Finance
Finance Controller
Job Description

Are you ready to drive financial excellence and strategic growth at a global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technology? 

 

What is the job about?

The Financial Controller at Grundfos ensures compliant and optimized performance reporting and statutory/tax statements. Key activities include driving cost-effective, standardized global finance processes, ensuring compliance and operational excellence, and managing accurate reporting. This role serves as the main contact for finance controlling and accounting matters, overseeing financial control for one or more entities.

 

This position reports directly to the Sr. Finance Manager Controlling FC Americas and will operate daily out of the Buenos Aires, Argentina facility (Garin). Relocation for this position cannot be supported and qualified candidates must have authorization to work in Argentina without support.

Please note: This role is not a Leadership/Manager position. It is an individual contributor role as Specialist. The salary will fall within the specified pay range for this type of role.

 

Your main responsibilities:

  • Lead accurate monthly/year-end reporting according to Grundfos GAAP as well as statutory financial statements for legal entities including relationship to statutory outsourcing partner.
  • Deliver accurate and timely monthly/year-end reporting on Performance Unit and Profit Center level with adherence to all Finance and Performance Management guidelines and procedures.
  • Lead efficient and value adding external audit process with auditors
  • Challenge and support harmonization, efficiency and effectiveness of global finance controlling/accounting processes, statutory compliance processes and internal control processes
  • Owner of balance sheets including split between Segments, balance sheet reviews for all legal entities
  • Owner of cost allocations between performance units including e.g. accruals, wages, pension schemes
  • Ensure optimal control environment at legal entity level including follow-up on internal control observations from GIAS
  • Drive efficient company structure and capital structure with Tax and Treasury
  • Drive efficient performance unit / profit center structure with FBP and GFP&A
  • Be main contact to local authorities, local auditors, and local outsourcing partner

 

Your background

We imagine that you have:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field is required.
  • Candidates must have a minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in a Corporate Finance role using SAP.
  • Fluent in English, ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language
  • Intermediate Excel and Microsoft Suit products
  • Proactive mindset with the ability to work independently and be self-sufficient.
  • Self-motivated and a self-starter continuously looking for process improvements.
  • Strong attention to detail while maintaining the broader, analytical perspective; and excellent organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple tasks under time constraints

 

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be an invaluable part of our team, a diverse network of pioneers guiding others in seeing possibilities, not problems. You’ll be instrumental in spreading our optimistic, can-do attitude to advance global innovation and a clear sense of purpose, embodying our six core values, guiding our colleagues in living them day by day, and making a difference in global projects. We support you in navigating your own career and development path, offering you tools to hone your leadership craft, both within your field and to broaden your interest or expertise in areas such as diversity & inclusion, coaching and culture.

 

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

  • Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly
  • We encourage you to be at the offices, where you can engage, learn, and have fun with colleagues. If you’ll be working from your home office, we’ll make sure you are well equipped with a good workstation
  • On the top of it, flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ additional paid leave for volunteering
  • Annual bonuses, health insurance, internal well-being consultants and programmes
  • Access to the modern Grundfos Academy to pursue further both personal and professional development

 

Do you want to learn more?

If this job sounds appealing, please send your resume by clicking “Apply”.

 

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We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Information at a Glance

Job details

Application deadline:  As soon as possible
Workplace:  Hybrid (office and home-working)
Job Location:  Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contract Type:  Full-Time
Employment Type:  Regular

About Grundfos

Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19.000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

An inclusive team

We believe that the key to a work environment, where employees thrive and grow, is our ability to celebrate and value our differences in background, experiences and perspectives. In our recruitment process we welcome all professional people without consideration of age, colour, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, ethnicity or religion.

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