Controller - Precision Drives

The Timken Company•North Canton, OH

About The Position

The Controller serves as a strategic financial business partner to business management, translating financial results, trends, risks, and opportunities into actionable insights and recommendations. The role supports decision-making, profitability, working capital improvement, and resource allocation for Timken’s Precision Drives business. It leads long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, accounting operations, closing and reporting, and financial analysis, while ensuring accuracy and compliance with corporate internal controls, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, applicable laws, and generally accepted accounting practices. The position provides direction for accounting and works with corporate centers across company facilities and locations. As a member of the business senior management team, the Controller influences business performance through cost control, asset management, and growth, and demonstrates leadership, communication, mentoring, empowerment, resource management, and financial leadership. The role also supervises accounting personnel and supports tax department inquiries and compliance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 10 years of relevant experience.
Financial business partnering and executive-level financial advisory skills.
Advanced financial modeling, scenario analysis, and business case development skills.
Ability to translate complex financial data into clear business insights and recommendations.
Strong understanding of operational drivers, margin performance, pricing, working capital, and capital investment economics.
Ability to influence cross-functional leaders through fact-based analysis and business acumen.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex financial issues into actions and outcomes.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Eligible candidates for potential access to U.S. export-controlled technical data and hardware include U.S. citizens, green card holders, asylees, or others eligible to receive U.S. export license authorizations.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business Administration.
15 years of relevant experience.
5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
CPA.

Responsibilities

Partner with business leadership on strategic initiatives, commercial decisions, pricing actions, sourcing alternatives, capital investments, and operational improvement opportunities.
Translate financial results, trends, forecasts, and business drivers into insights about performance, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
Lead financial reviews, challenge assumptions, and support decisions with fact-based analysis, scenario modeling, and forward-looking commentary.
Influence cross-functional decisions by connecting financial outcomes to operational drivers, including sales, manufacturing, supply chain, pricing, SG&A, inventory, and working capital.
Develop the annual capital business plan and provide monthly capital reporting.
Create, manage, lead, and direct the business budget and forecasting process across sales, plant costs, SG&A, inventory, working capital, and other required financial and non-financial data.
Oversee personnel, work allocation, training, conflict resolution, and performance evaluation; recommend personnel actions and motivate employees.
Direct accounting department operations to produce accurate and timely monthly internal financial statements for the global reporting system.
Supervise direct reports and achieve departmental goals consistent with company mission, goals, and objectives.
Supervise Appropriation Request submissions and approvals across the business unit, ensuring compliance with corporate guidelines and positive returns on investment or efficiency improvements.
Oversee, direct, and coordinate accounting activities for the consolidated Timken Precision Drives business.
Support tax department inquiries and compliance with applicable laws and generally accepted accounting practices.
Ensure financial functions are accurate and comply with corporate internal control standards and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.