About this role
As a trusted advisor to executive leadership, you will provide insightful financial analysis and strategic guidance to support critical business decisions. You will help strengthen financial planning, optimize reporting processes, and promote a data-driven culture that enables sustainable growth.
What you will do
- Challenge, validate and critically assess business plans and financial assumptions
- Conduct sensitivity and scenario analysis to evaluate risks and key value drivers
- Prepare financial analyses and decision-support material for senior and executive management
- Prepare user-friendly & insightful Management presentation
- Act as sparring partner to Executive Management Team, Controlling, Business Groups and Strategy
- Coordinate budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes
- Promote a data-driven and analytical decision-making culture in the organization
- Perform month end closing analysis including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow review
- Improve MEC and Forecast processes to increase speed, accuracy and reliability of monthly closing
- Drive standardization and automation of reporting packages and KPI dashboards across Business Groups
What you will need
- Master’s degree in Finance, Controlling, Economics or a related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a Big Four firm or in a manufacturing company or similar high‑performance environment, depending on educational credentials
- Experience with financial modelling as well as company and project valuations as DCF and multiples is an advantage
- Strong interest in project‑driven work and cross‑functional collaboration
- Highly analytical thinker with strong problem‑solving skills
- Advanced Excel skills and experience building complex financial models
- Advanced Power Point skills (e.g. also Thinkcell)
- Strong affinity for BI tools and data analytics (e.g.,SAP BW. SAP Analytics Cloud)
- Excellent communication skills and ability to present complex topics clearly
- Strong business acumen with the ability to challenge assumptions and drive insights
- High level of accuracy, structure and attention to detail
- Self‑starter with motivation to improve processes and drive efficiency
- Ability to work independently while engaging stakeholders effectively
- Reliable team player with a proactive and hands‑on mentality
- Fluency in English, written and spoken