Business Controller (m/w/d)

Overview

This role supports business controlling in an international environment testing organization. You will analyze financial, customer, and market data and derive actionable recommendations to support management decisions.

• Position: Business Controller (m/w/d)
• Employment type: Full-time, permanent contract (unbefristet)
• Work model: Homeoffice
• Start date: as soon as possible

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial, customer, and market data and convert findings into well-founded recommendations for action
• Conduct market and potential analyses to identify opportunities, risks, and growth areas and derive recommendations
• Prepare reports, analyses, and presentations for management, and derive recommendations from the results
• Collaborate closely with local managing directors and contacts to implement and further develop group-wide standards and processes
• Coordinate cross-country projects and ensure a consistent data foundation
• Support the introduction and use of controlling tools; further develop existing control instruments and KPIs
• Contribute actively to process optimization and improving data quality

Requirements

• Completed business degree, ideally with a focus on controlling, finance, or economics, or a comparable qualification
• First work experience in controlling, finance, or a related area is an advantage; applications from motivated career starters are also welcome
• Initial experience with Power Query and large data sets (Big Data)
• Very good knowledge of MS Excel; confident use of PowerPoint and Outlook
• Strong communication skills, service orientation, and ability to collaborate in intercultural teams
• Independent and business-minded working style; proactive idea contribution
• Comfort working with complex structures; ability to quickly get up to speed on new topics and maintain clarity in complex relationships
• Very good German and good English skills (spoken and written)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in controlling/finance or comparable roles (advantageous)
• Prior exposure to large data sets and Power Query (initial experience required)

Compensation & Benefits

• 30 days of vacation per year
• Flexible working hours supporting work-life balance
• Attractive additional benefits including:
  • JobRad
  • Corporate Benefits
  • Company pension scheme (betriebliche Altersvorsorge)
  • Subsidy for employer-provided savings/investment plans (vermögenswirksame Leistungen) exclusively for employer employees
• Regular employee events such as summer parties and Christmas celebrations
• Ongoing onboarding and development support, including regular evaluation discussions

Location

• Homeoffice (Germany implied by the original posting)

Additional Information

• Long-term, varied position in a global organization
• Open culture with flat hierarchies and short decision paths
• Intensive, individually tailored onboarding
• Regular evaluation discussions to support professional and personal development
• Varied and engaging projects