Job Description

Job Description

Schneider Electric has an opportunity for a Services Business Finance Controller in Boston, Dallas, Raleigh or Nashville office.

As a Services Business Controller, you will be supporting the growth of the Services business within the US Operations. Services is Schneider Electric's fastest-growing activity. This role offers a significant opportunity to make a substantial impact within the company and the region.

Travel: Occasional

What will you do?

The Services Business Finance Controller is responsible of enhancing the Services Business financial performance through insightful analysis, strategic action plans, and expert advisory, while ensuring strict compliance and upholding the highest standards of business ethics.

Business Partnering for Services Commercial Teams

• Understand strategies and support the development of operational plans that deliver results aligned with the strategic initiatives.
• Support commercial teams to plan & manage central cost providing visibility and supporting decision making.
• Analyze and follow up on commercial initiatives, helping prioritize and plan resource allocation on the commercial side.
• Oversee revenue management to ensure optimal margin achievement and enhance profitability.
• Analyze pricing strategies and market conditions to identify opportunities for revenue growth.
• Provide and monitor relevant financial support as the single point of contact for BU Finance leaders and other stakeholders.
• Partner with Local, Regional, and Global teams to provide financial support in terms of data stewardship, metrics, analysis, reporting, and compliance.

Reporting, Monitoring, and Escalation

• Ensure visibility and provide insights through the business reporting process, comparing actual performance to targets.
• Utilize financial modeling tools to predict future financial outcomes and support strategic decision-making.
• Create and manage quarterly forecasts for various departments, adjusting based on changing business conditions and financial performance.
• Analyze trends and deviations in performance—compare planned objectives, requirements, risks, schedules, and forecasts against what is actually being delivered.
• Recommend corrective actions and help deploy and follow up on mitigation and/or prevention plans to maximize profit and cash and reduce risk in a timely manner.

Compliance, Integrity, and Risk Management

• Identify financial risks and develop strategies to mitigate them.
• Ensure the implementation of risk management policies and procedures.
• Implement and oversee governance policies to ensure compliance with financial regulations and standards.
• Develop and maintain robust internal controls to safeguard the company's assets and ensure the accuracy of financial reporting.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations and standards.
• Review and challenge order booking rules to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Analyse and follow up on backlog time to revenue and backlog aging to optimize financial outcomes.

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• +4 Proven experience in financial management and analysis.
• Strong knowledge of financial principles, regulations, and best practices.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in ERP systems and financial software.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy and compliance.

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

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