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The Controller - Finance Pharma role is a multifaceted position that combines production and

project controlling within the Business Unit (BU) Pharma. The primary responsibilities include
ensuring efficient and cost-effective production processes through strong business
partnership, monitoring and analyzing production data and costs, and managing the financial
aspects of various projects. The role supports the company's profitability and customer
satisfaction goals by optimizing resource utilization and allocation.

Production Controlling:

• Monitor and analyze production data to optimize resource utilization and allocation

• Collaborate with Business Partners to meet Production and Operations budget targets
while maintaining high standards of quality and cost efficiency

• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to improve production performance

• Oversee the financial management of Production and Operations in the Pharma


Business Unit

Reporting and Data Preparation:

• Prepare and update various reports, including monthly comments, performance


reviews, and presentations

• Download and analyze data from systems like Axapta, SAP, and Power BI

• Conduct monthly reviews with management and Business Partners

Planning and Forecasting:

• Detailed Budgeting & Forecasting of cost center costs, FTEs and investments in close
collaboration with Business Partners

Project Controlling:

• Prepare Business Cases and manage the financial aspects of projects

• Monitoring of project spend to ensure projects are completed within budget

• Work closely with project managers and other stakeholders to maintain project
alignment with company goals

Ad hoc:

• Handle various ad hoc requests and analyses as needed

Requirements, Qualifications, Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field

• Several years of experience in a similar role, preferably in the pharmaceutical or


manufacturing industry

• Proven experience in production and project controlling

• Strong background in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting


• Proficiency in financial software and systems like SAP, Power BI and Excel

• Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data and deliver actionable insights

• Experience with data preparation and report generation

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects
simultaneously

• Detail-oriented with high accuracy and independent working style

• Strong problem-solving skills and efficient handling of ad hoc requests

• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines

• Experience in developing and implementing KPIs for production performance


improvement

• Professional communication skills in both English and German

Your tasks

Our FinTech Solutions Team in IT is looking for you!

For our dynamic team we are looking for a colleague, that would help us coordinate the
different aspects of the service management, ranging from ensuring proper status of our assets
in the internal system repositories (mainly ServiceNow, Azure DevOps) up to ensuring efficient
and transparent collaboration with our near-shore and off-shore suppliers. Our main focus is
on the Finance and Controlling areas in the context of SAP (ERPonHANA, S4HANA, BTP), but we
are supporting our business process owners also with a range of important "non-SAP" tools.

The main responsibilities:

• Ensuring high data quality of entries in ServiceNow, being it applications, resolver


groups, but also measuring the SLA / KPI fullfilment of our service

• Ensuring a proper Service Transition in to the Ops part of the "DevOps", i.e.
documentation is up to date, all the security and operational aspects of the solutions
are properly handed over by the various projects

• Support collaboration and communication cross-departments and cross-hierarchies,


ensuring the crucial information and decisions are reaching the right counterparts
• Ensuring regular alignment with UIT controlling department and proper budget handling
and management within our division (3 teams)

• Bringing all the relevant stakeholders to one "DevOps table" and ensure proper flow of
communication and efficient collaboration of all the respective parties, which includes
tasks in Incident management, Change management and operational supplier steering.
Currently we rely on Azure DevOps and SAP Solution Manager (CHARM)

Your profile

• Proficiency in SAP FI and CO modules (onHANA and S4HANA)

• Familiarity with Solution Manager CHARM processes

• Knowledge of DevOps principles (ideally with experience in Azure DevOps)

• Effective communication skills in both English and German

• Capability to collaborate with international teams

Additional skills:

• Understanding of or certification in ITIL4

• Experience with ServiceNow

• Knowledge of SAP BTP tools (Fiori, SAC)

• Understanding of controlling mechanisms

Key Tasks

• Regular reporting on your area of responsibility

• Further development of the existing tool landscape and commercial training of


employees

• Evaluation and tracking of chances and risks

• Primary point of contact for all commercial matters within the Group
• Advising project management and senior management on all financial matters and
initiating actions necessary to achieve business objectives

• Management of annual planning, responsibility for monthly forecasting and commercial


view of all projects, investments and key KPIs along the value chain

• Responsibility for finance, taxes and liquidity management

• Management of the Accounting, Controlling, Procurement, Purchase and Export


departments

Key Qualifications

• Very good German and English skills

• High IT competence (especially in dealing with MS Excel and ideally with SAP)

• Strong communication and implementation skills as well as hands-on mentality,


characterized by far-sighted and solution-oriented action

• Good business understanding along the value chain paired with high analytical skills

• Several years of professional experience in a comparable position, ideally in a project-


oriented technology company

• Degree in business administration or comparable studies

• People management and development.

• Financial Stewardship - Key involvement in control processes and in forecast and


closing activities and resulting management reporting providing analysis and
explanation of business partner performance. Lead Cuxhaven financial team in
monthly closing activities. Maintain a strong internal control environment.

• Reporting including Early Warning for financial KPIs to Site Management and Global
Manufacturing Finance

• Deliver the site’s plan commitments through facilitation of the business plan,
accountability focus and influencing decisions and performance.

• Lead the business annual and long-range planning activities.

• Proactive participation in LT to maintain and enhance business decision making,


governance, early identification of business risks and contingency development.
• Business Partnering - Understand the operations of the site and the key drivers of
performance and leverage that understanding in helping business partners make sound
resource allocation decisions and evaluate special projects.

• Business Planning Activities – Lead the finance team and our business partners in
business planning activities including cost center expense planning, developing
standard costs, planning absorption and variances, and analysis of results.

• Prepare DCF-calculations including sensitivity analysis for investment projects and


other scenarios

• Knowledge Sharing - Work with the financial staff at Cuxhaven and across other
manufacturing sites to share key learning and help drive continuous improvement in
manufacturing finance.

Ihr Profil

Basic Requirements:

• Accounting/Finance experience (preferably in manufacturing operations)

• Experience in product costing

• Analytical thinker.

• Excellent knowledge of relevant system landscape (SAP, SAP BW, etc.)

• Ability and experience to communicate across all levels

• Enthusiastic about leading and driving improvement and change

• Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset

• Strong collaboration skills to effectively work with stakeholders across functions

• Fluent in German

hre Aufgaben

What you’ll do:

• Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

o Work closely with the leadership and CEO, especially in Investment Rounds
o Setup and drive with the Revenue department a revenue forecast

o Manage and oversee our business plan and continuously compare plan vs.
actuals

• Finance Business Partner

o Support leadership in preparation of board meetings and shareholder meetings

o Be the sparing’s partner for all Finance topics, especially to leadership

o Provide financial analyses and models to advise business and project decisions

• Functional Team Lead Finance with growth opportunities

o Coordinate activities of one Junior FP&A manager

o Coordinate activities of one in-house Accounting/Payroll manager

o Coordinate activities with external accountants and tax advisors


(incl. preparatory work for annual financial statements of enmacc Group)

Ihr Profil

Who you are:

• 3+ years of relevant work experience, ideally from consulting at one of the Big Four

• Degree in finance/accounting or a similar field

• Highly fluent in the language of P&Ls, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flows

• Comfortable talking about FP&A and Finance with colleagues

• Good knowledge of German HGB standards

• Excellent knowledge of spreadsheet software; ideally, experience with BI tool Tableau

• Very good eye for detail; methodological working style

• You are a good communicator; experience in managing senior stakeholders

• Excellent English and good German language skills

• located in Munich or willing to relocate

Your tasks

The opportunity:
Predominantly supporting the Central Europe region, your role will be to provide financial
analysis and insight to impact short-, medium- and long-term business performance up to the
leadership team across both the Digital Experience and Digital Media organization. While
focused on Central Europe, you will also support the wider EMEA region, collaborating with our
EMEA Finance Team.

What you'll Do:

• Support weekly outlook reviews with local sales teams, maintaining high levels of
control and lead data driven tools / processes

• Lead evolving risks and opportunities across fiscal quarters and proactively optimizing
sales

• Craft valuable financial insights on recurring and ad-hoc basis to drive tactical
interventions to underlying trading performance.

• Build and expand standardized insights across EMEA teams and scale use of finance
tools as well as regular system consolidation processes.

• Strategy - candidate must position the role to be a key player in the strategy for the
region. Gather initiatives, model scenarios, and drive the business through the strategy

• Leverage and collaborate with India based shared services and wider ecosystem, to
underpin and develop the Central Europe Strategy, Annual Plan, Quarterly Forecast and
Weekly Outlook

• Drive finance insights into competitive landscape to optimize market opportunities and
shape the GTM planning.

• Ensure efficient operating cost management to improve return on investment and


profitability

What you need to succeed:

We are looking for a high-quality professional who enjoys detailed precision, and high-level
strategic analysis and problem solving. It requires a candidate that will always look at the big
picture and puts across opinions on the business and not just on finance issues. Where there is
an opportunity to contribute, expressing an opinion from a finance perspective can have huge
impact and will be heard. This person will use deep, sophisticated datasets to identify and
communicate measurable insights. You must be self-motivated, an excellent communicator,
and enjoy a culture subject to rapid change.

• 4+ years of FP&A (or related) experience required

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

• Well-developed critical thinking skills with a bias toward independently crafting order
and innovative solutions out of ambiguity

• A reliable teammate who partners closely with peers across Sales, FP&A, Finance
Systems, Marketing, Accounting, Legal, and IT, often in different geographical locations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to summarize and effectively
convey key information

• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and/or PowerBI. Experience in efficiently crafting and
maintaining sophisticated models

• Experience with Anaplan and TM1 would be an advantage and / or similar accounting
tools/systems

• Fluency in English & German languages

Deine Aufgaben

We are seeking a strategic and experienced Head of Finance to take charge of the financial
operations for our Central Europe Team, mainly Germany and Italy. As a key business partner,
you will ensure that financial practices support the company’s goals and comply with
regulations regarding our different Assets in the region.

• You will oversee all financial activities, including bookkeeping, accounting, tax
compliance, and bank management, ensuring that all operations follow the internal
Delegation of Responsibilities (DOR) and external regulations.

• You will represent the Finance department as a primary business partner to internal
teams and external stakeholders, such as banks, auditors, and consultants.

• You will prepare and present timely, accurate financial reports to top management and
internal parties, ensuring clear communication and financial transparency.

• You will lead the financial and tax aspects of projects across the entire development
cycle, including acquisition/incorporation, execution, and exit.

• You will supervise and oversee the financial accounts team, ensuring that their
workload aligns with business priorities and that tasks are completed effectively.

• You will identify development and training needs for team members and take action to
ensure those needs are met, fostering a culture of continuous learning and
improvement.

• You will set clear performance expectations for your team, mentor and support them,
and provide regular feedback to drive high performance and accountability.
• You will lead initiatives to improve financial operations, taking ownership of incremental
process improvements and implementing solutions that add value to the business.

• You will work cross-functionally to ensure that all finance-related processes align with
broader business goals and operational efficiency.

Dein Profil

• You have a master's degree in finance, business administration or similar.

• You have over 10 years of experience in Finance in the renewable energy, EPC,
infrastructure, or construction industries.

• You have at least 5 years of experience managing Finance or Accounting teams,


demonstrating strong leadership skills.

• You have strong knowledge of financial regulations, tax laws, and compliance
requirements in Germany.

• You have a proven track record of managing financial operations in complex


international organizations.

• You are fluent in English, additional languages like German or Korean are a plus.You
have a bachelor’s degree in business administration or accounting or any other related
field.

• You can look back on at least 5 years of professional experience in accounting or


finance positions and are experienced with managing Audits.

• You have a proven track record in Finance and/or accounting roles within an
international environment.

• You have a comprehensive understanding and application of HGB and IFRS accounting
standards, supported by a globally recognized certification.

• You are proficient in utilizing SAP and MS Excel for financial analysis, reporting, and
management.

• You are fluent in English; proficiency in any additional language is a plus.

We are seeking an experienced Finance Lead to support our German business. This critical role
within the country leadership team involves driving the delivery of the country scorecard and
taking full ownership of the financials. A key responsibility will be partnering with the leadership
team to enhance overall performance, with a strong emphasis on the commercial team, as well
as other cost areas such as logistics and storage, waste management, DME, and OPEX.

What you’ll be doing


• Collaborate with commercial teams to ensure optimal financial outcomes through well-
negotiated commercial agreements. You will be responsible for challenging customer
proposals and managing trade and pricing agreements.

• Oversee one direct report while contributing to leadership within the broader finance
organization, adding strategic value.

• Maintain stringent financial controls to ensure accurate reporting at all times,


continuously improving efficiency in financial processes.

• Serve as the Finance Business Partner to the Head of Country, fostering key
relationships with the Commercial, Marketing, RGM, Customer Operations, and Group
Finance teams.

• Take ownership of full P&L reporting, providing insightful performance analyses. A key
responsibility will also be guiding the country through the broader business planning
cycle.

Your tasks

As an International Management Trainee (m/f/d) in Finance, you’re in for an 18-month


adventure that’ll shape your career and drive our global success. Here’s a sneak peek:

• Dive deep into financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning, lead
projects from the get-go and see your ideas come to life

• Work on groundbreaking projects with an international team, swap ideas with


colleagues from all over the world, and even present your work to our Board Members

• Take on two international assignments abroad, 6 months each, learn about new
markets, cultures, and business practice, grow your network and broaden your horizons

• Spend one week in one of our stores to understand the core business from the ground
up, this experience will give you valuable insights into our customer interactions and
operational processes

• Get trained by top professionals in the field, we’ll equip you with the skills to excel and
grow in your career

• Build connections with industry leaders and peers from around Europe, a global
network that will be valuable throughout your career

Your profile

• Either recently graduated (up to 2 years out) or in your final year of studies, majors like
finance, accounting, economics, management, or something similar are perfect
• Some hands-on experience through jobs, internships, or student organizations,
especially in finance roles

• You've worked or studied abroad, or maybe just love learning about new cultures

• You love digging into numbers and keeping up with the latest tech trends

• You work well with others and thrive in a team environment,


demonstrating collaboration and teamwork

• You set and smash goals, and solve problems like a pro, showing resilience and
determination

• You’re organized and capable of working independently under pressure,


exhibiting leadership and initiative

• Ready to travel and relocate for a great opportunity

• You are always on the lookout for new, innovative ways to improve processes and
achieve better outcomes, reflecting innovation and adaptability

• You can break down complex problems and find effective solutions using data and
analytics

• You demonstrate integrity and transparency in all interactions, building trust by being
straightforward and showing integrity in your decisions

• You understand and prioritize the needs of our customers, showing customer focus and
empathy

• Fluent German and English (C1 level), so you can rock those international meetings

Responsibilities

• Support the processing and management of the entire process associated with
incoming: Issuance, amendment and cancellation requests for international
guarantees

• Support the processing and management of the entire process associated with
incoming: Issuance, amendment, document presentation and cancellation requests for
import and export letters of credit

• Ensure that all transactions are conducted in line with internal policies and regulatory
guidelines.

• Act as first point of contact for our customers and discuss with them operational
specificities of their requests (e.g. required changes on guarantee texts or
discrepancies on LC documents)
• Fee monitoring / management /debiting (MT499 processing) / preparation of invoices in
close dialogue and alignment with back office

• Prepare internal / external monthly business reports and other relevant reporting /
statistics

• Reporting to Deputy GTB Head of Client Service

• Close cooperation with GTB Front Office and support of Senior Trade Bankers

• Support with execution of Permanent Supervision Controls

Your tasks

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: The Global Sales Finance Team exists to
provide commercial financial insights, connecting Global Sales and Finance, Markets and HQ
to enable financially sound decision making. Within this team, the Senior Manager for Reporting
& Analytics is the key player in driving excellence in reporting and analytics across all channels
and horizontal teams. The profile of the role is a hybrid between D&A and commercial finance.

Key responsibilities:

• Innovate processes, procedures, tools, and ways of working by pro-actively identifying


opportunities to leverage analytics and technologies

• Develop tactical and strategic reporting & analytics for Leadership to support decision
making

• Drive maintenance and improvement of existing reports and dashboards

• Work with D&A team to continuously improve data quality and availability

• Act as a change agent and accelerator for innovative tools, technologies, and methods
within sales finance community

• Provide training/upskilling to the sales finance community (organizing workshops,


identifying & sharing relevant learning opportunities, etc)

• Provide expertise, ad-hoc support and guidance to the sales finance community on
statistics, analytics and visualization tools (SQL, Power BI)

Key Relationships:

• Global Sales Finance

• Global Sales

• Market Finance teams

• Global D&A team


Your profile

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong will to innovate ways of working combined with the proven execution ability;
problem solving skills and solution orientated

• Proven creativity and curiosity to identify and solve a wide range of Function/Business
challenges

• Strong analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources

• Strong understanding of financial processes (forecasting, month close, reporting


procedures); comfortable with Finance principles, financial modeling and financial
statement/gap analysis

• Good project management skills, including the ability to work in several projects
simultaneously

• Proven team player who can collaborate across functions and organizations

• In depth understanding of market business model / system landscape and experience


across relevant data domains (B2B, B2C, Brand, etc.) is a big plus

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology
group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our
51,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive
individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments. Together with our partners,
customers and the world of science, we develop leading-edge technologies, and excellent
products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration
control components, batteries and fuel cells, technical textiles, filters, cleaning technologies
and products, specialty chemicals and medical products.

You support our team as

Intern (f/m/d) Corporate Treasury and Finance

Responsibilities

• Collaboration in the recording, verification and updating of account relationships

• Collaboration on reporting, e.g. cash pool and bank account usage

• Preparation of documents for our external rating

• Automation of reporting processes in MS Excel

• Collaboration in the evaluation of interest rate and currency risks

• Evaluations and data maintenance in the tm5 and HFM databases


• Preparation of ad-hoc analyses and presentations using MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and
Refinitiv Eikon

Qualifications

• Degree in business administration, economics or industrial engineering with a focus on


finance (preferably master's level) or in a related discipline (mathematics, IT, etc.)

• Initial practical experience, e.g. in the context of internships

• Interest in financial issues

• Sound analytical, organizational and communication skills

• Independent, responsible approach to work combined with good German and very good
English skills

• Ability to work under pressure, commitment, ability to work in a team

• Very good knowledge of MS-Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word; preferably also in VBA
programming or PowerQuery)

About us:

Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center in Rüsselsheim, Germany is a young, dynamic


company with its roots in South Korea. The Asian vibe can be felt throughout the whole
company, making it a one-of-a-kind place to work.

In order to build on the success story in Korea, Hyundai Motor Company started to open R&D
Centers for all main markets worldwide. The purpose of Hyundai Motor Europe Technical
Center is to make sure that every Hyundai, KIA and Genesis which comes to Europe meets the
demanding standards of the European customer and is adapted to the needs of that specific
market.

To ensure this, we take on a wide range of research and development tasks at HMETC with a
motivated team from many countries and cultures. These tasks cover the areas of Powertrain,
Vehicle Development, Planning & Project Management, Electronic Systems, Commercial
Vehicles, Design and a wide range of tasks in Corporate Functions for all three of the Group’s
strong brands.

To start shortly, we are currently seeking a

Working Student for Finance Department (m/f/d)

You will be responsible for

• Filing paid Invoice and Travel expenses

• Working in our invoice portal (invoice@hyundai-europe.com)


• Handling Dunning/Reminders from Vendors

• Parking simple Invoices and Travel expenses

• General tasks in Finance department

Who we are looking for

• Currently enrolled in Business Administration or Financial Management studies

• Accounting knowledge is a plus

• A very good command of English and German

• Intercultural & communication skills

• MS-office (Word, PowerPoint)

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