Head of Business controlling R&D Asia

To be a global champion the Traton group must have a presence in one of the world’s biggest commercial vehicle markets, i.e. China. The go-to-market strategy is a full industrial set-up, 3rd production footprint with a capacity of 50 000 vehicles/year, full R&D capabilities, and a local supply chain. This ambition requires an R&D organization that can develop and maintain the aimed product portfolio. A strategic move for future growth and future technologies.

The R&D organization is now in the start-up phase. If you enjoy being a first-mover in executing bold strategies you will enjoy the journey we have ahead of us! The speed and the quality of our strategy execution will be the most important differentiator in the coming years ahead. If you are an advocate for being a strategic business partner to the R&D management team in crucial decision-making by forward-thinking market and financial analysis and insights through deep interpretation of information this is the right challenge for you!

In order to succeed with the launch plan ahead of us we need to be pioneers in taking decisions based on deep strategic analysis from financial, product, and market conditions. For that reason, we are now looking for a CFO heading the controlling function for Scania R&D Asia, a strategic adviser with deep financial expertise

Job Description
As CFO for R&D Asia, you are responsible for setting the financial strategy - building on insights from the business context, stakeholder expectations, financial forecasting, and modeling based on internal and external factors. You will also be responsible for defining KPIs in order to create prerequisites for strategic steering of the R&D activities. You will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining investor relations and partnership compliance.

A significant part of your value to the organization is your ability to accurately predict likely future outcomes. You are also responsible for making sense of the various departmental-level forecasts to create projections for the management team. Having an eye towards the future, working closely with the management team, and having the ability to recommend strategic moves. 

You will:


• Plan, implement and manage financial strategies and planning
• Determine finance KPIs
• Track and ensure organization spending is appropriate and sustainable
• Manage and retain relationships with various vendors
• Prepare current reports, Prepare and present forecasting reports
• Adhere to the law and company’s policies

Your profile
To be successful in this role, you must have the ability to create your own conditions, and be one step ahead in terms of strategy and vision combined with a strong analytical ability and a strong will to achieve significant results together with the rest of the R&D team. You see opportunities when others see obstacles and get energy from the challenge. You need to be able to freely switch between details and a holistic perspective. You are probably an experienced leader with deep financial knowledge and a strong drive who has shown that you can handle complexity through simplicity and is inspired by this position since it will give you a platform to generate impact in Scania´s and Traton's Journey towards being the global champion.


• You have an MBA or MSc in Economics and Business Administration or comparable to this requirement.
• You have experience with similar finance assignments.

More information
Contact Vice president, Head of R&D Asia, Sonia Ederstål, sonia.ederstal@scania.com 

Application
The application shall contain a CV and a personal letter in English, and relevant certificates.
Scania is using tests as a part of the recruitment process and interviews may be held during the application period.
A background check will be conducted for this position. Please apply via JobSearch/Scania.com as soon as possible, no later than October 31st, 2022. 

Job ID 20226144


Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In 2020, we delivered 66,900 trucks, 5,200 buses as well as 11,000 industrial and marine power systems to our customers. Net sales totalled to over SEK 125 billion, of which over 20 percent were services-related. Founded in 1891, Scania now operates in more than 100 countries and employs some 50,000 people. Research and development are mainly concentrated in Sweden. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America with regional product centres in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Scania is part of TRATON GROUP. For more information visit: www.scania.com.