Senior Business Controller, International Business

ABB

Senior Business Controller acting as financial partner to EVP International Sales in a global organization. Key responsibilities include financial planning, performance insights, and compliance management.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeFort Smith • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $119,000 - $190,400 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Acts as the primary financial advisor to international leadership, shaping commercial strategy, investment decisions, market entry, pricing, and M&A evaluations through robust financial analysis and modelling.
Owns budgeting, multi-year planning, and forecasting cycles, translating growth strategy into clear financial targets, scenarios, and capital allocation decisions aligned with divisional and group objectives.
Establishes reporting frameworks, monitors KPIs, analyzes variances, and delivers actionable insights on profitability, market dynamics, and business performance to guide decision-making and corrective actions.
Ensures compliance with internal controls, finance standards, and audit requirements, while partnering across sales, operations, and finance teams to drive performance, support transformation initiatives, and build financial capability across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in business controlling, FP&A, or finance business partnering, ideally in an industrial or technology multinational.
Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics; CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification is an asset.
Demonstrated experience supporting international or cross-border business operations, with exposure to multi-currency environments, transfer pricing, and diverse regulatory frameworks.
Proven ability to act as a trusted sparring partner to senior commercial leaders — proactive, commercially minded, and confident in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
Strong financial modelling skills and ability to translate complex data into clear, executive-ready business insight.
Experience evaluating infrastructure investment business cases and/or M&A financial screening in an industrial B2B context.
Excellent command of SAP and advanced Excel; familiarity with BI and analytics platforms is an advantage.
Experience in matrix organizations with complex global reporting structures is a plus.
Familiarity with NEMA or industrial electromechanical markets is an advantage.
Fluency in English (written and spoken) or other languages given the international scope.
Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
Vision benefit
Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
11 paid holidays
Vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Financial AnalysisInvestment EvaluationMarket Entry StrategyMulti-Currency EnvironmentsTransfer PricingKPI MonitoringVariance AnalysisCapital AllocationM&A Financial ScreeningBusiness Insight Translation

Soft Skills

Proactive MindsetCommercial AcumenConfidence in AmbiguityCollaborationCommunication

Certifications

Master's Degree in FinanceCPACMA