Finance Business Partner

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, Babyganics® and Ecover®. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe, the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold, transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet. If you’re into pioneering the future and doing good while doing business, come join us.

The LSB is part of SC Johnson, a family-owned company and leading manufacturer of household cleaning, home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care products, as well as professional products. Originally founded in 1886 and headquartered in Wisconsin, U.S.A., SC Johnson and the Lifestyle Brands division are at work for a better world.

Location: Hamburg, Germany
Contract type: Full time, Permanent
People Leader: Head of FP&A
Function:  Finance

Internal Job Title: Associate Manager, Financia Planning and Analysis

Please note this role is not eligible for relocation. 

Remote work is available once per week for eligible employees.

We’re looking for a strategic and analytical finance leader who can influence key business decisions—someone passionate about business partnering and delivering meaningful financial insights. As we see the world differently and do things differently, we need someone who can challenge the status quo and provide thought leadership to elevate our decision‑making.

You will be the right-hand person to the DACH Hub Leader and Head of FP&A, a sparring partner to drive the business forward to achieve the seemingly impossible!

Responsibilities:

• Be a true partner to our DACH business - bringing your personality, living our LSB values, and building trusted relationships across Sales, Brand, and regional leadership teams.
• Own the financial rhythm of the region, leading monthly/quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and the month‑end P&L close while providing clear visibility through insightful weekly and monthly reporting.
• Shape smarter, faster decision‑making by creating tools that enhance financial clarity, challenging assumptions within the S&OP cycle, and delivering strategic, actionable recommendations that drive profitable growth.
• Guide investment and commercial choices through credible financial modelling, trade and brand spend oversight, ROI analysis, and ensuring spending aligns with budget expectations - no surprises, just strong fundamentals.
• Continuously improve how the region performs, championing process enhancements, boosting forecast accuracy, assessing risks and opportunities, and upholding robust internal controls in partnership with FP&A and the wider LSB Finance team.
   

Experience you’ll bring:

• A strong financial foundation as a qualified accountant (5+ years PQE), with commercial finance or FP&A experience and a track record of owning forecasting and other core financial processes. FMCG exposure is a plus.
• Clear, confident communication in both German and English, with the ability to translate complex financial information into simple, compelling insights for stakeholders at all levels.
• Influential cross‑functional partnership, embedding financial understanding across the business, shaping decisions, and building high-impact relationships that drive momentum and change.
• Sharp commercial and financial acumen, knowing exactly which P&L levers to pull to drive performance, backed by a hands-on mindset for simplifying and improving processes.
• Technical and systems confidence, especially with Excel (expert-level), and ideally SAP and Anaplan experience.

About us:

We are the people behind method + Ecover. We’ve always done things differently – we’re fearless thinkers, mad scientists and adventurous designers who believe that making soap leads to brave ideas, bold inventions and beautiful bubbles. We started small but we have big plans to make the world a cleaner, greener, more colourful place. We invite everyone to join us as we pioneer a future where doing business is doing good for all. 

Let’s get one thing straight – you’re not coming here to just sell soap, or cleaning products. You’re joining us to move the hearts, souls and minds of others all over the world that see the world differently. We think about cleaning as an act of creative expression, a gesture of rebellion, and, yes, an escape from the normal. We take cleaning seriously – but not ourselves. 

Alongside our friends Mrs. Meyer’s clean day and babyganics in the US, we are collectively known as Lifestyle Brands and are part of the SC Johnson family. 

Application:

Have you made it this far? If you’re still reading, we think there’s a strong chance you might be our kind of person. Here’s the thing, though — research suggests that 60% of women and underrepresented folks might have already talked themselves out of applying. Even if you don’t check every box above, we want to encourage you to introduce yourself. We believe a diversity of perspectives and experiences makes a team stronger — and the stronger our team, the closer we are to delivering our ambition of a clean world revolution! 

It’s a big, beautiful, colourful world out there and we should celebrate that. That’s why we’re working hard to be a fully diverse and inclusive place to work. Every day we strive to create an atmosphere where everyone feels valued, listened to, supported and where we can do our best work. Sure, there’s always more that can be done. But together with our team, partners, customers and community, we can make everyone welcome. 

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas, views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are, be valued, listened to and supported to do their best possible work.

Sure, there’s always more that can be done. But together with our team, partners, customers and community, we can make everyone welcome.