Finance & Business Support Director
Shanghai, CN, 201206
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
What you will do
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the Finance team to implement and review financial strategies that support Volvo Penta China’s business objectives and long-term growth.
- Deliver insights and recommendations to the management team on financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting. Collaborate with Global Finance and Business Support team, as well as local cross-functional teams, to drive business initiatives and enhance financial performance and compliance.
- Closely work with Sales & Marketing and Service Market teams to identify operational gaps, optimize processes, and deliver solutions that improve efficiency and accelerate business growth.
- Oversee all financial operations, ensuring accuracy and compliance with both local and global policies. Lead the Business Control team to maintain financial controls and mitigate risks.
- Manage the Lingang operations team, Front office and Logistics teams to provide comprehensive operational and logistic support to the market.
- Ensure strict adherence to internal compliance standards, regulatory requirements, and Volvo Group’s global policies across all functions.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Finance and Business Support team, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Who are you?
As a member of Volvo Penta China’s management team, you will lead the Finance and Business Support functions, providing end-to-end support across Finance, Corporate Management, Front Office, Logistics and other operational areas. This role ensures professional and seamless support for Sales & Marketing and Service Market teams to drive the business growth and closely work with global Finance and Business support function and collaborate with corporate and cross-functional teams to drive operational efficiency and compliance.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related; MBA or CPA preferred.
- Deep understanding of financial management, accounting principles, and regulatory frameworks in China.
- Experience in strategic financial planning, analysis, and execution. Knowledge and experience in operations and logistics is a plus.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a leadership role, with demonstrated success in leading teams.
- Familiarity with Volvo’s business control and credit management processes and systems is preferred.
- Fluent in both Chinese and English (written and spoken).
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex information to diverse stakeholders.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to understand and optimize end-to-end business processes.
- Demonstrates high integrity and courage in daily work.
- Ability to inspire, develop, and lead high-performing teams, fostering accountability and consistently delivering results.
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Volvo Penta, a world-leading supplier of engines and complete drive systems for marine and industrial applications, you will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who works with passion, trust each other and embraces change to stay ahead. We make our customers win.