Head of Commercial Finance for Sales & Marketing (m/f/d)
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We are looking for you to join the Commercial Finance Team.
Tasks
* Take full responsibility for the financial steering of the Sky TV Sales division and act as a trusted sparring partner for the management team.
* Be deeply involved in shaping new offers and strategies, driving their implementation with confidence and determination.
* Coordinate the annual budget and regular forecasts, managing this process independently with your team and presenting results to senior management.
* Create and manage business cases and analyses, present them to management, and proactively respond to ad‑hoc requests, completing them autonomously.
* Advance Customer Lifetime Value to enable comparability of product profitability, highlight channel efficiencies, and derive actionable optimization recommendations.
* Play an active role in transforming sales channels, driving realignment and focusing on efficient digital sales opportunities.
* Act as a key interface with Marketing, ensuring effective investment allocation and overseeing compliance requirements within the order process.
* Support the achievement of departmental goals by developing new reports and enhancing existing ones to increase impact and relevance.
* Lead and inspire your team to become outstanding financial analysts and establish best‑in‑class business partnering.
Requirements
* Successfully completed a degree in Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering or a similar field.
* Several years of experience in operational controlling within a media, telecommunications or comparable environment.
* Experience in leading teams and demonstrably developing them further.
* Independent working style and experience in collaborating with business units and management.
* Proactive mindset with strong commercial understanding beyond pure financial KPIs, contributing ideas and driving them forward.
* Strong analytical and conceptual skills, paired with excellent communication and presentation abilities.
* Confident working with Excel and SAP; knowledge of tools such as Tableau or OneStream is a plus.
* Familiarity with accounting standards (HGB, IFRS) and experience in month‑end closing processes.
* Very good German and English skills.
Benefits
At Sky, we give you our full support so you can achieve your best. Our rewards are special:
* Free Sky – watch all our content for free.
* Live football at the stadium: exclusive access to the top Bundesliga games.
* Subsidized Deutschland Ticket.
* 30 days of vacation + Holiday Buy.
* Hybrid working model (60/40).
* Flexible working hours with overtime compensation.
* Work from abroad – work up to 15 days/year from other European countries.
Inclusion
We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. It is important to us to provide a fair and equal workplace for everyone. We strongly believe that a culture of diversity allows us to grow together and encourages creativity and innovation. Therefore, we will consider all qualified applications – regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you. We are also happy to accept your application in German.
To find out more about working with us, search #WirbeiSky or on social media.
Seniority level
* Director
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Finance and Sales
Industries
* Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
Location: Oberlaindern, Bavaria, Germany
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