Business Unit Finance Partner

Johnson Controls Inc.; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global building solutions company is seeking a Business Unit Finance Manager in Manchester. This role involves overseeing financial performance, conducting analyses, and collaborating with leadership to drive strategic financial decisions. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Finance & Accounting with relevant experience in finance and internal control. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential. The position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with a focus on collaboration and achieving optimal financial outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in finance, internal control, or FP&A roles.
• Experience in a shared service environment leading teams.
• Background in manufacturing or engineering sectors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial performance and reporting for the business unit.
• Conduct financial analyses to support strategic decisions.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulations.
• Act as liaison between various functional teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Finance & Accounting

ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA (desirable)

Job description

.Business Unit Finance Partner page is loaded## Business Unit Finance Partnerlocations: Manchester-Manchester-United Kingdom: GBR Birmingham: GBR Leicester: GBR Leeds Meadow Lanetime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: WD30254360**What you will do**JCI is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Business Unit Finance Manager to join our team. This pivotal role will serve as a Finance Partner to the Regional Finance Director and Business Unit General Manager, with a primary responsibility of overseeing the financial performance of our entities. If you are passionate about finance, strategic collaboration, and influencing business outcomes, we want to hear from you!**How you will do it*** Take ownership of the General Ledger (GL), serving as the first point of contact for GL reports, queries, and audits, ensuring accuracy and compliance.* Conduct comprehensive financial analysis to empower leadership in achieving short and long-term financial strategies. Lead the preparation and presentation of Monthly/Quarterly Outlooks, Weekly Pulses, and Budget creation aligned with Corporate and Business requirements.* Provide clear visibility and analytical insights on financial performance to management and operational teams, driving accountability across the organization to enhance profitability and cash flows.* Support and proactively advise on key business decisions and projects, ensuring that financial matters are fully integrated into strategic discussions and operational execution.* Collaborate in deploying strategic business transformations and simplification programs to optimize Finance processes and tools, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.* Ensure timely production of financial results analysis, identifying trends, variances, and operational drivers, and facilitating early identification of risks and opportunities.* Review and validate bid economics (including terms and conditions, technical requirements, manufacturing cycle times, margin analysis, and cash flow optimization) to support informed decision-making by leadership.* Act as the primary contact for Orders-to-Cash (OTC) & Commercial matters, partnering with functional experts in sales, project management, pricing, controllership, tax, legal, and treasury to structure compliant and profitable deals.* Exhibit strong interpersonal skills, communicating complex information clearly and effectively to stakeholders, and driving cultural change through influence.* Lead cross-functional process improvement initiatives, implementing policies, automation, simplification, and standardization that elevate financial performance and operational excellence.* Maintain a robust internal control environment, ensuring compliance with relevant internal policies, SOX controls, and US GAAP standards.* Foster effective communication between the Bratislava Business Center (BBC), International Business Center (IBC), and business units, leveraging firsthand knowledge of processes and issues.* Serve as the first escalation point for unresolved issues between the business and functional owners, ensuring timely resolution.* Act as an intermediary to ensure close cooperation and effective communication between the business and internal service providers (CFS, BBC, treasury, etc.), driving the allocation of activities per agreed taxonomies and SLAs.**What we look for*** A degree in Finance & Accounting or equivalent; professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA are desirable.* Experience in complex finance or controlling roles, with a proven track record in audit, internal control, financial compliance, and FP&A.* Experience working in a shared service center environment and leading teams, demonstrating effective collaboration and leadership.* Industry experience in a matrix environment, particularly within manufacturing, engineering, or consumer goods sectors, ideally in large multinational companies.* Excellent communication skills with a strong customer and business orientation, demonstrating the ability to influence and drive change.* Strong analytical skills with a desire to develop business acumen and leadership capabilities.**Our culture**At Johnson Controls you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting projects in today’s market. Our hardworking people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, results-oriented, hardworking and above all fun.We believe that diversity and inclusion matter and make a difference. By embracing the true value of diversity and inclusion, getting comfortable with having crucial conversations, and valuing different perspectives, we will be one of the most desirable places to work.#LI-CR1#HybridYour buildings have a purpose. They are places for people to live or work. Facilities for learning or healing. Venues for entertainment and shopping. Sites for the specialized storage of tangible goods or mission-critical data. Your buildings have a huge variety of functions; they are central to your mission. This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most. Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable. Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission. Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet.At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since. Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.