FP&A Manager — Otis SA
NewCHF 98'000 - 132'000
Otis SA · Fribourg (FR)
- Location
- Fribourg
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 2 days ago
SalaryCHF 98'000 - 132'000
Role overview
Date Posted: 2026-06-03Country: SwitzerlandLocation: 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.
- Date Posted: 2026-06-03Country: SwitzerlandLocation: 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.
- Key Responsibilities: Financial Planning and Budgeting:
- Lead the annual budget and quarterly forecast processes, working closely with regional teams, sales, service, and operations.
- Competencies and Skills:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
Main responsibilities
- 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.
Key requirements
- 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.
Contacts
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Additional details
- Consolidate financial plans and prepare scenario analyses to support management decisions. Performance Analysis and Reporting:
- Prepare monthly performance reports, dashboards, and variance analyses against budget and forecast. Strategic Business Support:
- 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:
- Analyze trends in billing, collections, and inventory to improve capital efficiency. Tools, Systems & Process Improvement:
- Collaborate with IT and Controlling to streamline data flow and reporting systems (e.g., ERP, BI tools). Governance and Compliance: Qualifications, Competencies and Skills:
Notes and original content
- Consolidate financial plans and prepare scenario analyses to support management decisions.
- Performance Analysis and Reporting:
- Prepare monthly performance reports, dashboards, and variance analyses against budget and forecast.
- Strategic Business Support:
- 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:
- Analyze trends in billing, collections, and inventory to improve capital efficiency.
- Tools, Systems & Process Improvement:
- Collaborate with IT and Controlling to streamline data flow and reporting systems (e.g., ERP, BI tools).
- Governance and Compliance:
