Finance Manager B&R Switzerland 80-100%
Serving as the key partner for the Business Unit Manager of B&R Switzerland, you will be a vital member of the management team. You will help to set business strategy in line with wider division and product group strategies. In this role you will provide key support to the business, ensuring accurate tracking and processing of all transactions. You will translate business strategy into plans and establish measurable targets, evaluate the financial implications of various strategic decisions, identify risks and recommend actions. Additionally, you will oversee HR's impact on our business by collaborating with leaders to grasp business needs and strategies. Your role as an HR Business Partner involves translating business objectives into HR initiatives and executing them effectively with the support of our Centers of Expertise and global services.
- Overseeing the business planning and forecasting process for B&R Switzerland and serving as the interface with HQ in Austria and ABB.
- Ensuring compliance with internal guidelines/procedures and external regulatory requirements.
- Performing financial analysis, reporting to business managers and making suggestions to improve performance, where appropriate.
- Establishing and overseeing processes and tools to obtain transparent and reliable financial data and business information.
- Implementing strategy and plans related to organization restructuring, optimal utilization, redeployment and best allocation of people resources.
- Minimum of five years of experience in a comparable role.
- A bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or comparable further training.
- Experience with computerized accounting systems and financial reporting software, including SAP.
- Outstanding attention to detail, accuracy and the ability to multitask.
- Confident with balance sheets and proven practice in accounting.
- Good Excel skills and IT user knowledge.
- A solution-focused, collaborative approach and strong written and spoken communication skills.
- Fluent in German, written and spoken English.
As a global leader in industrial automation, B&R combines state-of-the-art technology and advanced engineering to provide customers in virtually every industry with complete solutions. In particular B&R develops, manufactures and distributes industrial electronics, software and mechatronic solutions as well technologies for machine and factory automation. The innovative spirit that keeps B&R at the forefront is driven by a commitment to exceeding customer expectations. B&R has enhanced its automation portfolio in 2020 by acquiring a leading provider of delta robots, Codian Robotics. B&R is part of the ABB Group and its Robotics & Discrete Automation business area, which, together with the ABB Robotics Division, employs more than 11,000 people at over 100 locations in more than 53 countries. We look forward to receiving your application. The recruiting process is being led by Azra Filan, Talent Partner at ABB Switzerland Ltd. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.br-automation.com.