Team Lead Controlling and FP&A (f/m/d/x)

Your role

As Team Lead Controlling and FP&A (f/m/d/x) in the DACH Finance team, you are instrumental in ensuring the continuation of our profitable growth story. You own the P&L and as such, you leverage your finance acumen to deliver high quality month end closings, create quarterly and long term business plans, drive rolling forecasts and provide top notch analyses. Additionally, you work to generate process improvement across the cluster and serve as a key business partner to Marketing, Operations and Management. You are responsible for leading and managing a team of three Controllers and serve as a key point person for our auditors, our Team Lead Accounting, our Global Finance team, and our local domain and cluster leadership teams. As such, this is a role that balances technical competency, stakeholder management and leadership.

This role is Berlin-based and we adopted a mandatory hybrid/in-office work model. 

Your area of responsibility

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach, and mentor a high-performing team of three Controllers/Financial Analysts, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Orchestrate and drive the end-to-end financial planning and forecasting (FP&A) process for the DACH region, setting the standard for best-in-class methodologies and predictive accuracy
• Deliver executive-level financial reporting, insightful monthly variance analysis and ad-hoc analysis to local and Global C-level stakeholders, translating complex data into clear, actionable business recommendations
• Establish and maintain the weekly cost management and reporting framework for the DACH business, continuously optimizing reporting structures for enhanced data integrity, efficiency, and real-time decision support.

Strategic Business Partnership

• Function as a strategic Finance Business Partner (FBP) to the DACH Senior Management team, utilizing financial insights to proactively influence critical business decisions, ensure profit maximization, and champion value creation initiatives.

Financial Operations Ownership

• Serve as the definitive owner for the entire month-end, quarterly, and year-end close cycles across the DACH entities, ensuring the accurate and compliant reporting of P&L, Inventory valuation, and CAPEX.

Your profile

• You bring multiple years of progressive Controlling experience, ideally within a matrix organization
• You have gained first people leadership experience within a diverse, multi-levelled team, ideally in a large scale, forward thinking, e-commerce or subscription business 
• You are highly fluent in P&Ls, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flow statements and feel comfortable jumping into a new company’s books at high speed
• You have solid experience in driving financial closings
• You have solid fundamentals in inventory accounting
• You have ideally gained first experience in production controlling and understand operational Finance as it relates to production / assembly processes
• You have experience budgeting and business planning at large scale
• You are organized and have the ability to help others organize their workflows
• You have an excellent command of written and spoken business English 
• Ideally you have had touchpoints with SQL driven reporting
• Ideally you can speak and write German fluently 
• Ideally you are located in Berlin (or willing to relocate), already possess or are immediately eligible to obtain a full work authorization for Germany (e.g., EU citizenship, EU Blue Card eligibility, or existing unrestricted permit).

What we offer you

• Modern and comfortable working space with great co-workers in Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Discount for HelloFresh boxes and Convini products 
• Development possibilities along with internal trainings and a yearly central Learning & Development budget for teams 
• Flexible working hours including Work From Home/Work from Abroad/Sabbatical Policy, as well as a home office set up budget 
• Extensive Onboarding and Buddy Program
• Social events including team events, Friday beers, company runs, book club, etc.
• Discounted fitness offers with our Urban Sports Club and John Reed partners, as well as yoga classes
• Well-being initiatives in cooperation with Headspace and Spill
• Childcare and company pension scheme benefit 
• Company pension scheme 
• Monthly allowance for the Deutschlandticket      

Are you up for a challenge?

Apply now with your complete application documents, also without a photo and without stating specific personal characteristics such as nationality or gender if you choose to do so. German or English language certificates are welcome. Documents regarding residence and work permits are mandatory.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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