Business Controller, Electrification Installation Products

Role Description

ABB is searching for an operational excellence and financial analytics + technology leader to step into our Electrification Installation Products (ELIP) Finance Leadership team. This role will be expected to drive continuous improvement, cutting edge processes, and be able to help generate results as a key project stakeholder for domestic and global projects.

This role reports to the Senior Business Controller and is open to remote candidates across the United States (#LI-Remote) with a preference for a candidate located in the Eastern or Central US.

Main accountabilities:

• Operational Excellence:
  • Drive complete visibility of end-to-end margin across our 9 manufacturing sites by leveraging SAP HANA and other software tools.
  • Improve FP&A processes, reporting capabilities, planning tools, and financial systems.
• Financial Analytics:
  • Establish cutting edge processes and tools necessary to obtain transparent and reliable analytics.
  • Develop and enhance financial models, dashboards, benchmarks, and key business performance metrics in line with ABB’s accounting and reporting guidelines.
  • Support the annual business plan, strategic planning process, and quarterly forecasts with trend analysis and gap analysis.
• Make vs Buy + M&A Related Activities:
  • Build financial models for make vs Buy analysis for specific factories.
  • Lead the financial analysis related to M&A activities for the US ELIP region.
• People/Staffing Leadership & Collaboration:
  • Collaboration and coordination with various stakeholders across the finance function as well as other functions.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or accounting is required.
• 10+ years of experience, or a special combination of education and experience and/or demonstrated performance and results in business, finance, operational controlling, and/or accounting.
• Strong costing knowledge and understanding of factory accounting and sales accounting.
• MS Office, Solid SAP knowledge/experience (CO/FI) preferred.
• Experience in Power BI and other new generation software tools in finance.
• Authorization to work for ABB in the US is required.

Benefits

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus.
• Vision benefit.
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay).
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay).
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums.
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid.
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid, with the ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance).
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation, and virtual health, and infertility/adoption.
• Employee discount program.
• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions.
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).
• ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.