Head of FP&A Operations (m/w/d) - #942452

BIRKENSTOCK is a global brand which embraces all consumers regardless of geography, gender, age and income. The company is deeply footed on a family tradition of shoemaking that can be traced back to 1774. With around 6200 employees worldwide, BIRKENSTOCK is the largest employer in the German footwear industry. To ensure our quality standards, we produce over 95% of our products in Germany and source more than 90% of our materials and components from Europe. The BIRKENSTOCK Group is headquartered in Linz am Rhein and maintains several locations in Germany, as well as sales offices in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.

For our division Controlling ,at our location in Görlitz we are looking for a

Head of FP&A Operations (m/w/d)

Your Shoes To Fill

• You are driving Compliance, Transparency and Profitabilty in our biggest production plant of Birkenstock by business partnering with local organization as well as being the link to the Group Finance Function.
• You are the Business Partner to the local Managing Director and the Plant Leadership team.
• You prepare the budgets and forecasts for management.
• You prepare the regular reports (cost and performance indicators, e.g. target/actual analyses and productivity) as well as commenting on them and deriving recommendations for action.
• You prepare and present the analyses, reports and business cases for all management levels as well as ad-hoc analyses.
• You support in investment projects, e.g. by reviewing, approving and recalculating profitability calculations.
• You delop and coach the plant controller at the site, with whom you share tasks.
  
  
  

Your Walk Of Life

• You completed studies in business administration (or equivalent) or industrial engineering ideally with focus on controlling.
• You have 5 years+ experience in finance, at least 3 years of professional experience in plant controlling, (Standard costing variance knowledge & experience).
• You have deep understanding of financial modeling techniques and relevant KPIs.
• You have very good MS Office skills, especially MS Excel and PowerPoint together with good SAP knowledge (modules: FI/CO/MM), experience with Standard cost setups (ideally SAP COPA) and SAP4Hana is desirable.
• You have a solution-oriented and analytical personality with a distinct hands-on mentality, extraverted with ability to communicate, connect and present to different levels of organization.
• You are fluent in English (B2+) and German (B2+).
  
  
  

We Offer

BIRKENSTOCK offers you all the advantages of a successful, fast growing, global company: dynamic work environment, considerable design freedom, authentic and open corporate culture and excellent development opportunities. Sounds exciting? It is. We are looking forward to receiving your online application, stating your salary expectations!

If you have any further questions, please contact Sarah Juraschek.