(Senior) FP&A Manager

Overview

This role is remote (within +/- 2 hours of CET) and is full-time. Salary starts from €70,000 per annum gross, subject to location, skills, and experience.

The organization is seeking a strategic FP&A business partner and performance architect who can turn complex financial data into clear insights, strengthen planning discipline, and help drive better business decisions through accurate, insight-driven performance management.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, monthly and quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes across the business.
• Translate financial and operational performance into insights, including variance analysis, risks, opportunities, and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Partner with commercial, operational, functional, local finance, and group finance teams to support strategic initiatives and improve business performance.
• Build and maintain robust financial models, dashboards, KPIs, and reporting packages to support decision-making and investment cases.
• Ensure alignment between local German reporting requirements and group-level expectations within a U.S. publicly listed company environment.
• Drive continuous improvement across FP&A processes, planning tools, data quality, reporting automation, and performance management routines.
• Collaborate across local and group finance teams, senior leadership, commercial/operational/functional stakeholders, external auditors, system implementation partners, and corporate reporting teams.

Requirements

• Approximately 7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, controlling, corporate finance, or a related finance function; ideally in an international or matrixed organization.
• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, management reporting, variance analysis, and business performance management.
• Good understanding of the relationship between balance sheet, profit and loss account, and the cash flow statement.
• Advanced Excel skills and hands-on experience with ERP, planning, and reporting tools such as Oracle NetSuite, Oracle Fusion, Power BI, Tableau, Anaplan, Hyperion, OneStream, or similar.
• Strong commercial mindset, analytical thinking, stakeholder management, and the confidence to challenge assumptions and influence decision-making.
• Fluent English is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience preparing board materials, earnings support schedules, management review packs, or group reporting deliverables.
• Exposure to finance transformation, planning system implementation, BI dashboards, or reporting automation projects.
• Professional qualification such as MBA, CFA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• Experience in a high-growth, complex, multinational, or publicly listed company environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• Starting salary: €70,000 per annum gross (subject to location, skills, and experience).
• Global, remote work with WorkFlex: work from anywhere, anytime.
• Well-Being Day: a full day off to recharge and relax.
• Subsidised gym memberships (yoga, weightlifting, or other activities via discount).
• Training & Development Allowance for ongoing learning and skill development.
• Annual team meetups.
• Benefits vary depending on location due to local laws and regulations.

Location

Remote (within +/- 2 hours of CET).