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(Senior) FP&A Manager

Role overview

Summary

This role is for a strategic finance business partner at WorkMotion, focusing on financial planning and performance management. You will collaborate with various teams to drive insights and support decision-making, ensuring alignment with group-level expectations in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

  • Approximately 7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, controlling, corporate finance, or a related finance function, ideally in an international or matrixed organization.
  • Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, management reporting, variance analysis, and business performance management.
  • Good understanding of relationship between balance sheet, profit and loss account and the cash flow statement.
  • Advanced Excel skills and hands-on experience with ERP, planning, and reporting tools such as Oracle NetSuite, Oracle Fusion, Power BI, Tableau, Anaplan, Hyperion, OneStream, or similar.
  • Fluent English is required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead annual budgeting, monthly and quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes across the business.
  • Translate financial and operational performance into clear insights, variance analysis, risks, opportunities, and recommendations for senior leadership.
  • Partner with commercial, operational, functional, local finance, and group finance teams to support strategic initiatives and improve business performance.
  • Build and maintain robust financial models, dashboards, KPIs, and reporting packages to support decision-making and investment cases.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Decision Making

About the company

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WorkMotion

  • HR Services
  • Scaleup
  • 201–500
WorkMotion is a global HR platform enabling companies to hire & onboard their employees internationally, at the push of a button. It is our mission to create opportunities for anyone to work from anywhere. As work is becoming even more global and remote, there has never been a bigger chance to build a truly global HR-tech company.

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Job description

Location: Remote (Within +/- 2 hours of CET)

Contract type: Full-time 

Salary: Starting from €70,000 per annum gross, subject to location, skills and experience

Not Your Typical Workplace.…

Tired of the 9-to-5 grind? Imagine a World without borders, where opportunities are endless. That's the future of work, and what we are building at WorkMotion.Our remote-first team spans across the world, helping companies hire, onboard, and manage talent internationally through smart, flexible workforce solutions. Fast-paced, people-driven, and globally connected — we empower businesses to build teams without borders.

More Than a Role…

We don’t just need a (Senior) FP&A Manager  — we need a strategic finance business partner and performance architect.. We’re looking for someone who gets their energy from turning complex financial data into clear insights, challenging assumptions, improving planning discipline, and helping the business make better decisions , while keeping a sharp, analytical focus on how their work delivers real business impact.

This isn’t a role for someone who wants to stay in their lane. You’ll be at the center of it all —shaping financial planning, driving forecasting and performance management, influencing strategic decisions, and connecting local business performance with group-level expectations — ensuring everything you touch is accurate, insight-driven, commercially relevant, scalable  and aligned with our wider goals.

You won’t be a solo operator. You’ll collaborate with local and group finance teams, senior leadership, commercial, operational, and functional stakeholders  and external auditors, system implementation partners, and corporate reporting teams , bringing everything together to ensure consistency, impact, and momentum across the board.

Where Responsibility Meets Real Opportunity…

  • Lead annual budgeting, monthly and quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes across the business.
  • Translate financial and operational performance into clear insights, variance analysis, risks, opportunities, and recommendations for senior leadership.
  • Partner with commercial, operational, functional, local finance, and group finance teams to support strategic initiatives and improve business performance.
  • Build and maintain robust financial models, dashboards, KPIs, and reporting packages to support decision-making and investment cases.
  • Ensure alignment between local German reporting requirements and group-level expectations within a U.S. publicly listed company environment.
  • Drive continuous improvement across FP&A processes, planning tools, data quality, reporting automation, and performance management routines.

What It Takes to Make an Impact Here…

  • Approximately 7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, controlling, corporate finance, or a related finance function, ideally in an international or matrixed organization.
  • Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, management reporting, variance analysis, and business performance management.
  • Good understanding of relationship between balance sheet, profit and loss account and the cash flow statement.
  • Advanced Excel skills and hands-on experience with ERP, planning, and reporting tools such as Oracle NetSuite, Oracle Fusion, Power BI, Tableau, Anaplan, Hyperion, OneStream, or similar.
  • Strong commercial mindset, analytical thinking, stakeholder management, and the confidence to challenge assumptions and influence decision-making.
  • Fluent English is required.

Bonus Points If You Bring…

  • Experience preparing board materials, earnings support schedules, management review packs, or group reporting deliverables.
  • Exposure to finance transformation, planning system implementation, BI dashboards, or reporting automation projects.
  • Professional qualification such as MBA, CFA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent is a strong asset.
  • Experience in a high-growth, complex, multinational, or publicly listed company environment.

Not Your Typical Team…

We are a team of highly talented Finance and Accounting minds, working across the whole globe. We’re a team of motivated, and fully distributed crew that proves "remote" doesn't mean "disconnected."

We don’t just “work” together — we create, challenge, and grow together. If you’re looking for an environment where your ideas are welcomed, your voice is heard, cross-collaboration on bold strategies thrive on collective brainpower and high-energy teamwork you’ll feel right at home. 

The Perks of Being Here…

  • Global, remote, and thriving:  We're a global team of talented individuals spread across 26 countries. Our WorkFlex program lets you work from anywhere, anytime. Whether it's a beachside office or a cosy home office, the choice is yours.
  • Your well-being is our priority: We know mental health matters, which is why we offer a dedicated Well-Being Day—a full day off just to recharge and relax.
  • Get fit and stay active: Whether it’s yoga, weightlifting, or a quick jog—work out on your terms, at a discount with our subsidised gym memberships.
  • Learn, grow, and develop: We believe in constant growth. With our Training & Development Allowance, you’ll have all the opportunities you need to keep expanding your skills and knowledge. 
  • Stay connected: Take part in exciting annual team meetups!
  • Diversity is our superpower: We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

*Benefits vary depending on location due to local laws and regulations. 

At WorkMotion, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you need any accommodations during the recruitment process, just let our Recruitment Team on Jobs@WorkMotion.com. We’re here to support you every step of the way!

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