Business Controller
About The Position
KONE is hiring a Business Controller for KONE Americas’ Central West District, covering Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Denver. The role partners with business and operational leaders to interpret financial performance, identify risks and opportunities, and translate financial analysis into practical recommendations and actions. It supports short-, medium-, and long-term decisions by evaluating financial, operational, and market trends. The Business Controller drives budgeting, forecasting, and business planning; develops scenarios and forward-looking analysis; monitors KPIs; and works to improve forecast accuracy. The role is also responsible for timely and accurate financial and managerial reporting, analysis of profitability and other performance indicators, and compliance with KONE’s Financial Control Model, accounting standards, and reporting principles. The position identifies ways to improve profitability, productivity, and working practices; supports greater automation and analytics in Finance; shares best practices; and influences improvements across a matrix organization. KONE describes its culture as innovative, collaborative, sustainability-focused, and committed to ethical practices, safety, quality, and employee well-being. The position’s listed hiring ranges vary by location, and the role includes a target annual bonus incentive of 20%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of relevant progressive finance experience.
- Strong financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting capabilities.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Ability to manage several priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Proactive, independent, and improvement-oriented mindset.
- Ability to influence and constructively challenge in a matrix organization.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in business controlling, FP&A, or finance business partnering is strongly preferred.
- Experience with ERP, reporting, consolidation, and BI applications; SAP, Power BI, CoPilot, Databricks, and OneStream are considered assets.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business and operational leaders to understand key performance drivers.
- Provide actionable insights, findings, and recommendations.
- Analyze actual performance against budget and forecast, identifying risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
- Constructively challenge the business and help leaders translate financial insights into operational actions.
- Evaluate financial, operational, and market trends to support short-, medium-, and long-term decisions.
- Drive budgeting, forecasting, and business planning processes with business leaders.
- Improve forecast accuracy by understanding underlying business drivers.
- Develop scenarios and forward-looking analysis to support decisions and profitable growth.
- Monitor KPIs and ensure measures are meaningful, actionable, and connected to business outcomes.
- Ensure timely and accurate financial and managerial reporting.
- Analyze profitability, costs, working capital, cash flow, and other key business performance indicators.
- Ensure compliance with KONE’s Financial Control Model, accounting standards, and reporting principles.
- Support strong financial controls while identifying opportunities to simplify and improve processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve profitability, productivity, and ways of working.
- Help advance Finance 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 turn improvement opportunities into measurable results.
Benefits
- 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 and telehealth
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Family and Medical Leave
- Parental Leave
- Leave to care for a domestic partner
- Paid time off and 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 and accident insurance
- Identity theft protection
- Legal insurance
- KONE Credit Union
- Tuition reimbursement
- Commuter benefits
- KONE Annual Bonus plan at 20% target incentive based on company and individual goals
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
