SUSE Hiring for Global Finance Controller Job at London, England Full Time

Job Description:

Partners with the businesses to ensure that the capital strategies are operationally supported and strategically focused to secure the greatest return on investment for the global company. Gathers financial data and performs financial analyses and reporting (e.g., profit & loss, balance sheet, cash flow, pricing, etc.) to influence decisions within the business and to drive cross-business initiatives (e.g., Mergers & Acquisitions). Drives the forecasting process (weekly, monthly, and long term) by analyzing trends within the businesses and ensuring alignment with business- and corporate-wide objectives. Communicates and drives adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the organization’s financial goals and policies. Has the fiduciary responsibility to represent financial results correctly both internally and externally. Ensures strong business controls.

Responsibilities:

• Manages the finance function for one of company’s largest, most complex businesses, a major finance sub-function on a company-wide basis, or multiple finance functions for small- to mid- sized businesses.
• Develops and leads planning, design, implementation, communication, and delivery of the company’s finance initiatives across the organization.
• Accountable for leading an organization of directors, managers, and individual contributors for a business function by setting overall initiatives, approving financial and human capital allocations for programs and projects, and ensuring timely and effective delivery of financial programs.
• Consults with business leaders at the EVP and SVP level to drive and influence strategic decision-making within a broad scope (e.g., balancing risk, approving significant deals).
• Leads process improvement and policy development initiatives that impact the function globally.
• Oversees the key controls within multiple domains of responsibility to ensure compliance with legal and accounting requirements (e.g., GAAP, SBC, AFM).
• Oversees relationships with large external vendors (e.g., auditors).
• Initiates and leads implementation of business-wide programs and products.
• Leads and directly manages all finance functions within a business, and demonstrates broad impact through significant direct and dotted-line employee reporting relationships.
• Manages complex, ongoing business challenges and changes stemming from shifting organization structure, linkages, and strategy.
• Ensures that the financial strategies and initiatives within area of accountability are integrated with corporate and business strategies.

Education and Experience Required:

• First level university degree with a focus in business or economics; advanced degree and/or accounting certification (e.g., CPA, MBA) strongly preferred.
• Typically 15+ years of experience in a finance function or exhibiting an exceptionally strong background in some other relevant and applicable area of business.
• Typically 6+ years of people management experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Superior ability to provide finance consultation to senior managers within area of expertise.
• Superior understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis.
• Excellent project management and prioritization skills.
• Excellent people management skills, including managing teams across geographies.
• Ability to build partnerships across functions.
• Excellent communication skills catered to a wide variety of audiences.
• Strong leadership and staff development skills.
• Excellent consulting, influence, and negotiation skills.

Job:

Finance

SUSE is a global leader in innovative, reliable and enterprise-grade open source solutions, relied upon by more than 60% of the Fortune 500 to power their mission-critical workloads. We specialize in Enterprise Linux, Kubernetes Management, and Edge solutions, and collaborate with partners and communities to empower our customers to innovate everywhere –- from the data center, to the cloud, to the edge and beyond. SUSE puts the “open” back in open source, giving customers the agility to tackle innovation challenges today and the freedom to evolve their strategy and solutions tomorrow. The company is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, and employs nearly 2000 people globally. SUSE is listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.