R&D Financial Controller

The R&D Financial Controller will be an integral part of the development of an SSC, playing a key role in shaping its structure and operations while gaining invaluable global exposure. If you are a passionate and dedicated Financial Controller eager to advance your career, we encourage you to apply here, and we will provide further details about the role.

Role description:

• Business partner for our board member Innovation & Technology in all finance-related topics related to this Board portfolio;
• Strategic and operational business management consulting for the company-wide innovation areas, acting as an interface to production in controlling topics;
• Active support in strategic and operational planning processes as well as project planning in SAP and other project systems;
• Analysis of the economic project situation and, if needed, immediate launch of measures to ensure the target achievement;
• Global R&D project tracking in cooperation with the respective local project management, monthly reporting and analysis of the relevant aggregated R&D key figures;
• Definition and continuous improvement of standards for the global R&D reporting in order to fulfil the claim of being “best-in-class”;
• Coordination of the globally distributed project initiation.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in a similar role, preferably in a multinational company;
• Degree in Business Administration;
• Experience working with SAP S/4 and in particular in SAP PS, BW, BPC, and SAC would be highly advantageous;
• Proficient in using MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, Power BI, and ideally MS Project;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English;
• Strong analytical and conceptual abilities, as well as an outstanding comprehension of numbers;
• Good teamwork and presentation skills.