Business Controller

Company Overview

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable.
Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.  

Job Overview

Are you ready to make your next career move to join our team as our Business Controller for KONE Americas in the Central West District?
 

• Are you passionate about turning financial insights into business actions?
• Do you enjoy identifying opportunities for improvement and proactively communicating actionable insights?
• Are you energized by forecasting, analyzing trends, and translating complex financial information into clear recommendations?
• Do you thrive in areas where you are facilitating financial planning and analysis processes?
• Are you committed to ensuring correctness of financial reporting according to standards and guidelines?
• Are you effective in collaborating with various stakeholders and functions?
• Do you demonstrate a passion to drive efficiency and effectiveness, sharing best practices, and also learning from others?

If you answered a resounding YES to these questions, then we have an amazing opportunity for you!  

Location of position: Central West District (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Denver).

Business partnering & performance

• Partner closely with business and operational leaders to understand the key drivers of performance.
• Provide actionable insights, key findings and recommendations, not just numbers.
• Analyze actual performance versus budget and forecast and identify key risks, opportunities and corrective actions.
• Challenge the business constructively and help leaders translate financial insights into operational actions.
• Evaluate financial, operational and market trends to support short-, medium- and long-term decision-making.

Planning & forecasting

• Drive budgeting, forecasting and business planning processes together with business leaders.
• Improve forecast accuracy through strong understanding of the underlying business drivers.
• Develop scenarios and forward-looking analysis to support decision-making and profitable growth.
• Monitor KPIs and ensure measures are meaningful, actionable and connected to business outcomes.

Financial control & reporting

• Ensure timely and accurate financial and managerial reporting.
• Analyze profitability, costs, working capital, cash flow and other key business performance indicators.
• Ensure compliance with the KONE Financial Control Model (FCM), accounting standards and reporting principles.
• Support strong financial controls while continuously looking for opportunities to simplify and improve processes.

Driving improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, productivity and ways of working.
• Help move Finance toward greater automation, analytics and forward-looking insights.
• Collaborate across Finance and operational teams to share best practices and drive continuous improvement.
• Influence change in a matrix organization and help turn improvement opportunities into measurable results.

Other Hiring requirements

You are a finance professional who combines strong analytical capability with commercial curiosity and influencing skills.

Ideally, you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant progressive finance experience, with business controlling, FP&A or finance business partnering experience strongly preferred.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP, reporting, consolidation and BI applications (SAP, PowerBI, CoPilot, Databricks, OneStream, considered as an asset).
• Ability to manage several priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proactive, independent and improvement-oriented mindset.
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting capabilities.
• Ability to influence and challenge constructively in a matrix organization.

About KONE

At KONE, we foster an innovative and collaborative culture, valuing each individual's contribution. Employee engagement and sustainability are key focuses, promoting ethical practices and mutual respect. We're proud to offer experiences and opportunities to help you achieve career and personal goals while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

We hire individuals who value culture because we believe culture drives innovation:

• We value your authentic self. 
• Collaborative, creative, and supportive work environment.
• Passionate about safety, quality, and innovation 
• We care about the communities where we live and work. 

Just some of our many benefits include: 

• Competitive salary 
• Flexible work schedule 
• Opportunities to learn and grow 
• 401K Employer Match
• 401k Employer Non-elective Contribution 
• Well-being Program
• Medical, Prescription, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Digital Health Solutions & Telehealth
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Family & Medical Leave
• Parental Leave
• Leave to Care for a Domestic Partner
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance  
• Company Paid Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Buy-Up Long-term Disability
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity & Accident Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Legal Insurance
• KONE Credit Union
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Commuter Benefits

Annual Base Pay Range:

The hiring range for this role in Austin, TX location is $179,200 - $235,200.  The compensation package offered will depend on candidate’s ability to meet the requirements of the role, needs for the business strategy, and a range of factors unique to each candidate, including their skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and location.    

We will also consider candidates in the following areas.  Below are the different ranges applicable to those locations: 

• Albuquerque, NM area hiring range: $159,100 - $208,845
• Phoenix, AZ area hiring range: $167,400 - $219,765.
• Denver, CO area hiring range: $179,200 - $235,200.

Variable Compensation

KONE Annual Bonus plan at 20% Target Incentive (60/40) based on achievement of company goals and individual goals.

Come share your passion and energy to make a positive impact at KONE for our customers and your career! 

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KONE is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. 

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local fair chance laws.

Read more on www.kone.com/en/careers/ 

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

Read more on https://kone.com/global/en/careers.html