FP&A Manager

FP&A Manager Location: Route de Moncor 12, CP 464, 1701 Fribourg Date Posted: 2026-06-03 Country: Switzerland Location: Route de Moncor 12, CP 464, 1701 Fribourg Role Overview: The FP&A Manager is responsible for leading the financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analysis activities for Otis Switzerland. This role acts as a strategic business partner to operational and commercial teams, delivering financial insights that drive performance, profitability, and long-term growth. The ideal candidate will combine strong financial acumen with business understanding and an ability to challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and support data-driven decision-making. Key Responsibilities: Financial Planning and Budgeting: Lead the annual budget and quarterly forecast processes, working closely with regional teams, sales, service, and operations. Consolidate financial plans and prepare scenario analyses to support management decisions. Performance Analysis and Reporting: Monitor key financial metrics (e.g., revenue, margin, OPEX, working capital) and provide actionable insights to senior leadership. Prepare monthly performance reports, dashboards, and variance analyses against budget and forecast. Strategic Business Support: Partner with commercial, service, and operations leaders to evaluate business performance and support strategic initiatives such as pricing strategies, cost optimization, or capital investment. Provide financial input for business cases, tenders, and investment proposals (e.g., modernization projects, new installations, or M&A activity). Cash Flow and Working Capital Management: Support the monitoring and forecasting of cash flow, collections, and project-related working capital. Analyze trends in billing, collections, and inventory to improve capital efficiency. Tools, Systems & Process Improvement: Drive improvements in FP&A tools, models, and processes, ensuring scalability and accuracy of financial insights. Collaborate with IT and Controlling to streamline data flow and reporting systems (e.g., ERP, BI tools). Governance and Compliance: Ensure adherence to internal controls, group policies, and financial reporting standards. Support audits and internal reviews related to financial planning and forecasting. Qualifications, Competencies and Skills: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field. CPA or equivalent certification is essential. Proficiency in both German & English. French and Italian are a plus. Extensive experience in accounting leadership and good understanding of construction accounting practices, including job costing, percentage of completion, and project-based financial management. Proficiency with accounting software and advanced Excel skills. Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to lead a team and collaborate with other departments. Highly motivated and target driven, strategic thinker with the ability to translate financial concepts and data into actionable business strategies. If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day. Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio. You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company. When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge. We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs. Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do.  We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here. Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext! Otis is An Equal Opportunity Employer. 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