In October, 2024 Honeywell announced the spin-off of our Advanced Materials business to become a stand-alone publicly traded company, independent of Honeywell. Our intention is that this role, dedicated to the Advanced Materials business, will be a part of this future transaction when the separation occurs.
- Overall end-to-end owner of accounting, control and compliance for the assigned entities (High -Significant risk/Manufacturing/ Non-manufacturing multi SBG co codes).
- Ensure entity comply with US GAAP and HON policies.
- Own, manage and co-ordinate end-to-end accounting and control process including the period-end closing activities. Deliver a standard month end close timetable & ensure compliance across entities.
- Troubleshoot system jobs for Month End; identify root cause & timely resolution to deliver close.
- Exposure & understanding of technical accounting (Project, Revenue, cost accounting, assessment & distributions, COPA cycles)
- Ensure foreign transactions including Hedging and translations are properly recorded.
- Own and/or support balance sheet review process. Completion of quarterly variance analysis of the B/S and P/L
- Ensure robust controls in place and drive action to remediate deficiency
- Manage balance sheet account reconciliation processes, ensure recons are delivered with quality and drive closure of aged / unreconciled / invalid items as per policy.
- Support in new SAP implementation & ensure stabilization within 3 month ends
- Coordinate and support Internal audit, external audit and SOX Compliance
Center Entity Controller
- Ensuring quality & timely submission of International Tax Packs & Workbooks for 10k & 10Q fillings.
- Oversee the deliverables from BPO partners delivering GA operations.
- Ensure a regular connection with BPO partners, key stakeholders in finance and business to deliver US GAAP compliant financials.
- Identify and lead process improvement opportunities, lead the project and ensure completion
- Responsible for transitioning Controllership Ops activities & ensuring due diligence on all new Controllership ops transition and new work / growth
- Partner with business on new initiatives and join projects
- Provide financial reports, analysis, explanations and advice based on knowledge of financial info, relevant GAAP & supporting SAP systems to SBU/auditors
- Manage the ad-hoc queries from business / in-country team / other stakeholders.
- Ensure excellent relationships are maintained with internal and external stakeholders for Region / SBG / Group.
Qualifications
Education and Certifications
- Bachelor Degree in Finance or equivalent with strong finance operational background
- Chartered Accountant/ICWA / equivalent with strong academic achievements.
Required Experiences
- Min 4-8 years of experience in public accounting and similar industry
- Experience of handling financial statements of companies with international presence and hands on knowledge transition experience preferred
Knowledge and SkillsCritical
- Hands on experience with SAP / Systems knowledge of SAP and HFM
- Extensive knowledge of US GAAP
- Knowledge of R2R concepts, processes and best practices
- Good working knowledge of US GAAP, Local GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley
- Good knowledge of internal control framework / SOX at multinational setup
- Process orientated with excellent problem solving skills
- Strong technical and analytical skills
- Familiar with Sarbanes Oxley and Six Sigma
- Project mindset, can identify opportunities and lead the projects.
- Good business acumen including company, legal entity, regulatory and compliance design
- Good communication skills