VP Finance Cluster Germany(m/w/x)

Description

In this role, you will partner with operations leaders to enhance financial performance, oversee detailed site controlling, and drive strategic budgeting and forecasting. Your leadership will foster a culture of continuous improvement while managing significant investments.

Requirements

• •15+ years of experience in operational finance
• •Proven hands-on expertise in plant and production controlling
• •Background in management consulting, particularly with exposure to manufacturing
• •Excellent academic credentials from a leading university
• •Experience in pharma, consumer goods, or industrial manufacturing preferred
• •Degree in business administration, economics, or comparable field
• •Strong expertise in controlling, FP&A, accounting, and finance processes
• •Highly analytical, pragmatic, and results-driven
• •Confident leader with strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• •Fluent in English and German

Tasks

• •Act as Finance Business Partner to Cluster Operations Heads
• •Engage in day-to-day plant controlling
• •Own detailed production and site controlling
• •Analyze cost structures and variances
• •Monitor productivity, scrap, yields, and working capital
• •Steer performance using granular KPIs
• •Identify root causes and drive corrective actions
• •Translate operational details into management insights
• •Support strategic decision-making for the Group CFO
• •Develop controlling standards and tools
• •Enhance data quality in collaboration with Group Controlling
• •Lead a €100m investment program
• •Develop business cases and track post-investment performance
• •Drive budgeting, forecasting, and mid-term planning
• •Ensure alignment between operational reality and strategic objectives
• •Foster a performance-driven culture across operations
• •Lead a team in controlling, accounting, and related functions

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