Your responsibilities
Position Overview:
The Managing Director Finance, North America, is the senior finance leader for thyssenkrupp Polysius North America and a strategic business partner to the Managing Director North America and Global CFO. The role is accountable for financial performance, planning and reporting, accounting, treasury, tax, internal controls, compliance, commercial and project finance, and leadership of the regional finance organization. It also leads the finance contribution to portfolio transformation, including M&A, carve-outs, restructuring, operating-model redesign, and shared service development.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Serve on the North America executive leadership team and act as principal finance
advisor to the Managing Director North America and Global CFO, providing independent
challenge, decision support, and financial leadership.
Own regional financial performance, including profitability, cash flow, working capital,
balance-sheet quality, cost discipline, and delivery of budget and strategic targets.
Lead planning, forecasting, management reporting, and performance reviews, with clear analysis of actuals, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
Oversee accounting, consolidation, statutory reporting, tax, treasury, cash pooling,
internal controls, audits, compliance, delegated authorities, and legal-entity governance
in line with U.S. requirements and Group policies.
Act as company Treasurer and manage liquidity, financing, banking relationships,
guarantees, dividend capacity, solvency, and cash-flow requirements.
Drive working-capital performance, including billing milestones, collections, receivables, contract assets, retentions, overdue-risk actions, and cash forecasting.
Provide financial and commercial oversight throughout the service and project life cycle, including contract review, project controlling, revenue and margin quality, change orders, claims, provisions, and close-out.
Lead the finance work for M&A, carve-outs, disposals, and restructurings, including
valuation, due diligence, transaction modeling, separation or integration planning,
transitional services, working-capital mechanics, and stranded-cost analysis.
Partner with regional and global leadership to assess strategic alternatives, improve
organizational effectiveness, manage structural commitments, and deliver sustainable
cost and productivity improvements.
Design and implement regional finance operating models, shared services, and
standardized processes across the United States and Mexico, with clear governance,
controls, service levels, continuity, and accountability
Your profile
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least 12 years of progressive finance experience in an international industrial,
engineering, project, or service environment, including senior leadership responsibility.
Demonstrated experience as a finance business partner to executive management,
covering planning, performance management, liquidity, accounting, controls, and
strategic decision support.
Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP or IFRS, statutory and management reporting, internal controls, treasury, tax, audit, and U.S. corporate governance.
Proven finance experience in service or project businesses, including contracts, project controlling, revenue recognition, working capital, collections, guarantees, and commercial risk.
Hands-on experience in transformation, restructuring, M&A, carve-outs, due diligence, shared-service transitions or operating-model redesign.
Track record of leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing senior stakeholders in a global matrix organization.
High integrity, sound judgment, and commitment to thyssenkrupp values, compliance, transparency, and inclusion.
Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to present complex financial matters clearly to executive and board-level audiences.
Willingness to travel up to 25%, including internationally, and to maintain a regular onsite presence in Atlanta and Milwaukee.
Preferred Qualifications:
CPA, CMA, MBA, preferred
Experience as a managing director, board member, treasurer, or compliance officer within a U.S. legal entity.
Experience with SAP and modern financial planning, consolidation, reporting, and
analytics tools.
Experience working across the United States and Mexico or in a comparable multi-country regional role
The [above] is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Your benefits
thyssenkrupp Polysius North America, Inc. recognizes and appreciates the exceptional quality of its employees. We are proud to offer challenging jobs with competitive benefits. Employees of thyssenkrupp Polysius receive a variety of financial and personal job benefits. The suite of benefits offered is meant as a supplement to your financial package and adds to your total compensation. Below is a brief summary of benefits which are available to all fulltime employees:
- Medical & Dental Insurance
- Vision Coverage
- Life Insurance - Company Paid
- STD/LTD - Company Paid
- FSA & HSA
- Voluntary Accident
- Hospital Indemnity
- Critical Illness
- Identity Theft Protection
- 401(k) Plan
- Roth IRA
- Supplemental Life & ADD
- Paid Time Off (25 days per year)
- Paid Holidays
Contact
We only accept online applications submitted through the 'Apply Now' button on this job posting. You can find all current job openings on our career site at: https://jobs.thyssenkrupp.com/en Thank you for your interest in joining our team!
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