Team Lead Controlling, Financial Planning & Analysis DACH (f/m/d/x)

Your role

As Team Lead Controlling and FP&A (f/m/d/x) in the DACH Finance team, you are instrumental in ensuring the continuation of our profitable growth story. You own the P&L and as such, you leverage your finance acumen to deliver high quality month end closings, create quarterly and long term business plans, drive rolling forecasts and provide top-notch analyses. Additionally, you work to generate process improvement across the cluster and serve as a key business partner to Marketing, Operations and Management. You are responsible for leading and managing a team of four Controllers and serve as a key point person for our auditors, our Team Lead Accounting, our Global Finance team, and our local domain and cluster leadership teams.

• This role is available for a 24-month maternity cover contract.

Your area of responsibility

• Lead, develop and manage a team of four Controllers / Financial Analysts. You bring a talented group of individuals together, ensure a productive, positive and challenging workspace, and help them level up through feedback, mentoring and imparting your technical know-how
• Own the entire month end, quarterly, and year-end closing process as it relates to the P&L, inventory valuation and CAPEX for our German, Austrian and Swiss entities.
• Consolidate and report the monthly variance analysis to local and Global C-level stakeholders, as well as provide any follow-up requests for analysis.
• Coordinate, drive and execute the top to bottom financial forecasting process for DACH, ensuring we continuously develop and maintain best in class FP&A practices. We revise our budgets quarterly and plan on a three-year scope. Our main tools are DataBricks and Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Act as point person, alongside the Director Finance and Team Lead Accounting, in implementing large scale transformation projects within the Finance Domain
• Own the weekly cost reporting landscape for the DACH business with a focus on constant development and improvement in our reporting accuracy and leanness
• Act as Finance Business Partner to DACH management to bring transparency to past and future decision-making and ensure profit oriented action is taken
• Create action frameworks with senior stakeholders to mitigate financial risk stemming from our operations; you don’t just report and analyse the figures, but make sure opportunities and threats are flagged to the relevant stakeholders
• Conceptualise and execute the biannual OKR agenda for Finance alongside the Director of Finance and the Team Lead Accounting

Your profile

• You have 5+ years of progressive Controlling experience, ideally within a matrix organisation
• You have gained first people leadership experience within a diverse, multi-levelled team, ideally in a large scale, forward thinking, e-commerce or subscription business
• You lead with compassion and understanding; you put people first and are committed to develop your team members’ capabilities and competencies
• You have first experience in coaching performance to bring out the best in people, can think strategically around work prioritization & allocation amongst your team
• You are highly fluent in P&Ls, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flow statements and feel comfortable jumping into a new company’s books at high speed
• You have solid experience in driving financial closings
• You have solid fundamentals in inventory accounting
• You have managed business partners before, including senior management positions
• Translating operations into financial outcomes, then presenting them is fun for you
• You have ideally gained first experience in production controlling and understand operational Finance as it relates to production / assembly processes
• You have experience budgeting and business planning at large scale
• You are ready to take responsibility and learn in a very fast paced environment...ambitious deadlines and projects motivate you
• You hold yourself to a high standard of quality and value sparring/ feedback
• You are organised and have the ability to help others organise their workflows
• Ideally you have had touch points with SQL driven reporting
• Ideally you are based in Berlin and speak German fluently

What we offer you

• Modern and comfortable working space with great co-workers in Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Discount for HelloFresh boxes and Convini products
• Development possibilities along with internal trainings and a yearly Learning & Development budget
• Flexible working hours including Work From Home/Work from Abroad/Sabbatical Policy, as well as a home office set up budget
• Extensive Onboarding and Buddy Program
• Social events including team events, Friday beers, company runs, book club, etc.
• Discounted fitness offers with our Urban Sports Club and John Reed partners, as well as yoga classes
• Well-being initiatives in cooperation with Headspace and Spill
• Childcare and company pension scheme benefit
• Monthly transportation budget via RYDES

Are you up for a new challenge?

Apply now with your complete application documents, also without a photo and without stating specific personal characteristics such as nationality or gender if you choose to do so. German or English language certificates and documents regarding residence and work permits are welcome.

We look forward to hearing from you!