Global Heavy Duty Segment Controller - Mobile Emissions Catalysts - Iselin, NJ or Wixom, MI

BASF Catalysts•Woodbridge Township, NJ

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Leveraging its deep expertise as the global leader in catalysis and precious metals, BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) serves customers in many industries including automotive, aerospace, indoor air quality, semiconductors and hydrogen economy, and provides full loop services with its precious metals trading and recycling offering. With a focus on circular solutions and sustainability, ECMS is committed to helping our customers create a cleaner, more sustainable world. Protecting our elements of life is our purpose and this inspires us to ever-new solutions. ECMS operates globally in 15 countries with approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees. As the Global Heavy Duty Segment Controller – Mobile Emissions Catalysts you will LEAD by….. The Global Heavy Duty Segment Controller – Mobile Emissions Catalysts serves as the primary financial co‑pilot to the Heavy-Duty Segment P&L Owner, with direct responsibility for enabling and defending the segment’s profitability, cash generation, and return on capital. This role is the senior financial leader for the global HD (and Aerospace) business, providing decision‑forcing insights across pricing, customer and platform profitability, precious metal exposure, cost structure, capital allocation, and regulatory‑driven business cycles. The Controller is a standing member of the segment leadership team and plays an active role in shaping commercial, operational, and strategic decisions, not simply reporting outcomes. The position operates within a global, matrix organization and leads financial coordination across regions, plants, and commercial teams. While the role has direct leadership responsibility for a small segment controlling team, its primary impact is driven through influence, governance, and business partnership across the enterprise.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related field; MBA, CPA, or equivalent preferred.
12+ years of experience in controlling, finance, or accounting within manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, or industrial environments.
Experience leading teams and projects.
Strong expertise in cost accounting, operational finance, pricing analytics, and performance management.
Experience in capital‑intensive, complex cost‑structure businesses.
Exposure to precious metals, commodities, or volatile input‑cost environments strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary financial counterpart to the Heavy-Duty Segment P&L Owner, co‑owning segment EBIT, contribution margin, cash flow, and earnings quality.
Lead the segment’s financial performance cadence, including monthly closes, rolling forecasts, bridge analyses, and actionable performance reviews.
Drive fact‑based challenge and trade‑off leadership across pricing, volume, mix, metal exposure, cost, and working capital.
Translate complex financial outcomes into clear executive insights and recommended actions for leadership decision‑making.
Own and govern global pricing and margin discipline for the Heavy Duty and Aerospace segments.
Lead customer, program, and platform profitability analyses and actively challenge pricing, terms, or mix decisions.
Partner with Sales and Product leadership on deal economics, contract structures, and lifecycle profitability.
Establish consistent profitability standards and financial guardrails across regions and customers.
Lead precious‑metal financial oversight for the segment, including exposure tracking, margin bridges, and recovery economics.
Partner closely with PGM teams to ensure metal cost transparency, surcharge discipline, and alignment between commercial terms and financial outcomes.
Provide insights into commodity‑driven volatility and support mitigation strategies impacting pricing, margins, and working capital.
Lead the annual planning, forecasting, and target‑setting processes for the Heavy Duty and Aerospace businesses.
Develop robust financial scenarios incorporating volume changes, pricing actions, metal fluctuations, and operational impacts.
Drive forecast accuracy and proactive performance steering through early identification of risks and opportunities.
Provide financial leadership across global manufacturing operations, focusing on conversion cost, yield, scrap, capacity utilization, and absorption.
Partner with plant and operations leadership to improve cost discipline, productivity, and working capital efficiency.
Strengthen end‑to‑end cost transparency across the segment’s global footprint.
Evaluate and govern capital expenditure, footprint decisions, and strategic investments through rigorous financial analysis.
Lead business case development and post‑investment performance reviews, ensuring alignment to return and value‑creation objectives.
Provide financial insight on make/buy decisions, capacity deployment, and regional localization strategies.
Integrate emissions‑regulation cycles (e.g., launch ramps, pre‑buy effects, run‑out tails) into financial planning and scenario analysis.
Provide leadership with forward‑looking insights that connect regulatory timing to volume, margin, and investment decisions.
Ensure lifecycle economics are embedded in commercial and operational strategy.
Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting in alignment with corporate and divisional standards.
Maintain strong internal control frameworks and support internal and external audits.
Serve as a subject‑matter expert for controlling guidelines, policies, and compliance topics.
Lead continuous improvement of controlling systems, dashboards, and reporting tools.
Drive automation, standardization, and digitalization initiatives to improve data quality and decision speed.
Establish consistent KPI definitions and performance transparency across regions.
Lead and develop the segment controlling team.
Set global financial standards and performance expectations while influencing cross‑functional stakeholders without formal authority.
Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and value‑based decision‑making.