EMEA Head of Controlling & Financial Strategy

Georg Fischer; Schaffhausen; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Georg Fischer seeks a Head Controlling EMEA based in Schaffhausen to lead financial performance, transparency and decision support across the EMEA region for our industrial and infrastructure business.

You will partner with regional and business leadership to ensure robust planning, forecasting and performance management, supporting strategic and operational decisions across sales, production locations and regional functions. Travel about 30% is expected.

Qualifications

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration.
• At least 7 years of international controlling, FP&A or commercial finance experience in industrial/manufacturing sectors.
• Strong understanding of P&L, balance sheet and cash-flow drivers with financial modelling skills.
• Working knowledge of transfer pricing and intercompany flows.
• Systems orientation with SAP, OneStream and Power BI experience; advanced Excel.
• Combines operational strength with strategic vision and continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial performance management across EMEA, delivering insights on sales, profitability, margins, costs and working capital.
• Coordinate EMEA budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning processes.
• Act as senior finance partner to EMEA leadership and stakeholders across functions.
• Drive transparency of profitability by market, customer, product and entity.
• Support transfer-pricing and intercompany model development for EMEA.
• Drive simplification, standardisation and automation of controlling and reporting processes.
• Promote strong governance and adherence to group finance principles.

Skills

Financial modelling

FP&A

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Influence across functions

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration

Tools

SAP

OneStream

Power BI

Excel (advanced)

Job description

Georg Fischer seeks a Head Controlling EMEA based in Schaffhausen to lead financial performance, transparency and decision support across the EMEA region for our industrial and infrastructure business.

You will partner with regional and business leadership to ensure robust planning, forecasting and performance management, supporting strategic and operational decisions across sales, production locations and regional functions. Travel about 30% is expected.