Business Finance Director
Schneider Electric, Boston, MA, United States
Schneider Electric has a hybrid opportunity for a Business Finance Director
in one of the following hub locations: Dallas, TX; Nashville, TN; or Boston, MA.
Join our dynamic finance team as a Business Finance Director and play a pivotal role in shaping strategic financial decisions that drive business growth and innovation. In this role, you will be responsible to provide financial oversight to the Digital Energy Business (comprised of Digital Buildings, Digital Power, and Microgrid) in the US, acting as a trusted business partner to the management teams and ensuring governance is in place.
Roles & Responsibilities
Finance Business Partner for the Digital Energy Business in the US and main Point of Contact for Digital Energy Global Division.
Support and challenge Business Partners to optimize short-and-long term financial performance (Growth, Profitability, and Cash Management) in alignment with established strategy.
Maintain and improve the financial processes for accurate financial planning and control, including Project Controlling using percentage of completion accounting and straight-line revenue recognition.
Gather, analyze, prepare, and summarize recommendations for financial plans; perform economic research and studies on rates of return, depreciation, working capital requirements, investment opportunities, investment performance, and impact of government requirements.
Own the SE Buildings America Balance Sheet: partner with the SEBA accounting team to ensure provisions and accruals are accurate and aligned with company policy.
Be a Trade Working Capital champion: work with the direct business to improve process and accuracy with billing, down payments, mobilization; partner with the collections group to improve collection to drive down bad debt reserve.
As a member of the US Commercial Controlling leadership, drive transversal initiatives to share best practices, including, but not limited to, ERP implementations, ERP enhancements, digital initiatives, and acquisition due diligence and implementation.
Lead a team of direct reports and develop talent for current and future responsibilities.
Ensure internal controls and adequate accounting practices are in place.
For this U.S. based position, the expected compensation range is $208,000 - $312,000 per year, which includes base pay and short‑term incentive.
Schneider Electric also offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, including medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks (credits to apply toward your benefits), flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k) plus match, well‑being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs, 12 holidays per year, 15 days of paid time off per year (pro‑rated in the first year of employment based on start date), opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date), and military leave benefits.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting.
At least 8+ years of work experience in finance and 5+ years in a leadership role in Business Finance.
Experience in project controlling.
Experience with global, enterprise financial systems (Hyperion, Oracle, MS Dynamics, etc.) and familiarity with SQL and Tableau.
Industry/business acumen in Construction market / Building Automation, Fire & Security Industries is an asset.
People management experience.
Business Finance experience.
Business Partnering experience.
Skills & Abilities
Strong leadership skills including team leading and employee training, influencing, & convincing.
Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used accounting and IT concepts, practices, and procedures.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills, including handling multiple demands and assignments and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively and efficiently.
Self‑starter comfortable working independently with limited direction.
Process improvement and problem‑solver mentality.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
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in one of the following hub locations: Dallas, TX; Nashville, TN; or Boston, MA.
Join our dynamic finance team as a Business Finance Director and play a pivotal role in shaping strategic financial decisions that drive business growth and innovation. In this role, you will be responsible to provide financial oversight to the Digital Energy Business (comprised of Digital Buildings, Digital Power, and Microgrid) in the US, acting as a trusted business partner to the management teams and ensuring governance is in place.
Roles & Responsibilities
Finance Business Partner for the Digital Energy Business in the US and main Point of Contact for Digital Energy Global Division.
Support and challenge Business Partners to optimize short-and-long term financial performance (Growth, Profitability, and Cash Management) in alignment with established strategy.
Maintain and improve the financial processes for accurate financial planning and control, including Project Controlling using percentage of completion accounting and straight-line revenue recognition.
Gather, analyze, prepare, and summarize recommendations for financial plans; perform economic research and studies on rates of return, depreciation, working capital requirements, investment opportunities, investment performance, and impact of government requirements.
Own the SE Buildings America Balance Sheet: partner with the SEBA accounting team to ensure provisions and accruals are accurate and aligned with company policy.
Be a Trade Working Capital champion: work with the direct business to improve process and accuracy with billing, down payments, mobilization; partner with the collections group to improve collection to drive down bad debt reserve.
As a member of the US Commercial Controlling leadership, drive transversal initiatives to share best practices, including, but not limited to, ERP implementations, ERP enhancements, digital initiatives, and acquisition due diligence and implementation.
Lead a team of direct reports and develop talent for current and future responsibilities.
Ensure internal controls and adequate accounting practices are in place.
For this U.S. based position, the expected compensation range is $208,000 - $312,000 per year, which includes base pay and short‑term incentive.
Schneider Electric also offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, including medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks (credits to apply toward your benefits), flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k) plus match, well‑being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs, 12 holidays per year, 15 days of paid time off per year (pro‑rated in the first year of employment based on start date), opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date), and military leave benefits.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting.
At least 8+ years of work experience in finance and 5+ years in a leadership role in Business Finance.
Experience in project controlling.
Experience with global, enterprise financial systems (Hyperion, Oracle, MS Dynamics, etc.) and familiarity with SQL and Tableau.
Industry/business acumen in Construction market / Building Automation, Fire & Security Industries is an asset.
People management experience.
Business Finance experience.
Business Partnering experience.
Skills & Abilities
Strong leadership skills including team leading and employee training, influencing, & convincing.
Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used accounting and IT concepts, practices, and procedures.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills, including handling multiple demands and assignments and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively and efficiently.
Self‑starter comfortable working independently with limited direction.
Process improvement and problem‑solver mentality.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
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