Beschreibung

In this role, you will lead the financial steering function at the University, ensuring budget discipline and transparency while providing high-quality decision support. Your work will involve advanced financial analyses, fostering collaboration across units, and maintaining rigorous standards for data quality.

Anforderungen

• •10+ years of relevant professional experience in FP&A, Controlling, or Corporate Finance
• •Proven experience in complex, multi-activity organizations
• •Several years of leadership experience
• •Demonstrated ability to operate effectively at strategic and operational levels
• •University degree in Business Administration, Finance or Economics
• •CMA, CIMA, ICV, IHK or similar (nice to have)
• •Excellent analytical, financial modeling, and conceptual skills
• •High level of integrity, independence, and professional judgment
• •Strong command of modern FP&A and BI tools
• •Fluent German is highly desirable
• •Pragmatic, hands-on, and solution-oriented mindset
• •Strong builder mentality with the ability to establish structures from the ground up
• •Trusted advisor to senior management

Aufgaben

• •Build and lead the Controlling and FP&A function
• •Define and implement controlling standards and best practices
• •Safeguard the independence and integrity of the controlling function
• •Own and improve the annual budgeting process
• •Establish and maintain rolling forecasts and multi-year planning
• •Challenge assumptions for financial realism and sustainability
• •Deliver high-quality management accounts and variance analyses
• •Govern allocation methodologies for shared services and costs
• •Ensure transparency of revenues and costs
• •Lead advanced financial and economic analyses
• •Assess financial implications of new initiatives
• •Provide regular and ad-hoc analyses for senior leadership
• •Functionally manage business unit controllers
• •Ensure consistent planning logic and reporting standards
• •Foster a strong controlling community and knowledge sharing
• •Develop the analytical and controlling system landscape
• •Ensure high standards of data quality and auditability

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