Plant Business Finance Senior Controller

Schneider Electric has a meaningful opportunity for a Plant Finance Business Partner (Senior Controller) in the Rojo Gomez ETO plant, located in Rojo Gomez, Mexico, to work for a company consistently rated by Fortune as one of the "Great Places to Work", by Forbes as "America's Best Employers for Diversity", and by Equileap as the "World's Top 10 in Gender Equality".

This opportunity is less technical and is more of a direct influence on the business to focus on operational areas as well as more capacity to get involved in transversal projects.

You focus on what helps the business to perform and be better.

Roles & Responsibilities

Finance Business Partnership


* Partner with plant operational leadership to drive Plant Performance


* Collaborate within Finance function as well as cross functionally on numerous topics related to plant performance, plant controlling, tactical and strategic objectives impacting the plant


* Anticipate risk and opportunity on various time horizons - short to medium term and work with business partners to react appropriately


* Ensure awareness, understanding of plant performance metrics - work with plant management team to challenge and drive results in line with the NAM GSC and NA Ops current strategy

Financial Controlling and Budget management


* Review & ensure accuracy and validity of the financial statements monthly


* Oversee the month-end close processes for the entity through connecting with the NAM GSC CoCe


* Support and oversee the Quarterly Budget & Forecast Processes, working with business partners and GSC Central Functions to drive forecast accuracy and actions


* Support monthly forecasting or latest thinking efforts with plant management team


* Frequent variance analysis of Actuals & Forecast, present results to various management stakeholders to ensure understanding of performance and support various business decisions


* Work closely with the Mexico and US Schneider Electric Accounting teams and Mexico Territory Finance leadership to ensure accurate financial statements and reporting

Internal Controls, Compliance and Governance


* Review, Develop, Implement and Validate the Key Internal Controls for the entity


* Own and support various aspects of the Annual Key Internal Controls campaign


* Ensure accountability and completion progress of Key Internal Control Action plans as applicable


* Support and enable Annual physical inventory, as well as supporting cycle count program


* Support Capital Expenditure lifecycle - including support of product line transfer outs and in - ensure proper CIP controlling, documentation, collaboration with project managers, project sponsors and Mechanical Engineers - ensuring timely capitalization and depreciation supporting strong financial statement integrity


* Support and enforce monthly required governance and compliance / internal control processes, procedures or activities for the entity
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