances and ecosystems to deliver the best outcomes.
• Data and technology: Adopting data-driven decision making, leveraging data to create and demonstrate value. Tech savvy and comfortable and curious about technologies.

Aligned to the Arcadis Leadership model we seek Arcadians with a strong fit to our leadership success profile, to build and drive our culture of inclusion, accountability, human-centricity, and sustainability. Successful Arcadians will possess strong learning agility, combined with a balanced mix of being curious, driving success and igniting passion.

Be curious

• Demonstrate and develop curiosity in oneself and others, bringing clients and Arcadians on a journey of discovery and co-creation .
• Have a global, strategic , and future thinking mindset .
• Are digitally-savvy , entrepreneurial and innovative .
• Build organizational networks that are value-adding, engaging and purposeful.
• Incorporate a human-centric , experimentation-led and continuous learning mindset to lead innovation and transformation.
• Actively engage diverse points of view and manage healthy issues-based conflict.

• Create a sense of shared ownership and accountability balancing this with decisiveness and holding others to account for delivery
• Take ownership for own responsibility, creating clarity and motivating and aligning others.
• Internalize organizational goals , making them one’s own personal stretch goals.
• Are outcomes focused and tackle challenges head-on.
• Demonstrate commercial acumen in general, and specifically with regards to sustainable solutions.
• Actively shape the future of the organization.

Ignite passion

• Personally, role model own commitment to improving quality of life and putting sustainability at the core.
• Apply an adaptive style to engagement that is culturally sensitive and appeals to the personal needs of others.
• Bring clarity and manage anxiety in others, through clear communication and inspiring storytelling.
• Integrate their work, helping others make the connection between their work and the bigger picture.
• Maintain personal resilience and rebound from setbacks and help others to do the same.
• Build trust through authenticity , demonstrating integrity and courage regarding own convictions.

Benefits

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