Lead Finance Business Partner (m/w/d) BU Specialties
Speira’s ambition is to be the leading player in rolled and recycled aluminium, setting the industry standard for sustainability by 2030. To achieve this, we rely on high-quality production, low carbon footprint, and a strong team of experts. As global Finance Business Partner for BU Specialties, you will take on a key leadership role, ensuring the strategic and operational financial steering of the Business Unit Specialties by leading the BU‑wide Finance Business Partner team, owning all BU FP&A processes, managing planning/reporting/compliance, strengthening price and margin performance, and providing reliable analyses to sustainably improve business results. This is a high-impact role that combines financial expertise with commercial insight and leadership. Your work will directly influence decision-making and help shape the future of our business.
Challenges that will make you grow
* Lead and develop the global BU‑wide Finance Business Partner team for BU “Specialties” and drive a strong finance governance and performance framework.
* Act as a strategic sparring partner for BU management, providing financial guidance, challenging assumptions, and enabling high-quality business decisions and performance improvements.
* Optimize, standardize, own and steer all planning and performance processes including AOP, forecasts, management reporting, KPI reviews, dashboards, and analyses across all locations globally.
* Strengthen financial governance across the BU by ensuring disciplined performance management, clear accountabilities, and consistent operating mechanisms across all sites
* Drive pricing and margin performance, lead sales controlling activities, and assess product and customer profitability to identify improvement levers.
* Lead finance projects related to cost optimization, pricing excellence, complexity reduction, digitalization, and process automation.
* Prepare solid financial decision-support packages, analyses & dashboards for investments, product calculations, customer agreements, and strategic initiatives.
* Lead, coach and inspire your team while promoting a culture of ownership, accountability, proactivity and continuous improvement.
Qualifications that will get you ahead
* Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or related field.
* At least 10 years of proven experience in Finance Business Partnering, Controlling, FP&A within an industrial / manufacturing environment.
* Demonstrated leadership experience and capability: Ability to lead, influence, motivate and develop teams, ideally in a global set-up.
* Proficiency in Reporting-/Controlling-tools such as Power Bi and ERP-Systems (SAP).
* Strong analytical and commercial mindset with strategic orientation.
* Strong leadership skills and experience in leading teams in complex environments, cross-functional set-ups and in different locations.
* Effective verbal and written communication skills, both in German and English language.
Our 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 day care center (U3)
* Corporate Benefits portal with many discounts
* Subsidized Jobticket
* Access to the Handelshof in Düsseldorf and HH-Harburg
* Job Bike
We expressly 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.