Controller

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do every day.

About the Role

In the role as Team Member of Engineering Controlling you are coordinating and steering global R&D related controlling topics with global Automotive scope. Your focus is on process and project related tasks with global scope.

Together with your team members, you are in supporting to centralize and harmonize processes and approaches globally. Beside of this you are helping to bring more efficiency and more automation into the current setup. In your daily business, you are supporting R&D Controlling with needed deliveries.

What You Will Do

• Align and support month-end-closure processes and activities globally

• Operational controlling for Strategic Business Units (SBU) or Customer Business Units (CBU) including Budget planning and forecasting throughout

• Being Engineering Controller for SBUs and preparing Monthly and Quarterly Reviews

• Being Business Partner for SBU teams are customer teams

• Define and prepare monthly reports and provide commentaries for SBUs or CBUs

• Understanding and proceeding Intercompany process for related areas

• Understanding and steering engineering master data

• Being part of steering external contractors engineering globally

• Calculating engineering hourly rates globally for Budget and Business Case planning

• Calculating OH-Mark-up and arranging IC agreements; proceeding Intercompany transactions

• Defining and tracking of global time booking process – ensure the adherence to it

• Deputy for global accrual calculation

• Ensure management of financial commitments and expense budgets for Engineering department / Customer Program Management (CPM)

• Reporting of Engineering/ Customer Program Management (CPM) financial actuals, budget and forecasting processes and key data for functional expenses

What You Need

• Overall 6+ years' experience and 3+ years’ operational Controlling experience

• At minimum a Bachelor's degree in economics

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Excel and PowerPoint)

• Good financial modeling and analytical skills and aptitude for complex problem solving, including data analysis, and validation

• Ability to exercise independent judgment, and ability to identify and improve processes;

• Accounting knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact with various levels within the organization including senior leadership

• Must possess strong interpersonal skills

• Already experiences with Controlling projects

What is Nice to Have

• 3 years’ experience with SAP or other ERPs

• Automotive supplier experience is desirable

What Makes You Eligible

• This role is eligible to work remotely with occasional trips into the X office location required (this could be on 24-hour notice)

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment, allowing for remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location

• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)

• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University

• Competitive wellness benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria

• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.