Finance Director GPS

The Finance Director GPS leads the Accounting and Finance functions across the Netherlands, Poland, and France, ensuring adherence to accounting policies, internal controls, and financial reporting standards. The role involves simplifying and streamlining finance operations across various systems, bringing consistency to processes that lack uniformity.

This position provides financial leadership and direction through senior managers and works collaboratively within a matrix structure. Key responsibilities include partnering with operations to achieve productivity, profitability, and working capital goals, while also managing financial reporting, forecasting, and strategic planning. The Finance Director will focus on building a high-performing team, increasing recognition and involvement, and fostering a strong culture of accountability and motivation. He or she will support and challenge business performance, offering actionable recommendations to drive growth and operational excellence.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead financial processes, including monthly reporting, forecasting, and analysis
• Simplify and standardize finance systems and processes to improve efficiency and consistency
• Drive financial goals, capital planning, margin expansion, and operational projects
• Oversee month-end close procedures and ensure compliance with GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, and internal policies
• Deliver accurate forecasts (90%+ accuracy) and ensure robust internal controls
• Provide capital investment analysis and support business leaders across functional areas
• Enhance team performance by fostering engagement, recognition, and accountability
• Ensure compliance with tax, licensing, and regulatory requirements
• Serve as the main point of contact for auditors and tax consultants
• Support the ERP implementation and contribute to improving internal processes.

The ideal candidate is a strategic leader with strong analytical, forecasting, and commercial skills, capable of influencing business outcomes and driving financial excellence in a complex, evolving environment.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree with a professional accounting designation
• Extensive commercial experience and/or MBA
• Minimum 15 years of experience in a financial leadership position 
• Experience in an international manufacturing environment with a regional focus, preferably within a (US) listed company.

Knowledge and Skills

• Exceptional leadership abilities to actively contribute to the business unit leadership team
• Outstanding interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to convey financial results to management in a clear, actionable format for decision-making
• Strong analytical capabilities and helicopter view
• Entrepreneurial and innovative thinker with the ability to influence
• Highly organized with excellent time and change management skills
• Energetic professional with a passion for excellence and a talent for collaboration and teamwork
• Proven ability to lead and engage diverse teams with cultural sensitivity
• Customer service and commercial approach
• Fluent in English.

About Allegion    
Allegion helps keep people safe and secure wherever they live, work, learn, and connect. With more than 30 brands sold worldwide, Allegion specializes in security solutions ranging from residential and commercial locks, door closers, and exit devices to steel doors, frames, access control, workforce productivity systems, and bicycle locks and lighting.

About Global Portable Security (GPS) 
Global Portable Security (GPS) is the business unit within Allegion created to integrate the acquired brands AXA, Trelock, and Kryptonite. Together, these three leading names in bicycle locks and lighting are maximizing their global potential, with offices and manufacturing locations across four continents. In addition to portable security, AXA also provides home and building security, including products for opening and closing doors and windows.

The integration of these brands gives GPS a unique opportunity to lead the portable security market. While maintaining the individual strengths and market positions of these brands, GPS delivers exceptional value to consumers, retailers, and Independent Bike Dealers (IBDs). For OEM bike manufacturers, the combined strength of these brands offers a trusted partner in range, brand recognition, and technology, supported by an agile supply chain that delivers true differentiation and customer value.

As part of this growth, GPS is now seeking a Finance Director to succeed the current Finance Director, who will be transitioning to another role within the company.

Location
Veenendaal (Netherlands) and/or Münster (Germany) 
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