SENIOR CONTROLLER - 36595

Drive financial transparency and support fact-based business decisions

We are looking for a Controller with a strong focus on month-end closing, forecasting, business planning, and cost center controlling.

In this role, you will ensure transparent and reliable financial monthly reporting (MBR), coordinate planning & forecasting activities with cost center owners.

You will combine financial expertise, analytical thinking, and ownership to identify deviations, risks, and opportunities and translate them into actionable insight

Your responsiblities:

Month-End Closing & Reporting - Coordinate and execute monthly closing activities for the assigned controlling area.

•Review actual financial results and ensure completeness, consistency, and plausibility of reported costs.

•Analyze Actual vs. Forecast vs. Plan deviations and identify key financial drivers.

•Coordinate accruals, provisions, allocations, and corrections in collaboration with Accounting and relevant business stakeholders.

•Support the preparation of monthly management reporting, including clear explanations of major deviations, risks, and opportunities.

•Ensure high data quality and timely completion of controlling activities according to the financial calendar. Support the reduction of manual reporting and planning activities.

Forecasting & Business Planning - Coordinate and execute forecasting activities and planning for the responsible organizational units and cost centers.

•Develop reliable financial outlooks based on actual development, business assumptions, and expected future activities.

•Challenge forecast assumptions together with cost center owners and business stakeholders.

•Continuously improve forecast accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.

•Identify potential financial risks and opportunities at an early stage and derive appropriate measures.

•Review and challenge planning inputs provided by the business.

•Ensure consistency between planning assumptions, organizational structures, financial targets, and cost center budgets.

Cost Center Controlling & Business Partnering - Support financial responsibility for assigned cost centers.

•Act as the main controlling contact for cost center owners and management.

•Monitor cost development and proactively identify deviations and areas requiring management attention.

•Advise cost center owners on budget utilization, forecasts, financial risks, and cost optimization opportunities.

•Support management in understanding financial performance and deriving appropriate actions.

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Function: Information Technology
Experience Level: Not Applicable