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Economist for Financial Planning / Industrial Business Environment (m/f/d)
As a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, you will play a key role in executing the company's financial planning, forecasting, and reporting activities. You will collaborate closely with regional and business unit finance teams to deliver transparency and actionable insights that inform strategic and operational decisions. Through this role, you will support shaping the company's financial direction, enhance performance management, and facilitate implementation of best-in-class tools, systems, and processes across the FP&A function.
1. Support the company-wide financial planning and forecasting process, including budgeting, long-term financial planning, target setting, and rolling forecast cycles.
2. Coordinate and improve monthly and quarterly management reporting, ensuring accuracy, insight, and alignment with key performance indicators (KPIs), such as growth, EBITDA, cash, working capital, Capex, and operational KPIs; analyses of company performance at group, plant, and business unit levels.
3. Collaborate with regional and business unit finance teams to consolidate, analyze, and challenge forecasts, deliver variance analyses, and produce insightful business commentaries.
4. Prepare and present complex financial analyses, including scenario modeling, business cases, and ad hoc decision support to senior management.
5. Support strategic initiatives and develop key financial frameworks, including working capital and profitability models, and financial KPIs relevant for our industry.
6. Continuously improve FP&A tools, processes, and systems, including automation, TM1/Power BI analytics, and other digital solutions to enhance speed, accuracy, and visualization of financial data.
7. Partner with senior stakeholders across the company and business units on selected initiatives, promoting transparency and cross-functional collaboration.
8. Support the head of Group FP&A to ensure delivery of relevant, accurate, and complete financial analysis aligned with company strategy.
9. Promote a culture of continuous improvement, financial ownership, and accountability throughout the FP&A network.
10. Support the development of junior analysts as needed, fostering a strong and collaborative FP&A community.
Requirements
* Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or equivalent.
* More than 5 years' experience in FP&A, controlling, or business finance, ideally within an industrial business environment.
* Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint. Advanced data analytics and visualization skills are preferred.
* Experience in reporting tools (e.g., TM1/Cognos or LucaNet) and SAP would be helpful.
* Strong understanding of financial processes, performance metrics, and financial modeling.
* Analytical skills and structural thinking.
* Team player and ability to work with minimal supervision.
* Effective verbal and written communication skills, confidence in engaging with senior stakeholders, and presenting complex financial topics clearly.
* Proactive, open-minded, and positive attitude.
* Business-fluent German and English.
Benefits
* Attractive compensation package.
* Excellent further training opportunities.
* Respectful and collegial corporate culture.
* Sports and health promotion (e.g., Urban Sports).
* Work-life balance.
* Canteen.
* Company pension plan and pension plan according to collective agreement.
* Company daycare center (U3).
* Corporate Benefits portal with many discounts.
* Subsidized Jobticket.
* Access to the Handelshof in Düsseldorf and HH-Harburg.
* Job Bike.
We Value Diversity
We emphasize that all people - regardless of gender/gender identity, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability or equality, age, and sexual orientation - are equally welcome at our company.
Applications from severely disabled persons and persons with equal disabilities will be considered if they are equally qualified.