Head of Business Unit Controlling - OE and Industrial

MANN+HUMMEL•Portage, MI

11d

About The Position

This role serves as a strategic business partner and financial co-pilot for the Vice Presidents of Original Equipment and Industrial businesses. The position involves providing a holistic financial perspective, integrating strategic, commercial, and operational drivers. The Head of Business Unit Controlling will proactively challenge and influence senior leadership decisions to ensure sustainable financial performance and value creation. This includes driving business impact by linking financial steering to profitability, cash flow, and capital efficiency targets, and utilizing liquidity- and value-focused KPIs such as NWC, FCF, and ROCE for entrepreneurial performance management. The role also leads and drives company-wide process optimization and digitalization initiatives to enhance efficiency and transparency, and builds strong, trust-based relationships across a global and matrixed organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in finance/controlling
Proven leadership experience with direct people management responsibility
Strong background in a global, matrixed, and multicultural organization
Strong financial acumen with proven financial performance management and reporting capabilities
Advanced SAP expertise
Strong analytical and business partnering skills
Excellent communication and influencing capabilities
Proven ability to drive performance and challenge senior stakeholders
Proficiency in MS Office, including advanced Excel
Willingness to travel (approx. 10%)

Nice To Haves

Multilingual capabilities (e.g., English/Spanish, English/Portuguese, or English/German)

Responsibilities

Act as a trusted financial co-pilot and strategic counterpart to Vice Presidents of Original Equipment and Industrial businesses.
Provide a holistic financial perspective integrating strategic, commercial, and operational drivers.
Proactively challenge and influence senior leadership decisions to ensure sustainable financial performance and value creation.
Drive business impact by linking financial steering to profitability, cash flow, and capital efficiency targets.
Drive entrepreneurial performance management using liquidity- and value-focused KPIs (e.g., NWC, FCF, ROCE).
Lead and drive company-wide process optimization and digitalization initiatives to enhance efficiency and transparency.
Proactively design and improve financial processes in alignment with group standards, with strong focus on digitalization.
Build strong, trust-based relationships across a global and matrixed organization.
Own and ensure efficient financial processes, high data quality, and transparency.
Act as a forward-looking financial leader, delivering insightful KPI analysis, forecasts, and budgets to senior management.
Hold accountability for legal entity financial oversight, including: Financial performance and balance sheet reviews, Profitability analysis by customer and product, Costing, investment management, and capital allocation, Financial, liquidity, and working capital planning, forecasting, and budgeting.
Ensure implementation and continuous compliance with internal control systems and financial governance standards.
Translate financial requirements from Headquarters into an effective regional finance strategy.
Identify performance gaps, define corrective actions jointly with business leadership, and track financial impact.
Lead, develop, and inspire the Business Unit Controlling organization, ensuring high performance, engagement, and continuous capability building.
Build a strong talent pipeline through active coaching, development, and succession planning.
Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and performance discipline.
Strengthen cross-functional collaboration and promote a “one-team” mindset in a global matrix environment.
Act as a role model, driving transparency, trust, and constructive challenge across the organization.