Sr Finance Supervisor

GBS BFS ISC – Sr. Finance Supervisor: GBE Finance Support

Location: Bangalore, KA

As a Senior Finance Supervisor at GFC BFS ISC BA, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the CFO by managing GBE/Regional finance operations and providing financial insights and analysis on ISC conversion costs and inventory. This role enables strategic decision-making, drives initiatives, and enhances cost performance. Core responsibilities include leading the Annual Standard Costing process, regular cost monitoring, planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis. Additionally, the role involves operational tasks such as accruals and financial reporting for ISC conversion costs and inventory.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Standard Costing: Drive the Annual Standard Costing process, including governance with AC-04 and In-year standard costing and Audit walkthroughs.
• Financial Planning and Analysis: Partner and support planning and forecasting processes for ISC costs, including AOP, forecasts (SRO/Pulse), and monthly estimates, in coordination with business and ISC finance leads.
• Cost Management: Conduct in-depth financial analysis, trend analysis, and variance analysis of conversion costs, PPV, absorption, DLE Efficiency and IOS analytics to identify OI improvement opportunities. Create visibility at SBG, GBE/ Region, and product levels and drive analytics to improve metrics.
• Reporting and Analytics: Manage financial reporting, estimates, accrual guidance, and business engagement with GBEs. Deliver Region/GBE/SBG-level visibility and analytics to drive ISC key metrics while working with ISC finance leads. Interpret results and provide actionable recommendations to meet SBG goals for cost efficiency and productivity. Deliver actionable insights through financial reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, dashboards, and performance metrics. Evaluate business cases, return on investment (ROI), and financial risks associated with transformation and productivity projects.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the primary Finance Business Partner to the Americas Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) leadership team. Partner with operations leaders to identify, validate, prioritize, and execute productivity and cost optimization initiatives. Partner closely with Regional CFO and FP&A teams to align operational execution with financial commitments and business objectives. Collaborate with ISC Finance, GBS, and business stakeholders to improve visibility into operational performance and strategic priorities
• Standardization and Automation: Implement standardized and automated financial processes and reporting to enhance productivity and operational efficiency. Develop integrated and standardized reporting in areas such as costs, inventory, IOS, etc. Drive analytics and digitization initiatives that improve reporting efficiency, business insights, and decision-making capabilities.
• Operational Deliverables: Develop and manage a robust productivity pipeline, ensuring initiatives are tracked, measured, and savings are realized. Provide financial analysis and decision support for strategic investments, including CAPEX, automation, digitization, and operational improvement initiatives. Develop presentations and operating reviews for senior leadership and key stakeholders.Ensure adherence to financial controls, governance requirements, and corporate compliance standards. Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis and special projects to support management decision-making and strategic priorities.

Education and Certifications

• Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant / Masters Degree in Finance or Business Administration with 6+ years of overall finance experience

• Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with Corporate Finance and functional leaders to manage financial targets for the function.
• Technical Proficiency: Experience with tools such as Tableau, BI, and Alteryx; knowledge of ERP/reporting systems like SAP, Oracle, Essbase, HANA/BW, and Hyperion.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to identify patterns among issues and make consistent, timely decisions.
• Influencing Skills: Strong cross-functional and peer influencing capabilities.
• Professional Attributes: Intellectual curiosity and a proactive attitude to partner with the business in driving commercial excellence.
• Global Exposure: Ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees/customers and integrate with other departments/sites.

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the worlds most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sectors transition from automation to autonomy.