Controllership Manager

About the role

The Controllership Manager is responsible for leading accounting, compliance, and financial control activities across assigned business units while ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial reporting. This role oversees month-end close processes, balance sheet governance, SOX compliance, and adherence to US GAAP and Honeywell policies. The Controllership Manager serves as a key business partner to finance and operational stakeholders, driving process improvements, supporting audits, mentoring a team of accounting professionals, and helping deliver a strong control environment that enables sound business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of professionals and oversee comprehensive accounting control, compliance, and process design within Honeywell, facilitating robust financial reporting and contributing to business partnership and process improvement initiatives.
• Own, manage, and coordinate accounting, control, and compliance for assigned SBUs, including period-end closing activities.
• Deliver a standard month-end close timetable and ensure compliance across entities.
• Approve journal entries and account reconciliations as needed.
• Ensure entity and process compliance with US GAAP and Honeywell policies.
• Understand technical accounting, encompassing project accounting, revenue and cost accounting, assessment and distributions, and COPA cycles.
• Ensure TB flux analysis during month-end close to identify issues or anomalies.
• Ensure balance sheet reviews are meaningful and accurate.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of quarterly variance schedules.
• Drive process/control compliance, report deficient or overlooked controls, and promptly notify relevant stakeholders.
• Review critical and aged balance sheet account reconciliations to determine exposure and drive closure of aged items.
• Ensure documentation is maintained and support audit (internal/external) requirements.
• Ensure SOX compliance and maintain transparent accounting/process practices.
• Review financial reports and related variables; identify process improvement opportunities and work with the transformation leader to execute them.
• Partner with business on new initiatives and ensure team engagement in projects.
• Manage ad-hoc queries from business and other stakeholders.
• Provide financial reports, analysis, explanations, and advice based on knowledge of financial information, relevant GAAP, and supporting SAP systems to SBU/auditors.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of progressive accounting, controllership, public accounting, or manufacturing finance experience.
• Experience managing financial statements and accounting operations for multinational or multi-entity organizations.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, internal controls, SOX compliance, and financial reporting requirements.
• Experience leading or mentoring accounting professionals in a direct or indirect leadership capacity.
• Experience supporting month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, audits, and compliance activities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead knowledge transfer, process transitions, or business transformation initiatives.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and communicate effectively with senior leadership.
• Experience leading continuous improvement, automation, or finance transformation projects.

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• CPA, CMA, CA, or active CPA candidate preferred.
• Public accounting and/or Big 4 experience preferred.
• SAP experience preferred.

Benefits

• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, and health savings accounts.
• Employee assistance program and educational assistance.
• Parental leave and 12 paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation, personal, and sick time.