Director Controlling - Region Germany Gases(m/w/x)

Requirements

• University degree in Business Administration, Economics, or Finance
• More than eight years international finance experience
• Experience in people leadership
• Extensive hands-on controlling experience
• Experience in investment controlling
• Experience in strategy development
• Experience in productivity/efficiency programs
• Preferably industrial or operational environment experience
• Strong financial modeling skills
• Analytical depth
• Strategic mindset
• Ability to grasp complex issues
• Ability to prepare issues for decision-making
• Ability to translate insights into recommendations
• Communicative and influential leader
• Confident operation at all organizational levels
• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships
• Ability to lead diverse teams
• Passion for developing talent
• Solid understanding of business models
• Solid understanding of markets
• Solid understanding of financial performance drivers
• Ability to shape management decisions
• Ability to identify trends early
• Ability to derive effective actions
• Structured work approach
• Solution-oriented work approach
• Resource-efficient work approach
• Ability to drive continuous process improvement
• Ability to untangle complexity
• Ability to translate complexity into clear messages
• Willingness to relocate to a larger European city (1-2 years)

Tasks

• Manage German business unit controlling (energy, financial, investment)
• Manage interfaces with external service providers
• Steer financial operations for regional functions (IT, HR, Legal)
• Safeguard regional function budget adherence
• Establish robust cash flow forecasting
• Establish robust net working capital forecasting
• Establish robust cash flow control
• Establish robust net working capital control
• Promote liquidity awareness across business units
• Develop strategies to improve cash performance
• Define clear, efficient finance and regional interfaces
• Provide relevant, timely, forward-looking financial guidance
• Identify risks early
• Address risks with countermeasures to protect results
• Own financial budgeting processes, especially capital expenditures
• Support cost-optimization initiatives
• Promote automation of transactional finance processes
• Promote outsourcing of transactional finance processes

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