The World's Watch Market
Senior FP&A Controller
Location
Germany
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior FP&A Controller
Chrono24
• Financial Steering & Decision Support: You translate operational KPI trends into P&L, EBITDA and cash impacts and produce well-founded executive and board materials, including commentary. • Planning, Forecasting & Modeling: You drive budget, forecast and rolling-forecast processes and develop driver-based financial models as well as integrated cash and working-capital planning. • Cost & Profitability Transparency: You create transparency around OPEX, payment costs, regional contribution-margin reporting and profitability analyses. • FP&A Systems, Automation & AI: You advance the integration of financials into Snowflake/Qlik, automate manual processes and develop AI-supported analysis and commentary workflows. • Financial Governance: You ensure consistent financial logic (segments, P&L structure, forecast logic) in coordination with BI and Accounting.
Job Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in controlling or FP&A, ideally in a digital marketplace or e-commerce environment
- Strong FP&A expertise: integrated planning, driver models, scenario analyses and forecasting processes
- Ability to translate complex financial relationships into clear actionable recommendations and communicate them persuasively
- Experience with FP&A tools (Pigment, Board or similar), BI tools (Qlik, Tableau or similar) and Lucanet (advantageous)
- Self-motivated, structured working style and enthusiasm for actively developing processes and structures
- Very good German and English language skills.
Benefits
- A strategically relevant role with real scope to shape the business
- Dynamic, international environment with reputable private equity backers
- Modern workplace with flexible hours and hybrid working
- Benefits app with a monthly allowance of €80 for sports, childcare or flexible mobility
- Complimentary lunch that energizes and brings the team together
- Permanent contract with long-term development prospects
- 30 days of vacation per year
- Additional days off on December 24 and 31
- Option to work up to 20 days per year from abroad
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