NI Fixed Networks Controller Americas

NOKIA; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Nokia is seeking a seasoned Customer & Project Controlling (CPC) professional in Dallas to drive financial performance for customer and project activities. The role delivers decision support, planning, reporting, and analysis across global teams and key business units.

You will lead complex analyses, identify risks and opportunities, and support executive-level decisions while ensuring financial controls and working capital optimization.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance or related field with 7–10 years in Finance and Controlling.
• Telecommunications industry experience preferred.
• Proficient in English with excellent communication skills at executive levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide decision support to sales and project teams with customer business case analysis.
• Lead financial planning, reporting and analysis for the customer/project organisation.
• Identify and monitor risks, exposures and opportunities; alert for corrective actions.
• Drive working capital reduction and ensure SOX compliance and internal controls.
• Establish productive relationships with internal/external stakeholders and authorities.

Skills

Strong communication skills

English proficiency

Education

Master's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Oracle

Salesforce

Power BI

Job description

Customer & Project Controlling (CPC) comprises the strategic business controlling to drive market / customer / project financial performance. Covers provision of decision support to sales and project teams including customer business case support and analysis. Contains financial planning, reporting, and analysis for customer / project organisation.

• Drives business performance and provides advanced decision support to business leaders in a complex business organisation.
• Responsible for financial planning, reporting and analysis for their respective business organisation, and challenges the organisation in commercial, financial and business performance-related issues.
• Identifies and monitors risks, exposures and opportunities, and ensures performance tracking is in place to alert possible needs for corrective actions.
• Drives the permanent reduction of the working capital needs.
• Ensures compliance with Nokia accounting principles, internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) policies, procedures and reporting.
• Establishes productive relationships with internal / external stakeholders and authorities.
• Acts as a senior subject matter expert, typically at a global or regional level, in many organisational units the most senior internal expert who serves as best practice / quality resource and is an acknowledged authority both within and outside own organisational unit.
• Often leads functional teams or projects with considerable resource requirements, risk, and complexity, handles day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work.

• Requires a Master's degree in Finance or a related field and extensive experience (7-10 years) in Finance and Controlling, preferably in the Telecommunications industry.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, including CoPilot, familiarity with SAP (preferred), Oracle, Salesforce, and Power BI.
• Accountable for achieving departmental/program goals and managing cost performance, with proven ability to interact with global teams.
• Highly self-directed and independent in developing plans and measuring effectiveness. Anticipates problems, seeks opportunities, and models creative work methods, capable of implementing complex and innovative concepts.
• Proficient in English with excellent communication skills, confidently presents complex topics at executive levels and engages multiple stakeholders and influences cross-cultural and global environments to accept new concepts and practices.

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