Title:  Director, Capital Controllership & Reporting

Job Summary

The role will act as a strategic business partner to senior leadership, providing high-quality insight to support decision-making, improve financial performance, and drive business growth. The role includes leadership of teams based across our global network (mainly Europe and US) and requires close collaboration within finance and our operations leaders.

You will be responsible for the end to end capex forecasting, reporting, accounting, control and compliance.  Additionally, you will govern the global PER (project expenditure request) and serve as a trusted advisor on financial matters related to capital investments and projects.  To be successful, you must build strong relationships with stakeholders and collaborate with various departments such as engineering, operations, finance, and senior leadership. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Manage the global PER (project expenditure request) governance and monitor the process to ensures all projects approved are justified and consistent with strategy and that spending is in line with budget and capture the ROIC through the lifecycle of the projects.
• Lead the monthly Executive PER Meeting as well as monitor the OU meetings.
• Lead the annual budgeting, rolling forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Deliver timely, accurate, and insightful management reporting, including variance analysis against budget and forecast.
• Provide detailed financial modelling, scenario analysis, and commercial evaluations to support strategic initiatives and investment decisions.
• Act as a trusted business partner to senior stakeholders, translating financial data into clear, actionable insights.

Accounting, Audit & Controls

• Lead the execution of capital related accounting activities
• Together with the Corporate Controller Team, you will lead and execute statutory compliance for all entities under both group and local audits
• Ensure the timely month, quarter and year end closing activities, responsible for the close in accordance with both US & Local GAAP timelines
• Oversight of monthly/quarterly account reconciliations and other documents to ensure compliance
• Responsible for the close in accordance with both US & Local GAAP timelines
• Oversight of monthly/quarterly account reconciliations and other documents to ensure compliance

Additional Responsibilities

People

• Lead and develop a global team of finance team members.
• Set clear objectives, provide coaching and mentoring, and support professional development across the team.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative, and commercially focused team culture.
• Other duties as assigned by GFS Leadership

Systems & Data

• Support deployment of SAP S/4 HANA and other systems e.g. Power BI and Blackline to garner greater efficiency
• Leverage financial systems and tools to enhance reporting efficiency and insight generation.
• Lead the use of Power BI to create impactful dashboards and visualisations
• Demonstrate highly advanced Excel skills for complex financial models, large datasets, and automation.

Strategic Impact

Finance Transformation & Strategic Impact

• Lead and contribute to the broader GFS finance transformation agenda, improving process design, financial insight generation, and global standardization.
• Bring strong executive presence and the ability to collaborate across functions building an understanding of how operational execution, investment choices and processes drive Wests overall financial performance.
• Drive adoption of automation, AI, and digital tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in reporting, forecasting, and accounting operations.

Education

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent expereince in Finance or Accounting

Work Experience

• 8+ years of PQE experience in Finance, Accounting, FP&A or similar function 
• 3+ years of people management experience

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Public Accounting background
• Previous FP&A / Controllership experience with multinational publicly quoted company experience
• Working knowledge of US GAAP
• Proficient in SAP or similar ERP
• Proficient in MS Office applications
• Experience of BI tools an advantage
• Demonstrated ability to form, lead and develop high-performing teams
• Excellent communication and leadership skills i.e. ability to communicate and work effectively with a wide range of region, division and corporate functions
• Able to manage multiple priorities effectively, while managing ambiguity and adapting to changing business needs and priorities
• Project management, meeting facilitation, written/oral communication and presentation skills
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all times
• Able to comply with the company’s quality policy at all times

License and Certifications

• Qualified accountant i.e. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA

Additional Requirements

• Use written and oral communication skills
• Read and interpret data, information and documents
• Must maintain the ability to work well with others in a variety of situations.
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, problem solve, and prioritize.
• Ability to make independent and sound judgments.
• Observe and interpret situations, analyze and solve problems #LI-JJ1 #LI-HYBRID

Travel Requirements

Physical Requirements

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