Head of Controlling, BA AM, North America

Key Responsibilities

Central Controlling

• Steers annual planning processes, inclusive of 5-year strategic planning, budgets and monthly forecasts for the BU, ensuring integrity and plausibility of all included alternatives.
• Prepares monthly financial reports for BA, Segment, and Customer Groups, including variation analyses to initiate countermeasures.
• Approves personnel request and capital investments according to corporate guidelines and authorization of signatures (VR11).
• Ensures working capital positions generate positive cash flow. Specific asset management of inventory and accounts receivable levels.
• Initiates action plans to improve profitability with local management (sales and production entities) as well as central management including follow-up.
• Responsible for financial analysis of startup projects (ex: expansion or new plants)

Business Controlling

• Provides financial input for Quotes, eCR requests, PCC’s – Supporting cost breakdown discussions (Customer specific + Compliance with Conti standards)
• Steers Target Costing activities – Develop market-based cost targets for key components, and supports Cost reduction projects (CRP)
• Coordinates Region-based business case analysis (regional roadmap profitability evaluation)
• Supports Customer Group providing alignment on pricing and balancing of cost targets

Global Account Controlling

• Performs CuPA analysis (customer profitability, outlet profitability), warranty management
• Supports Customer Groups with SPV Management, Pricing accrual calculations for all locations in region, Customer deductions validations, and Sales price updates in SAP
• Builds and Consolidates P&L and 5-year plans
• Verifies and checks sales forecasts for all Customer Groups, considering market opportunities, sales trends, production capacity and inventories, including feedback to all relevant organizations (markets, plant operations).

Operational Controlling

• Plant focused, warehouse controlling (if required), including ICO Costing, Weekly Tracking, Budget, FC, Actual Reporting FIRE & SAP and PE ICO analysis
• Supports Plant Cost structure analysis (for the Segment EU)
• Monitors spending of Expansion and/ or Greenfield Projects
• Supports financial infrastructure setup of Expansion and/ or Greenfield Projects

R&D/Project Controlling

• Performs Cost Center mgmt for R&D and shared services, investment controlling, project level controlling (e.g. R&D Controlling AUB, Cost Center mgmt, Hours analysis, Project cost analysis, Budget, Actual, and FC reporting)
• Headcount tracking & reporting
• Project Controlling (Review projects by customer in GPS, Support Customer Groups with analysis of spending, reconcile to Gloria)

CFO Legal Entity

• Supports PWC audits and approves
• Reviews contracts and NDA’s and approves
• Reviews Quarterly litigation & legal accrual review
• Reviews annual valuation of legal entitiy

Qualification & Requirements

What you bring to the role

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance/Accounting, and/or Engineering
• Minimum 10 years’ experience within a Finance Function
• Experienced in MS Office (especially MS Excel)
• Prior experience with business controlling
• Knowledge of/experience with plant controlling / financial statements (P&L, BS, CF)
• Knowledge of /experience with Continental controlling tools and rules (e.g. SAP, FiRe, TCE…)
• Operations controlling knowledge
• Visa sponsorship for Continental employees only.
• This position may offer relocation assistance.

Additional ways to stand out

• Prior experience with project controlling and cost center management
• Previous experience managing multiple projects
• Previous experience managing a team
• Previous international assignment

Benefits

• Immediate Benefits
• Robust Total Rewards Package
• Paid Time Off
• Volunteer Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Discounts, including tire discounts
• Competitive Bonus Programs
• Employees 401k Match
• Diverse & Inclusive Work Environment with 20+ Employee Resource groups.
• Hybrid Work
• Employee Assistance Program
• Future Growth Opportunities, including personal and professional
• And many more benefits that come with working for a global industry leader!