Financial Planning and Analysis

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports in accordance with German GAAP (HGB) and IFRS
• Analyze financial data, including plausibility and data quality checks
• Further develop and automate reporting processes
• Prepare ad hoc analyses and profitability calculations
• Conduct budget-versus-actual analyses and derive appropriate measures
• Support budget planning and forecasting
• Prepare KPIs and presentations for management
• Identify optimization opportunities in processes and tools
• Work closely with EMEA teams and the Shared Service Center
• Contribute to national and international projects
• Serve as a point of contact for controlling-related questions
• Ensure compliance with company-wide policies and standards

Financial Controlling Analyst

• Partner with Brand and Category teams to improve decision quality and optimize investment allocation
• Support strategic and financial objectives through robust analysis, financial insight and influential business partnering
• Translate global category strategy into financial plans and challenge investments to ensure sustainable value creation
• Evaluate investment opportunities, business cases and strategic initiatives
• Develop financial plans, forecasts and robust financial outcomes from category, brand and strategic priorities
• Analyze and challenge A&P investment, innovation initiatives and portfolio decisions to maximize return on investment
• Identify risks, opportunities and investment trade-offs
• Support resource allocation and investment reallocation decisions throughout the year
• Manage budgets through forecasting, tracking and insight generation

Commercial Finance, Internal Controls

• Maintain general and sub-ledger entries and flag accounting questions for review
• Process incoming and outgoing invoices (AP/AR)
• Carry out bank and vendor reconciliations
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual closings under guidance in line with applicable GAAP
• Help prepare individual financial statements and supporting schedules for group reporting
• Keep data entry clean and processes consistent across finance systems
• Support the Accounting Lead in working with external tax advisors and auditors
• Help prepare documentation for annual audits and statutory tax filings, including VAT, corporate tax and trade tax
• Help shape accounting processes as the company grows

Junior Financial Accountant

• Advise clients on finance-related matters, particularly controlling, accounting, and group management reporting
• Support clients with the implementation, development, and automation of financial reporting processes
• Analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Identify connections between profit and loss and cash flow, and explain them clearly
• Support clients in using the Financial Management Suite
• Advise clients from the private equity, start-up, and mid-market sectors
• Systematically identify sources of error
• Analyze data flows and reconcile discrepancies
• Develop innovative financial reporting solutions
• Build dashboards
• Use Excel and Power BI to visualize complex financial relationships in an accessible way

Finance Consultant – Accounting, Reporting & Data

• Overall responsibility for finance, tax, and controlling
• Direct reporting to the C-level executive team or CEO
• Responsibility for the financial accounting of all group companies
• Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements
• Liquidity planning
• Independent responsibility for VAT, including cross-border e-commerce, corporate income taxes, and tax audits
• Management of external advisors
• Establishment of reporting, planning, and KPI frameworks
• Analysis of contribution margins by channel and product, cost centers, and forecasts
• End-to-end automation of finance processes
• Selection, implementation, and oversight of modern finance tools
• Leadership and professional development of the finance team
• Acting as a sparring partner to the CEO on investments, organizational structures, and financing

Head of Finance – Tax Advisor

• Maintain and update rolling cash flow forecasts
• Reconcile actual figures with forecasts and flag variances at an early stage
• Record and code invoices and receipts, and prepare their handover to the tax accounting firm
• Monitor outstanding receivables, check incoming payments, and carry out a structured dunning process
• Prepare monthly retainer and project invoicing for clients in the DACH region and the United States
• Reconcile bank, Stripe, and credit card accounts
• Prepare cost and contribution margin analyses for each team
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities
• Prepare ad hoc analyses for management
• Document financial processes and propose ways to automate manual tasks
• Work directly with management

Working Student – Finance & Accounting

• Further develop financial and business planning.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor liquidity, costs, and key business metrics.
• Prepare financial data for controlling and informed decision-making.
• Analyze variances and define follow-up actions together with the management team.
• Ensure accurate and timely invoicing.
• Track payments and manage outstanding receivables.
• Coordinate incoming invoices and collaboration with the tax advisors.
• Organize HR processes from employment contracts, onboarding, and personnel administration through offboarding.
• Coordinate preparatory processes for payroll.
• Serve as the point of contact for the team’s administrative questions.
• Manage contract- and corporate-related matters, documents, and deadlines.
• Coordinate collaboration with external legal counsel.
• Simplify error-prone or complex processes and improve them through digital tools and automation.
• Support the executive and leadership teams across Finance, HR, and Operations.

Manager, Finance & Operations

• Process invoices, receipts, and payments
• Verify supplier details and tax treatment
• Maintain clean supplier records
• Reconcile bank transactions and books daily
• Support an on-time month-end close
• Reconcile revenue and payment-provider transactions such as Stripe
• Flag anomalies
• Handle billing changes
• Serve as the first point of contact for customer billing and finance queries
• Support collections by tracing open claims and gathering proof
• Coordinate with account managers, collections, and operations
• Improve documentation
• Use AI tools to automate manual finance tasks
• Collaborate with the Sr. Finance Controller and cross-functional teams
• Participate in an onsite case study and meet the team during hiring

Junior Accounting & Finance Manager

• Own Finance & SCM architecture across D365 F&O for GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Cash & Bank, Project Accounting, and Cost Accounting
• Define, govern, and evolve the Finance architecture across 30+ legal entities
• Design the architectural foundation for Finance AI agents, including Continuous Close, Revenue Assurance, and Collections Agents
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, regulatory requirements, IFRS/local GAAP, and global design principles
• Translate Finance business requirements into clean-core D365 F&O designs
• Drive standardization, harmonization, and process simplification across regions and legal entities
• Ensure solutions are reliable, robust, scalable, and ready for rollout across 30+ legal entities in the M9–M15 timeframe
• Lead solution governance, blueprinting, and architectural decision-making
• Provide thought leadership on Microsoft ecosystem capabilities, including Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and Microsoft Fabric
• Guide functional consultants, developers, and integration teams through design, build, testing, cutover, and hypercare/support
• Represent Finance architecture in ERP governance forums, design authority reviews, and steering committees up to CFO level

Lead Functional Consultant – D365 F&O Finance, SCM

• Responsibility for performance management, planning, forecasting, and management reporting for the German entity
• Develop and implement the business strategy together with the Managing Director
• Drive long-term improvements in revenue, profitability, cash flow, and efficiency
• Provide disciplinary leadership for the Finance and Controlling functions
• Drive change initiatives and establish clear roles, routines, and standardized KPI evaluation
• Assess opportunities, risks, investments, and business cases
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements and internal controls
• Exercise veto and approval rights over significant investments and decisions with a material impact on liquidity or the balance sheet
• Work closely with regional and global Finance functions
• Translate complex financial information into clear, decision-relevant actions

Financial Planning and Analysis jobs in Germany