Manager – Global Finance & GBS Center of Excellence

About VELUX

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.

Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Your responsibilities

As the Manager, Center of Excellence in the Global Finance & GBS, you will lead a team of Business Controllers, ensuring effective people management, task coordination, as well as optimization and standardization of processes. You will play a pivotal role in driving efficiencies and fostering strong relationships between Business Controllers and business owners across various functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Business Controllers assigned to different Business Units and Functions, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment
• Oversee the allocation and prioritization of tasks within the team, ensuring timely and accurate completion of the deliverables
• Identify skill gaps, recruit talents and plan team succession
• Drive continuous improvement and efficiency through process harmonization and operational excellence
• Drive the optimization and standardization of financial processes and reporting across the organization, implementing best practices to enhance efficiency
• Actively engage with stakeholders ensuring collaboration, transparency. Foster and promote cross-functional collaboration
• Ensure strong collaboration between Business Controllers and Business owners to ensure alignment and value-added insights deliverables
• Guide the team in monitoring and analyzing financial performance, providing strategic insights and recommendations to senior management
• Ensure the preparation and presentation of comprehensive financial reports to stakeholders and functional management teams, supporting follow-up ad hoc analyses
• Support the budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes for the respective functions, collaborating with various departments to drive financial efficiency and cost control
• Support and develop the KPI and target-setting processes, contributing to financial reporting presented to the Executive Management Team and the VELUX Board
• Provide guidance and support to Finance Business Partners, other finance colleagues, and stakeholders in the business functions with ad hoc queries and insights

Qualifications

What we offer