Vice President, Finance

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Vice President, Finance
* Provides segment-level financial leadership across the BSPS businesses, including Ameristar, Jerith, B&B Roadway and Security Solutions, Iron Eagle, and Wallace North America.
* Leads and develops a distributed finance organization that includes business finance leaders, controllers, financial planning and analysis, and shared-service resources operating in a matrix environment.
* Partners closely with Segment, Business Area, Entrance Systems Division, and Group leadership, as well as Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, and external advisors.
* Supports a multi-entity, cross-border manufacturing and service environment with differing ERP platforms, operating models, and statutory requirements.
* Ensure complete, accurate, and timely financial reporting in accordance with ASSA ABLOY reporting requirements, applicable accounting principles, and local statutory requirements.
* Provide oversight of month-end and year-end close, consolidation, account review, significant estimates, reserves, intercompany matters, and management reporting across the segment.
* Maintain a strong review process for revenue, margins, inventory, warranty, receivables, fixed assets, accruals, provisions, and unusual or non-recurring transactions.
* Ensure consistent accounting treatment, mapping, and reporting across entities, particularly during system conversions, integrations, or organizational changes.
* Coordinate with internal and external auditors and ensure timely resolution of audit findings and recurring control observations.
* Lead the segment internal control and compliance agenda, promoting a strong control environment and consistent accountability across all entities.
* Own the segment implementation and annual maintenance of the Authorization Manual and Delegation of Authority matrix, including appropriate thresholds, approvals, communication, and entity-level adoption.
* Ensure adherence to Group, Division, segment, and local policies; support legal, tax, treasury, insurance, trade compliance, and other governance requirements as applicable.
* Identify financial and operational risks, escalate material matters promptly, and verify that corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
* Reinforce the four-eyes principle, appropriate segregation of duties, sound contract and spending controls, and complete audit trails.
* Lead or support financial evaluation and due diligence for acquisitions, including quality of earnings, working capital, valuation inputs, risk assessment, and integration planning.
* Provide finance leadership during post-acquisition integration, including reporting, controls, accounting policies, treasury, systems, close processes, and organizational alignment.
* Participate in ERP conversions and other business-system initiatives, ensuring financial requirements, controls, data integrity, testing, and readiness are addressed.
* Sponsor finance process improvement, standardization, automation, and reporting initiatives that increase efficiency, visibility, and control.
* Provide financial governance for major strategic and operational projects, including clear business cases, milestones, benefits, risks, and post-implementation review.
* Accurate, timely, and decision-useful financial reporting and forecasting.
* Achievement of segment commitments for growth, profitability, cash flow, working capital, and cost management.
* Effective business reviews with clear ownership, root-cause analysis, and follow-through on actions.
* Sustained compliance with internal control, audit, reporting, and Delegation of Authority…