Local Finance Manager - Automotive (m/f/d)
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This position reports to
Finance Manger Robotics & Discrete Automation DE
Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to act as a financial business partner to the relevant business manager to optimize the financial performance within the Automotive Business Line within the Robotics & Discrete Automation business area. Each day, you will take the lead to support effective business decisions by monitoring, analyzing, and interpreting financial data to evaluate various business alternatives. You will also showcase your expertise by recommending the most appropriate business solutions. The work model for the role is: #LI-Hybrid This role is contributing to the Robotics & Discrete Automation business area in Friedberg, Germany. Main stakeholders are middle management, department heads, team leaders and regulatory authorities. You will be mainly accountable for: • Shape business unit strategy, assess financial impact, develop scenarios, and offer actionable recommendations. • Translate strategy into business plans, monitoring measurable targets closely. • Drive business planning and forecasting for your area. • Manage cost structure, optimize productivity, and ensure capital efficiency, including proactive cash flow management. • Lead cross-functional initiatives aligned with strategic goals. • Ensure transparent financial reporting, implement internal controls, maintain regulatory compliance, and mitigate business risks while upholding data quality and closing schedules. • Establishing effective communication with internal stakeholders to promptly identify and address operational, work quality, and efficiency improvement opportunities within your area of responsibility.
Qualifications for the role
* Ability to demonstrate your experience in project and business controlling with several years of experience in these fields, demonstrating a strong sense of personal responsibility and an innate drive to excel, consistently taking ownership of tasks and projects to achieve exceptional results.
* Possess an enhanced knowledge of risk management and project business.
* You are passionate about attention to detail, accuracy, and multitasking, and you are innovative around collaboration and solution-focused approaches.
* A degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or similar.
* You are at ease communicating in German and English.
More about us
We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. ABB is able to offer you an interesting role within a highly motivated team, together with open communication structures. On the basis of a personal, practice-oriented induction programme, you will be given the opportunity to acquire the confidence needed to work independently and self-reliantly within your assigned area. Even after the joining phase, ABB offers a wide range of individual career development opportunities and supports you in realising your career goals with targeted training measures. At ABB you will find an attractive working environment in all phases of life - including policies for sabbaticals and home office, the ABB children's vacation camp and taking care of family members. Interested in joining our team? We are looking forward to receiving your complete application through our online tool. In the case of equal suitability, people with severe disabilities and their equals are given preference ABB AG Your contact is: ABB PersonalDirekt +49 (0) 621 381 3500