Job Description

Honeywell Fire business of India is looking for a Sr Finance Manager to work closely with Business, BA India leadership and Global LOB leadership. This position will play a key support role to General Manager in providing overall insight into Financial & Business performance.

Specifically, the successful candidate will be responsible for all Finance related matters of Fire business of India ensuring robust analysis and overview to Mgmt on Financials performance. The role will support the overall STRAP / AOP process and ensure that solid midterm and short range outlooks are provided with robust and clear KPI's to assess business performance. This role will also closely partner with the other business functions viz; Marketing, Sales, Engineering, ISC, HR, Commercial Excellence etc.

Fire LOB is part of Building Automation SBG. It is a global leader in many growing industries, including commercial and industrial fire systems, emergency communications systems, smoke detection. Its quality products, integrated system solutions, and services make life safer, more comfortable, more secure and more productive in every corner of the world. You can find leading-edge Buildings technology in the products, software, and solutions all around you, including at airports, hotels, healthcare institutions, business centers, stadiums, industries, and schools.

Responsibilities

Partner with India Leadership in the creation and execution of India business strategy. As a strategic part of the leadership team, plan and formulate long and short range business and financial objectives and goals, policies and programs.
Be a business partner and help the management team to formulate key strategic actions to achieve profitable growth in India and support global initiatives such as driving positive price realization and profitable growth in India.
Provide leadership and oversight in short-term and long-term Operation Plans with Management and all functional teams.
Assist higher management to review, design and implement Corporate/Local policy and Finance Management Standards.
Drive rigorous and transparent financial reporting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, closing processes and budgeting for India operations to enable and provide input for optimal business planning decisions.
Provide analytical information/reports on local operations to India & Global LOB HQ. Manage and recommend and implement timely and appropriate action plan.
Oversee all financial operations and direct financial planning and structure
Coordinate, analyze and report the financial performance to the Management (financial performance, projections and other special projects as required)
Prepare short and long-term financial forecasts of financial performance for use with internal management and external parties.
Develop, implement and maintain accounting and administrative policies and procedures for a wide-ranging set of activities including financial accounting and reporting and other corporate policies.
Ensure financial compliance to corporate accounting and all pertinent US GAAP and regulations including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
Manage cash flow and implement monitoring system according to Company's Treasury guideline to minimize risk and exposure including but not limited to exchange loss.
Develop and promote Departmental personnel and train others in organization as proactively needed. Continuously motivate team members, build bench, attract and retain talents
Providing clear vision and direction for the managers and staff in the execution of their responsibility towards the corporate goals

Qualifications

Person Specification

Basic Qualifications

Chartered Accountant with 10+ years of experience in Accounting/Finance with strong knowledge of Commercial / Operations finance & Financial Planning & Analysis
Hands on experience in the area of Financial planning & Analysis & experience in dealing with outside India office / Global Finance team
Knowledge of US GAAP, SOX Compliance
Strong business process and controls orientation
Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
Previous commercial site FP&A experience preferred.
Ability to develop strong partnerships within and outside of finance irrespective of reporting lines
Engages effectively with and manages stakeholder relationships
Displays High Professional Integrity
Ensures High system orientation / process adherence.
Strong analytical skills to enable business decisions. Ability to apply sound judgment to business analysis and drive results within a cross-functional team.
Excellent systems skills with SAP, Hyperion, and Microsoft office products and database applications.
Strong process improvement and implementation track record.
Strong written and oral communications skills.
Demonstrates high Drive for Results
Builds team capability and engagement through People Focus.
Focuses on Customer ensuring their need is met with consistently.
Rallies team towards business goals through inspirational leadership.

Additional Qualifications

ABOUT US

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world's most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector's transition from automation to autonomy.

Sr Finance Manager

Manager/Sr. Manager MIS Finance