Business Controller

Journal of Accountancy; Chennai; Hybrid; INR 2,200,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression opportunities

Comprehensive learning & development

Job summary

KONE India is seeking a Senior Business Controller to join the Business Controlling & Analytics team in Chennai. The role focuses on planning, forecasting, and insightful financial reporting to support decision-making and ensure policy adherence.

The candidate will analyze orders, sales and margins, develop KPIs, and partner with business leaders to drive value. Travel within India may be required; multi-cultural collaboration is expected.

Qualifications

• Academic qualification – Intermediate completion of Professional course CA / ICWA / CIMA.
• Advanced MS Excel and strong analytics required.
• Experience in cost planning, profitability analysis and business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Managing and analyzing monthly and year-to-date orders, sales and margins.
• Facilitating planning, forecasting and budget processes.
• Calculating labor rates and burden rates for tendering.
• Monitoring revenue recognition and policy compliance.
• Developing KPIs for order booking quality and cost overruns.
• Ensuring revenue and cost recognition for project completion.
• Supporting CORE simplification initiatives and market trend analysis.
• Stakeholder management and business partnering with leaders.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modelling

Cost planning

Profitability analysis

Business partnering

Analytical skills

English communication

Education

CA / ICWA / CIMA intermediate

Tools

SAP ERP

BI tools

Job description

Why this role?

KONE India is embarking upon an exciting growth phase and this represents an opportunity for you to join our Business Controlling & Analytics team in Chennai. The Business Controlling & Analytics team supports business performance by partnering closely with business leaders, in facilitating and supporting decisions with financials insights and ensuring high quality, accurate and timely reporting and forecasting in line with the KONE Financial Control Model.

The purpose of the role is also to ensure that business KPIs are logical and add value, actions are defined based on performance, and that benefit realizations are delivered. The Business Controller supports and ensures that adherence to both local and global policies is controlled. The Business Controller also executes the planning process according to guidelines with the business leaders.

What will you be doing?

• Managing and analyzing actual monthly and year to date Orders, Sales and Margins thereof
• Facilitating planning, forecasting and budget process
• Calculating and updating Labor rates & Burden rates for tendering and Order Booking
• Monitoring compliance of Orders recognition / Revenue recognition as per policy through sample check
• Managing the quality of Order Booking through KPI’s development on p2f/ p2p/ cost overrun etc.,
• Ensuring Revenue and cost recognition as per policy for completion
• Support and coordinate CORE simplification projects
• Monitoring the slow moving and non-moving projects, recognizing provisions as per policy
• Coordinate with Business team on Market trends and estimates
• Monitoring and support Cancellation of OR as per process
• Analyzing the actual profitability of completed project and share insights on p2p variance
• Support business team on Major projects tendering related commercials terms, cash flow forecast, future cost, risk & opportunity, Scenarios etc.,
• Stakeholder Management and Business Partnering in close coordination with Business leaders to align business priorities
• Other activities in line with Business requirements as and when needed

Are you the one?

• Minimum 10-15 years of industrial experience, preferably in an industrial environment, including cost planning, profitability analysis, financial modelling and business partnering
• Academic qualification – Intermediate completion of Professional course CA / ICWA / CIMA
• Advanced Microsoft excel knowledge
• SAP ERP (or similar) and BI tools working knowledge
• Excellent analytical, communication skills, coupled with the ability to build trust and collaboration among business leaders/ stakeholders
• Working knowledge of IT tools and flair for Automation
• Ability to adopt to a multi cultural environment
• Willingness to travel within and outside India
• Good organizational, process planning and change management skills, influencer in a matrix organization
• Hands on Business Partnering experience
• Proficiency in English language . Working knowledge of French , Arabic will be an added advantage

What do we offer?

• Career progression opportunities within a global organization.
• Total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work.
• Comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills.