Strategic Finance Controller – Central West District

KONE Corporation; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 179,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible work schedule

401K Employer Match

Health & wellness benefits

Job summary

KONE Americas is seeking a Business Controller for the Central West District to lead financial planning, forecasting and reporting across multiple geographies including Denver and Austin. You will partner with business leaders to translate numbers into actionable insights and drive performance.

The role requires 5+ years in finance, strong Excel and ERP/BI experience, and the ability to influence in a matrix organization. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive finance experience, with FP&A or finance business partnering experience strongly preferred.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP, reporting, consolidation and BI applications (SAP, PowerBI, CoPilot, Databricks, OneStream, considered as an asset).
• Ability to manage several priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive, independent and improvement-oriented mindset.
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting capabilities.
• Ability to influence and challenge constructively in a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with business and operational leaders to understand the key drivers of performance.
• Provide actionable insights, key findings and recommendations, not just numbers.
• Analyze actual performance versus budget and forecast and identify key risks, opportunities and corrective actions.
• Challenge the business constructively and help leaders translate financial insights into operational actions.
• Evaluate financial, operational and market trends to support short-, medium- and long-term decision-making.
• Drive budgeting, forecasting and business planning processes together with business leaders.
• Improve forecast accuracy through strong understanding of the underlying business drivers.
• Develop scenarios and forward-looking analysis to support decision-making and profitable growth.
• Monitor KPIs and ensure measures are meaningful, actionable and connected to business outcomes.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial and managerial reporting.
• Analyze profitability, costs, working capital, cash flow and other key business performance indicators.
• Ensure compliance with the KONE Financial Control Model (FCM), accounting standards and reporting principles.
• Support strong financial controls while continuously looking for opportunities to simplify and improve processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, productivity and ways of working.
• Help move Finance toward greater automation, analytics and forward-looking insights.
• Collaborate across Finance and operational teams to share best practices and drive continuous improvement.
• Influence change in a matrix organization and help turn improvement opportunities into measurable results.

Skills

Excel

ERP systems

BI tools

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

SAP

PowerBI

Databricks

OneStream

CoPilot

Job description

KONE Americas is seeking a Business Controller for the Central West District to lead financial planning, forecasting and reporting across multiple geographies including Denver and Austin. You will partner with business leaders to translate numbers into actionable insights and drive performance.

The role requires 5+ years in finance, strong Excel and ERP/BI experience, and the ability to influence in a matrix organization. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits are offered.