Job overview
Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Location: Frankfurt
Our client is seeking an experienced finance leader to oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic analysis for a key business unit. This role supports executive decision-making and drives financial performance across global operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning with the CFO and leadership team.
- Develop tools to support strategic and financial decision-making.
- Oversee cash flow reporting and provide financial guidance to subsidiaries.
- Deliver management reports, business cases, and scenario analyses.
- Collaborate across finance, accounting, and operational teams.
- Manage topics including impairment testing, ESG reporting, and compliance.
- Drive digitalisation of planning/reporting (e.g. SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI, CoPilote).
- Support M&A, investment decisions, and risk assessments.
- Lead and develop the FP&A team, including training and talent management.
Requirements
- Degree in finance, business, or related discipline.
- 7+ years in FP&A, controlling, or corporate finance, ideally internationally.
- Strong track record in financial analysis and process optimisation.
- Experienced in leading international teams.
- Skilled in MS Office and SAP (especially BCS and Analytics Cloud).
- Excellent communicator with strong analytical and strategic thinking.
- Fluent in English; other languages a plus.
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