Business Controller

Volvo; Hagerstown (MD); On-site; USD 73,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan

Volvo Group University

Job summary

Volvo Group in Hagerstown is seeking a Manufacturing Business Controller to provide accurate financial information that supports short- and long-term profitability. You will partner with cross-functional teams to drive performance and translate group targets into actionable plant-level actions.

This role requires a 4-year degree in accounting/finance and 3–5 years of data/financial analysis, cost accounting, and make/buy analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance is required.
• 3–5 years of data/financial analysis and cost accounting experience is needed.
• Experience with make/buy analysis and business cases is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Business Partner/Controller for teams, coaching performance and financial improvements.
• Forecast and provide 1–2 year outlooks for financial results.
• Analyze product costs and benchmark against competition to drive improvements.
• Perform monthly closes, journal entries, and reconciliations for accruals and provisions.
• Improve control tasks with automation, AI and real-time reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical skills

Project Management

Power BI

Power Query

Capital investments

Make/Buy analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

Want to learn more about Hagerstown

We Are The Heart.
Our team is growing! We work cross-functionally and globally to exceed our customers' expectations and reach the world-class manufacturing level. We have exciting work in front of us, and more on the horizon! The automotive world is changing rapidly and to be part of this big change is an exciting movement. The opportunities are endless if you are willing to join our team in the challenges ahead of us. We want an experienced business controller who can lead, manage and increase our business acumen to increase our profitability through strong performance.

Role Description

The purpose of this position is to provide Business Control teams, functional teams and management with accurate, timely and meaningful financial information related to our operations, securing the short and long-term profitability targets.

As a self-driven, proactive member of the Business Control team, the Manufacturing Business Controller must assist in breaking down group targets to plant level targets that create meaningful actions from the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a Business Partner/Controller for teams by coaching them in performance, cost deployment/continuous financial improvement, process, and all financial matters.
• Serve as the key member of the functional organization helping them prioritize activities that will have a positive impact on the plant productivity
• Be a key member in forecasting and estimating our financial results with a 1-2 year forward-looking outlook
• Assist in providing financial analysis of our product cost, comparing it with competition and always challenging the organization to be better.
• Monitor and provide financial analysis of manufacturing costs, investigate actual charges, and conduct variance analysis versus budgets/forecasts as required, including productivity.
• Perform monthly closing activities including journal entries, account analysis, and reconciliation related to accruals, adjustments, provisions, etc.
• Improve business control tasks with the help of automation, AI and real-time financial reporting versus monthly reporting.
• Ensure accurate and on-time reporting in accordance with internal audit, internal control and Volvo Financial Procedures and Policies guidelines.
• Recognize patterns in data, information, and events, draw logical conclusions, and make recommendations for action.
• Interface with other locations and Volvo Financial Community on financial matters
• Provide various reporting tools to assist operations and management in their development
• Assist in capital investment analysis, make/buy analysis, monitoring and tracking key capital projects.

Essential Educational and/or Training Qualifications and Certifications:

• Four-years bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or equivalent experience required
• 3-5 years’ experience in data/financial analysis, cost accounting, capital investments, make/buy analysis, business cases

Preferred Experience and Knowledge:

• Leadership, communication, and analytical skills.
• Project Management
• Digital tools like Microsoft Power BI, Power Query etc.
• Capital investment understanding and experience is preferred.
• Make/Buy analysis and business case knowledge is preferred.

Necessary Technical/Functional/ Language Skills:

• Proficiency in the English language is required.

At the Volvo Group, we strive for a clear, transparent, and straightforward compensation approach, motivating you to contribute to the company’s growth. For this position, the base pay is set at $72,600 - $89,700 annually, and where applicable, bonus eligible. The range for this role, as well as final salary offered, is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, work-related knowledge, certifications, skills, education, and experience. In addition to these factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.

In addition to a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:

• Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off.
• Competitive matching retirement savings plans.
• Working environment where your safety, health and wellbeing come first.
• Focus on professional and personal development through Volvo Group University.
• Programs that make today’s challenging reality of combining work and personal life easier.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.

Who we are and what we believe in

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

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