FP&A / Controlling Manager (f/m/x)

Greenlyte Carbon Technologies; Essen; Hybrid; EUR 55.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Join a leading company committed to combating climate change as an FP&A / Controlling Manager. You will be pivotal in enhancing financial planning processes and strategic initiatives while collaborating with project teams. This role offers growth opportunities in a dynamic finance team, within an organization that values sustainability and innovation.

Leistungen

30 days vacation plus public holidays

Opportunity to grow and shape your role

Open communication on company development

Qualifikationen

• Up to approx. 4 years of professional experience in FP&A or financial modeling.
• Strong understanding of accounting and financial statements.
• Comfortable with Excel / Google Sheets.

Aufgaben

• Take ownership of financial planning and analysis processes.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and models.
• Support monthly and quarterly investor reporting.

Kenntnisse

Analytical Skills

Financial Modeling

Excel / Google Sheets

Communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance or Business Administration

CFA or MBA (desirable)

Tools

BI tools

Jobbeschreibung

Are you ready to save the planet?

We will help prevent a climate crisis by freeing the world from fossil fuels. Our breakthrough direct air capture technology captures CO2 from the atmosphere and produces hydrogen in parallel.

The clock is ticking. What are you waiting for?

Our goals are ambitious. We need people who are inspired and motivated to turn these aspirations into reality; to grow and develop with us.

We’re looking for an FP&A / Controlling Manager to join our Finance team and play a key role in building our internal planning and performance steering capabilities. If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment where you can actively shape processes, influence decision-making, and grow with the company – we’d love to hear from you.

How you'll contribute

• Take ownership of our financial planning and analysis processes, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and models that give insights into business performance and support strategic decisions
• Partner with project managers to increase transparency in actual vs planned costs on project level
• Partner with teams across the business to understand drivers, challenge assumptions, and help improve financial outcomes
• Support monthly and quarterly investor reporting, including preparing materials and commentary
• Work closely with the VP Finance on funding topics, scenario planning, and strategic initiatives
• Contribute to the development of internal tools and processes that help scale the finance function
• Support monthly and quarterly financial close activities with an external tax accounting function

Your first 12 months in the role: expectations and deliverables
Month 0-3

• Built a deep understanding of our business model, key drivers, and cost structure
• Taken over core responsibilities in monthly reporting and budget vs. actual analysis
• Improved the structure of existing spreadsheets and reporting files
• Established good working relationships with key stakeholders across departments

Months 3-6

• Developed and implemented a forecasting model to support regular re-forecasting
• Taken ownership of our investor reporting model and contributed to board materials
• Supported funding and grant application processes with tailored financial data and analysis
• Identified and started improving manual processes (e.g., automating recurring reports)

Months 6-12

• Rolled out new internal reporting formats and dashboards across the company
• Played a key role in the next annual budgeting cycle and long-term planning
• Built robust financial models for scenario analysis and strategic projects
• Contributed to shaping our FP&A function and played a visible role in company-wide planning discussions

About you

You are a university graduate or have up to approx. 4 years of professional experience in FP&A, controlling, M&A, or financial modeling, ideally in a start-up, scale-up, VC-backed company, or management consultancy
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, CFA or MBA is desirable
You’re highly analytical and structured, and you enjoy translating numbers into insights
You’re comfortable working with Excel / Google Sheets, and ideally have experience with BI tools
You understand the fundamentals of accounting and financial statements well
You have strong communication skills and enjoy collaborating with different stakeholders
You’re fluent in English; German is a plus but not required

What we offer

• 30 days vacation plus public holidays to ensure you also have the down time needed to rest and recharge
• The possibility to grow and shape your role
• Working with founders who understand - and invest time in - the importance of building a healthy and sustainable organization
• Open and transparent communication on company development

Noteworthy points

This role cannot be done fully remotely. We offer a hybrid working model with a minimum of 3 working days in our headquarter in Essen.

Did you like what you just read? Apply directly and send us your CV. We look forward to hearing from you!About us

GCT was founded in September 2022 with the ambition to develop a low-cost, robust Direct Air Capture technology that captures CO2 at world-leading energy rates, whilst supplying hydrogen as a by-product. The company’s technology is based on 15 years of research and has been proven at various scales. Since its founding, the company raised 45-million Euros in funding from leading venture capitalists and renowned business angels.