Global Finance Manager - Shared Services

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If you are passionate about being part of an exciting transformation journey working with a global, multi-cultural and highly motivated organization this is the opportunity for you.  Gunnebo is small enough to see your ideas come true, and big enough to realize your career goals.
About

The Role
Gunnebo Entrance Control seeks a dynamic and results-oriented Global Finance Manager - Shared Services responsible for driving high-quality, scalable, and future-ready finance shared services delivery across Europe, the Middle East, the US, and Asia Pacific. This role requires a proven people leader who can take the Shared Services Centre to the next level—strengthening capability, expanding scope, embedding a high-performance culture, and developing a strong leadership pipeline within the team.
The role holder will lead a diverse finance team, acting as both a strategic partner to global stakeholders and a hands-on functional expert, while ensuring robust governance, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide strong, visible leadership to the Finance Shared Services Centre, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery of finance operations across multiple geographies
Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing and engaged finance team, with a clear focus on capability building, succession planning, coaching, and career development of team members and people managers
Embed standardized, scalable processes, strong internal controls, and best-in-class shared services practices, leveraging prior experience in mature shared service environments
Champion a continuous improvement and transformation mindset, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, productivity, service quality, and cost optimisation
Lead the controlled expansion of the shared services remit into additional functional areas, working closely with stakeholders and managing well-governed transitions
Own service delivery performance, monitoring KPIs and SLAs, proactively addressing performance gaps, and confidently managing stakeholder expectations and escalations
Act as the on-site Functional Finance Expert, providing guidance, coaching, and technical leadership to strengthen accounting, financial management, and problem-solving capabilities within the team
Head all finance shared services activities excluding the India sales entity, and partner closely with the VP Entrance Control India to ensure smooth and effective operations at the Gurugram site
Ensure full compliance with statutory requirements, accounting standards, internal policies, and risk management frameworks, maintaining a strong control environment
Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to drive operational efficiency, governance improvements, and value-added insights
Prepare, review, and present financial reports, insights, and recommendations to senior leadership, supporting informed decision-making
Demonstrate exceptional people management capability, with the ability to lead teams through change, growth, and increasing complexity
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning
Act as a role model for leadership behaviors, ethics, and professional excellence
This role will require a deep understanding of the finance landscape, strong leadership capabilities, and excellent communication skills to interact with stakeholders at all levels.
Requirements

Requirements:
Qualified Accountant (CA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
Minimum 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role within a multinational organization
Proven experience in leading large finance shared services teams, including both the delivery and receipt of shared…