Director, Controller - Lennox Residential Sales and Stores

Lennox International•Richardson, TX

13d

About The Position

Driven by 130 years of legacy, HVAC and refrigeration success, Lennox provides our residential and commercial customers with industry-leading climate-control solutions. At Lennox, we win as a team, aiming for excellence and delivering innovative, sustainable products and services. Our culture guides us and creates a workplace where all employees feel heard and welcomed. Lennox is a global community that values each team member’s contributions and offers a supportive environment for career development. Come, stay, and grow with us. Reporting to the Vice President of Finance of Lennox Residential HVAC (LRH), the Director, Controller is responsible for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial decision-making supporting our Sales & Stores functions. They will lead a team supporting our long-term strategic initiatives, while ensuring monthly forecasts and regular financial analysis to identify trends and provide insights to improve finance performance. More specifically, the Director, Controller will be responsible for: Developing and maintaining financial models to support long-term strategic planning and annual budgeting processes. Conducting regular financial analysis to identify trends and provide insights to improve finance performance. Leading the annual LRP process, working closely with Lennox Residential leadership team to develop detailed budgets aligned with business objectives. Preparing monthly forecasts and variance analysis to assess financial performance against plan and forecast. Performing standard and ad-hoc financial analyses that support external and internal financial reporting, planning and forecasting. Manage and mentor a team of financial professionals, fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement. Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and standards, implementing effective internal controls and procedures. Collaborating with shared services accounting centers of excellence to drive financial efficiency initiatives and optimize resource allocation. The successful candidate must be energized by teamwork. They must be forward thinking and creative, attentive to details, credible and dedicated to producing high quality outcomes. This role requires a professional that has the ability and initiative to diagnose issues quickly, influence solutions, and execute project details at a rapid pace.

Requirements

8+ years of Finance experience in progressive Finance roles including financial planning, forecasting and analysis.
Strategic and integrative thinker
Results-oriented, motivated leader who consistently operates at very high energy levels.
Proactively owns initiatives with the ability to navigate around obstacles and persevere through setbacks.
Outstanding communications skills, including written, verbal and presentation.
Demonstrated ability to champion a continuous learning approach to enhance organizational capability and foster innovation.
Adept at leading through influence and other people.
Strong ability to work outside traditional functional silos and build relationships across the organization at all levels, particularly with senior business leaders and line executives.
Proven relationship-building, continuous improvement, lean principles, and project management skills.
Ability to leverage technology transformations.
Specific software skills should include – advanced Excel, Co-Pilot Anthropic (Claude Opus 4.6), SAP, Hyperion, Essbase, Power BI.
Foundation of Trust – Uses credibility and relationships to serve as trusted executive advisor and influence key decisions. Honest, Ethical, and Safe in everything s/he does.
Learning - Passion to learn and know key business and industry drivers.
Influencing - effectively persuades others to see his/her point of view; presents information and logic in a manner that addresses the audience's interests, concerns, and needs.
Developing Talent – fosters a culture and environment of belonging, creates opportunities for professional growth; helps people define career goals and establish development plans to achieve them; gives people constructive, developmental feedback and advice.
Acting Strategically - aligns day-to-day activities around broader organizational goals and objectives; prioritizes resources based on the strategic objectives of the organization; recognizes and rewards people based on how their actions support the broader needs of the company.
Working with Ambiguity -- achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information.
Matrix Management -- ability to manage multiple perspectives and priorities; ability to align objectives across multiple organizations/COEs, energizes and motivates others outside his/her direct line of authority; manages through conflicting interests and tradeoffs; works collaboratively.
Requires a bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business or a related field.
Requires at least 8 years of related experience.

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree is strongly preferred.
Professional certification (e.g., CPA) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Developing and maintaining financial models to support long-term strategic planning and annual budgeting processes.
Conducting regular financial analysis to identify trends and provide insights to improve finance performance.
Leading the annual LRP process, working closely with Lennox Residential leadership team to develop detailed budgets aligned with business objectives.
Preparing monthly forecasts and variance analysis to assess financial performance against plan and forecast.
Performing standard and ad-hoc financial analyses that support external and internal financial reporting, planning and forecasting.
Manage and mentor a team of financial professionals, fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and standards, implementing effective internal controls and procedures.
Collaborating with shared services accounting centers of excellence to drive financial efficiency initiatives and optimize resource allocation.