Manager, Controllership - Financial Shared Services

Johnson Controls is looking for a finance leader to oversee a key function within our financial shared services organization in a business center. This role supports accurate accounting operations, strong controls, and timely financial information that helps the business make sound decisions.

What you will do

In this role, you will drive results in the accounting functions that support our European business domains and the underlying ledgers. You will serve as an advisor for business/operations leaders to ensure accounting and reporting integrity and effective controls and compliance, confirming consistency to US GAAP and Company policy. This person will provide direction, training, and feedback to various stakeholders on a wide variety of financial and accounting issues to ensure achievement and alignment of business processes across the enterprise.

How you will do it

• Drive on-time and quality month-end/quarter-end closure together with the Record-to-Report (RTR) teams.
• Review month-end/quarter-end results for accuracy and completeness.
• Review Manual Journal Entries that are subject to significant judgment as part of the MEC (Month End Closing) Activities.
• Work with Business and R2R to identify explanations and drive corrective actions for BS and P&L fluctuation analysis.
• Ensure accounting and reporting integrity and effective controls and compliance, confirming consistency to US GAAP and Company policy.
• Determine the appropriate accounting for transactions and/or contracts that exceed the required review threshold
• Review completed account reconciliations, ensuring alignment with Company policy and identifying balances that requires additional investigation. Partner with the RTR to assess the appropriateness of these balances and to determine corrective actions, if required.
• Prepare and maintain communication material to provide status updates and ensure proactive visibility on concerns and issues for timely resolution.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and standardization across the function.
• Perform other ad-hoc evaluation over balance sheet and P&L activity and balances.

What we look for

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• 8+ years of experience in Accounting/Finance roles in an International Environment.
• Experience in Record-to-Report/General Ledger and background in Finance, Reporting & Accounting, including Intercompany processes.
• Understanding of US GAAP requirements for US-based, publicly traded companies.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience in presenting to high-level management.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to influence across the organization.
• Previous experience in change management, project management, or consulting.
• General accounting and controlling knowledge.
• Hands-on working style.
• Fluent in English; other additional European languages are an advantage.
• Candidate should be comfortable working European shift time.

Preferred

• CPA, Chartered Accountant, or experience working in controllership functions.
• Previous exposure/experience in global or regional finance shared services.
• Familiarity with OneStream, Oracle, and ERP global templates.

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to lead an important finance function where your work directly supports accuracy, control, and service quality. At Johnson Controls, you will work with a collaborative team environment and have the chance to help strengthen shared services processes while developing the people around you.

If you are ready to lead with accountability and help improve the finance function, we encourage you to apply.