Finance Business Partner & Cost Controller

About the job

Purpose:

This position is responsible for providing financial planning and analysis (FP&A) support to business leaders by delivering financial insights, forecasts, and performance analysis that enable informed decision-making. The role acts as a trusted business partner, leveraging strong financial expertise and analytical capabilities to drive business performance, support strategic initiatives, and ensure alignment with organizational objectives.

Key Responsibilities & Main Duties:

• Act as a finance business partner to business leaders across segments or business units, providing insight, challenge and support in decision-making.
• Support and drive budgeting, forecasting and planning processes in close collaboration with the business and the wider FP&A function.
• Prepare and present meaningful financial analysis, management reporting and performance commentary for business and finance stakeholders.
• Analyze financial results, identify key drivers, explain variances and highlight risks and opportunities in a clear and actionable way.
• Further develop cost controlling activities across the businesses, entities and services companies
• Challenge assumptions, support business cases and contribute to initiatives that improve profitability, cost discipline and overall financial performance.
• Work closely with business leaders to understand commercial developments, operational drivers and financial implications across the organization.
• Ensure consistency between management reporting, planning assumptions and accounting outcomes.
• Support the preparation of presentations and financial materials for senior management discussions and decision forums.
• Contribute to the further development of FP&A processes, reporting standards and performance management tools.
• Build strong and trusted relationships with stakeholders across finance and the business to strengthen financial transparency and performance steering.

Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics or a comparable field.
• Strong finance background with solid understanding of financial statements, accounting principles and performance management.
• Relevant experience in FP&A, business partnering or controlling, ideally in a complex corporate environment.
• Good accounting knowledge and the ability to connect planning, reporting and accounting outcomes.
• Ideally professional experience gained in a Big 4 accounting firm.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial results, identify trends and derive practical recommendations.
• Confident communicator with the ability to interact effectively with business leaders and explain financial topics in a clear and pragmatic way.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and a collaborative approach to working across finance and the business.
• Hands-on, structured and reliable working style with a high level of ownership and attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel and Bi-reporting skills; experience with planning, reporting or visualization tools is an advantage.