Global Finance Manager - Shared Services

Do you want to be part of creating a safer world? Without thinking about it, you meet us in your everyday life – at home, in transit and at work. We are at the airport, where you commute, where you work, play and shop. Diverse in our offering, our customer outreach and in our mindset, Gunnebo is leading the transformation of the security business through digitalization and connectivity for the continuous development of smart entrance control and safe storage solutions.

If you are passionate about being part of an exciting transformation journey working with a global, multi-cultural and highly motivated organization this is the opportunity for you.  Gunnebo is small enough to see your ideas come true, and big enough to realize your career goals.

About The Role

Gunnebo Entrance Control seeks a dynamic and results-oriented Global Finance Manager - Shared Services responsible for driving high-quality, scalable, and future-ready finance shared services delivery across Europe, the Middle East, the US, and Asia Pacific. This role requires a proven people leader who can take the Shared Services Centre to the next level—strengthening capability, expanding scope, embedding a high-performance culture, and developing a strong leadership pipeline within the team.

The role holder will lead a diverse finance team, acting as both a strategic partner to global stakeholders and a hands-on functional expert, while ensuring robust governance, compliance, and continuous improvement. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strong, visible leadership to the Finance Shared Services Centre, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery of finance operations across multiple geographies.
• Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing and engaged finance team, with a clear focus on capability building, succession planning, coaching, and career development of team members and people managers.
• Embed standardized, scalable processes, strong internal controls, and best-in-class shared services practices, leveraging prior experience in mature shared service environments.
• Champion a continuous improvement and transformation mindset, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, productivity, service quality, and cost optimisation.
• Lead the controlled expansion of the shared services remit into additional functional areas, working closely with stakeholders and managing well-governed transitions.
• Own service delivery performance, monitoring KPIs and SLAs, proactively addressing performance gaps, and confidently managing stakeholder expectations and escalations.
• Act as the on-site Functional Finance Expert, providing guidance, coaching, and technical leadership to strengthen accounting, financial management, and problem-solving capabilities within the team.
• Head all finance shared services activities excluding the India sales entity, and partner closely with the VP Entrance Control India to ensure smooth and effective operations at the Gurugram site.
• Ensure full compliance with statutory requirements, accounting standards, internal policies, and risk management frameworks, maintaining a strong control environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to drive operational efficiency, governance improvements, and value-added insights.
• Prepare, review, and present financial reports, insights, and recommendations to senior leadership, supporting informed decision-making.
• Demonstrate exceptional people management capability, with the ability to lead teams through change, growth, and increasing complexity.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Act as a role model for leadership behaviors, ethics, and professional excellence.

This role will require a deep understanding of the finance landscape, strong leadership capabilities, and excellent communication skills to interact with stakeholders at all levels.

Requirements

Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant (CA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role within a multinational organization.
• Proven experience in leading large finance shared services teams, including both the delivery and receipt of shared services.
• Demonstrated success in scaling shared services operations, driving transformation, and building high-performance cultures.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, financial regulations, internal controls, and risk management practices.
• Experience in strategy development and execution within a complex, global environment.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Track record of building, developing, and retaining high-performing teams, including people managers.
• Strong systems orientation with significant experience in ERP platforms, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Advanced proficiency in financial systems, reporting tools, and process automation.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills.

Location. 

The role is an on-site position based in Gurugram.  There may be occasional requirements to travel to other group locations.

Benefits

Why join us

Are you passionate about sustainability, innovation, safety and collaboration? Our employees have ideas on how to build a safer and more sustainable tomorrow and the drive and passion to realize them. Our attention to societal trends, and our ability to translate these into business opportunities, alongside our dedication to customers, sustainability and digitalization have earned us a place among the leading companies in our industry.

We believe that building long-term relationships and integrity are keys to success. Performance driven by a forward-thinking attitude, passionate teamwork, and the strong will to continuously learn. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international and diverse and pro-active working environment.  Gunnebo is small enough to see your ideas come true, and big enough to realize your career goals.

At Gunnebo, we have a bigger mission, we are working For a Safer World. Welcome with your application.

About Gunnebo Group:

The Gunnebo Group is a global leader in security offering innovative products and services to protect and control the flow of people, and to safely secure valuables. Through our businesses Gunnebo Entrance Control and Gunnebo Safe Storage we offer solutions to customers in retail, public transport, public and commercial buildings, industrial and high-risk sites and banking. We operate worldwide through our 3,400 employees, 25 country locations and 10 production facilities to serve customers in over 100 markets. Together we create a safer world.