Finance Business Partner
PBCN GmbH
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Köln • Germany
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About the role
- Trusted advisor: You will act as a trusted advisor to operational and business leaders and play a central role in the company’s "cockpit."
- P&L and balance sheet ownership: You will be responsible for the profit and loss statement and balance sheet of the business unit, acting like an entrepreneur in a start-up and developing measures to mitigate negative impacts and secure positive outcomes.
- Proactive market and financial trends: You will proactively anticipate market, technology, and financial trends to keep ahead of the competition.
- Budgeting and forecasting support: You will prepare budgets, plans, and forecasts for revenue, margin, and EBIT and support their achievement.
- Strategic advising: You will serve as a strategic advisor to operational and business partners.
- Deep-dive analysis: You will identify and conduct detailed analyses, get to the root causes, and work with operational units to develop action plans whose progress you will track.
- Cash flow management: You will manage cash flow metrics and work with operational teams to develop plans to improve working capital.
- Best-practice culture: You will promote a best-practice culture by participating in and leading various process improvement projects to simplify, streamline, and automate processes.
- Stakeholder collaboration: You will work closely with a range of key stakeholders, including the Area Finance team (Controlling and Accounting), the leadership team, and operational and functional teams at local, Area, EMEA, and HQ levels.
Requirements
- Approximately 7 years of professional experience in a comparable role.
- Strong knowledge of MS Office and SAP.
- Experience with HFM (including SmartView) and Power BI.
- Fluent German and English skills.
- Knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS is an advantage.
- Solution- and results-oriented with a proactive working approach and a strong sense of responsibility.
- Self-starter who can work effectively in a fast-paced team environment.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Courage to take on challenges and act assertively.
- Resilience during change processes and in "difficult" phases, as well as flexibility.
- High attention to detail and the ability to provide well-founded estimates in a short time.
- Ability to present the big picture while being precise and focused on the essential issues.
- Ability to manage short-term tasks as well as medium- to long-term initiatives.
- Clear and effective communication skills.
- Close partnership with your business stakeholders.
Benefits
- A unique and diverse role at the heart of the company with the opportunity to introduce and implement innovative ideas.
- Work for a market leader.
- An established company where you can drive change (both process-wise and in company culture).
- High acceptance of the finance team and financial discipline across the company.
- Work in a highly motivated and dynamic environment.
- A respectful and appreciative corporate culture.
- Opportunities for further career development, both locally and internationally.
- Coaching and extensive training opportunities, including a widely used internal mentorship concept.
- Flexible working hours with the option to work remotely and in the office (dependent on location).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
budgetingforecastingP&L managementbalance sheet analysiscash flow managementfinancial analysisprocess improvementanalytical skillsUS GAAPIFRS
Soft Skills
proactivesolution-orientedresults-orientedself-starterresilienceflexibilityattention to detaileffective communicationstakeholder collaborationstrategic advising