**Description**
**Key Responsibilities**:
**Strategy**:Contributes to, implements and executes the defined fit-for-purpose Service strategy and business model within the Hub, enabling the BU to address the market and meet the customer demands.
**Business planning, budgeting and forecasting**:Translates strategy into business plans and sets measurable targets within the Hub. Accountable for the business planning, budgeting and forecasting processes of the Hub and respective local units, following the global BU and company’s planning, budgeting and forecasting processes. Serves as the main interface between the Service BU and the company functions within the Hub. Evaluates financial implications of various strategic decisions, build scenarios and recommends actions.
**Business performance**:Accountable for the overall business performance of the Hub and respective local units. Monitors business progress, provides insights, by leveraging data, to drive and support strategic and operational decision-making. Drives profitable growth, fit-for-purpose cost structure, productivity improvement and capital efficiency. Ensures effective cash flow and net working capital management. Ensures all Hub colleagues are aligned with the global BU ambitions and performance standards.
**Risk management**:Identifies and assesses business risk exposure(s) and defines risk mitigation strategies, together with the global BU and Hub leadership teams. Ensures risk management processes are effectively implemented within the Hub.
**Contract management**:Ensures all contract management activities are executed within the Hub, in accordance with the global BU instructions and company regulations. Manages and negotiates financial terms and conditions and ensures compliance with contractual obligations.
**Governance**:Ensures overall and financial governance is in place within the Hub and drives implementation of processes to ensure compliance with global BU and company governances, regulations, policies and instructions. Leads initiatives to improve Finance and Controlling processes within the Hub.
**Internal controls and compliance**:Accountable for transparency in financial reporting and disclosures. Implements and maintains effective internal controls within the Hub. Ensures compliance with the global BU and company regulations and supports internal and external audits. Ensures an effective assurance process within the Hub and respective local units.
**Financial reporting and management**:Accountable for obtaining transparent, timely, accurate and reliable financial and business data, by leveraging the established processes and tools, following the company’s and global BU’s closing and reporting timetable. Prepares business relevant reports and presents to global BU and Hub management teams. Develops and implements financial strategies within the Hub to deliver the global BU’s goals and ambitions.
**Optimization and continuous improvement**:Leads optimization and continuous improvement initiatives, related to Finance and Controlling, within the Hub.
**Communication and knowledge sharing**:Leads, provides guidance and facilitates best practice sharing within the Hub Finance and Controlling community to ensure alignment and consistency of Finance and Controlling practices. Collaborates with other Service BU Hubs to ensure overall consistency of practices.
**People leadership and development**: Builds a fit-for-purpose and best-in-class Finance and Controlling community across the different levels of the Hub (hub and local). Ensures the Hub Finance and Controlling community lives the company’s Finance direction and realizes its ambitions. Contributes to the company’s Finance people strategy and capability development, building our future-ready and future-proof Finance.