Business Unit Controller - Sugarbeet (m/f/d)

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Field of Work: Controlling

Location:

Einbeck, Lower Saxony, DE

Legal Entity: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA (0001)

Contract Type: Regular

Is Full Time?: No

Onsite/ Remote: Hybrid Working Within Country

Job ID: 15542

Step into a strategic role at KWS SAAT SE & Co.KGaA as Business Unit Controller - Sugarbeet (m/f/d)!

Are you ready to elevate your controlling career? If you have a sound experience in international controlling and thrive on turning data into actionable insights for executive decision-making, this role offers the perfect next step.

As theBusiness Unit Controller – Sugarbeet (m/f/d), you will act as a trusted advisor to top management—translating strategy into operational impact, presenting financial analyses that shape business direction, and expanding your influence across global controlling processes.

This is a permanent role at our Einbeck-based HQ. The number of working hours is 20hrs/week.

Tasks:

• Supporting strategic planning and translating strategy into operational measures
• Monitoring execution and providing high-quality analyses for decision-making
• Acting as the main contact for controlling and finance departments
• Supporting Global Controlling, Finance, and GTC in harmonizing group-wide processes
• Providing support in the business unit's management in planning, forecasting, and M&A projects
• Monitoring the business unit's performance, risks, and opportunities
• Supporting group closing processes and external reporting
• Contribute to risk management and reporting

Profile:

• Relevant degree paired with several years of experience in the field of international controlling
• Operational experience in controlling – such as budget planning, forecasting, monthly and annual closings
• A good notion of cashflow management / cashflow forecasting as well as of tax returns and tax coordination are beneficial
• SAP literate
• Conceptual thinking and structured work style
• Intercultural competency
• Proactive team player & networker who can actively listen
• Strong communication and presentation skills paired with excellent stakeholder management skills
• A very good command of English; German language skills are an asset

Our Offer:

• An exceptionally interesting and varied job in an international environment with the opportunity to contribute to innovative ideas
• Working in an international, highly motivated and dynamic team
• Flexible working hours with the possibility of hybrid working
• As a family-run company, we live by the values of team spirit, closeness and trust, independence and vision - a culture that is also lived out in practice, e.g. through an open and friendly working atmosphere
• Close to our motto "Make yourself grow!" we promote individual professional and personal development
• We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: capital-forming benefits, Christmas and holiday pay, childcare allowance, company bicycle.

Join us in and help steering the future of our sugarbeet business unit. We look forward to receiving your online application.

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KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: www.kws.com/career . Follow us on LinkedIn at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/ .

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