Job Description
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (NYSE: JELD) is a leading global designer, manufacturer and distributor of high-performance interior and exterior doors, windows, and related building products serving the new construction and repair and remodeling sectors. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company operates across North America and Europe. Our associates are dedicated to bringing beauty and security to the spaces that touch our lives through our market-leading product brands across the world. The JELD-WEN family of brands includes JELD-WEN® worldwide, LaCantina® and VPI in North America, and Swedoor® and DANA® in Europe. For more information, visit corporate JELD-WEN wesite or follow LinkedIn.JELD-WEN has been named by Forbes as one of ‘America's Best Employers' and by Newsweek as one of the ‘World's Most Trustworthy Companies'.
- Lead effective Strategic Business Partnering within FP&A team to actively support and challenge DACH Leadership Team and Country Leadership Teams, ensuring appropriate Commercial Focus in decision making and good understanding of the drivers of Operational Performance and variances with appropriate analysis. Actively contribute to discussions on trade-offs, ensuring optimal business and financial decisions are being made for the benefit of DACH and Europe.
- Lead the development of the quality and consistency of Period/Quarterly Reporting for DACH, via Country FP&A teams, using effective KPIs and variance analysis to highlight areas of positive and negative performance, whilst driving consistency of approach with JW Europe standards.
- Lead the preparation of Annual Budget/Plan/Strategy, with the DACH Leadership Team, co-ordinating input, targets, guidance and alignment across all key Regional stakeholders, managing the process of Country & Region review and recommendations on deliverable outcomes. Work with Europe HQ FP&A team to improve reporting and processes.
- Lead the preparation of Financial Business Forecasts, for DACH, ensuring input from key Regional stakeholders, utilising historic trend analysis and forward-looking insights, to present an appropriate achievable Europe forecast, which includes key mitigating or accelerating actions.
- Develop and manage Risk & Opportunities process against current year targets with Country FP&A teams, using input from Country Leadership teams and Regional Functional Leadership.
- Lead the development of Profitability Reporting across the DACH business, ensuring consistency of definition and approach with Europe HQ and other country FP&A and providing visibility of Customer & Product profitability, with an end to end view of margin.
- Team Leadership & Development – lead and develop a strong FP&A team for the Region capable of being supportive and challenging Business Partners to all levels and functions within the Region, and providing high quality reporting, analytics and story-telling for their business area.
- Relevant experience in FP&A, Business Partnering, or Strategic Finance within multi-site/multi-country organizations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with large, complex US GAAP matrix organizations is an advantage.
- In-depth understanding of P&L management, risk management, macro and microeconomic trends, and business frameworks to drive impactful financial decisions.
- Advanced financial modeling skills using Excel and other tools.
- Proven experience in leading geographically dispersed teams with a focus on high-performance and development.
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent.
- Associate membership with ACMA/ACCA/ICAEW or equivalent finance qualification is a plus.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Proficiency in German is essential.
Investing in People is one of our Core Values, we strive to attract & retain great people! As such, JELD-WEN offers competitive compensation & benefits packages.
JELD-WEN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation based on individuals' physical traits, beliefs, and/or other characteristics that are protected under applicable laws.
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