Project Controller (m/f/d)

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA; Bad Homburg vor der Höhe; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA in Germany seeks a Project Controller (m/f/d) to drive financial project controlling, forecasting and reporting.

You will work with global and local stakeholders to ensure accurate cost tracking, ad-hoc analyses and transparent project dashboards. The role combines analytical work with cross-functional coordination, process improvements and hands-on support for charging, master data and KPI reporting.

Qualifikationen

• Completed university degree in Finance, Business or a comparable qualification.
• At least 2 years relevant experience in controlling, finance or project controlling.
• Strong analytical capabilities and attention to detail.
• Excellent MS Excel skills; experience with SAP, Salesforce or Veeva is a plus.
• Ability to coordinate across teams and stakeholders.
• Business-fluent English; German is advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Support project controlling activities end-to-end: forecast analyses, cost monitoring and reporting.
• Assist in vendor management and coordination of external partners.
• Contribute to holistic project reporting with consistent structures across projects.
• Perform quality checks and maintain master data for financial dimensions.
• Ensure timely monthly charging and accurate allocation of licenses.
• Help develop and improve reporting standards and BI-enabled dashboards.

Kenntnisse

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

English proficiency

Team coordination

Ausbildung

Finance or Business degree

Tools

MS Excel

SAP

Salesforce

Veeva

IQVIA

Jobbeschreibung

As Project Controller (m/f/d), you will support our team in project controlling, vendor management and operational controlling processes.

Your focus will be on supporting projects from a financial controlling perspective, including forecasting, reporting and monthly charging processed. In close collaboration with stakeholders across global and local controlling across market units, project teams, and external Partners, you ensure transparency and consistency in project reporting while contributing to the continuous improvement of reporting structures and controlling processes.

The role combines analytical work, operational coordination and hands-on process improvement in a dynamic finance environment.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support project controlling activities end-to-end: Prepare actuals vs. plan/forecast analyses, monitor project cost development, and support recurring project reporting and ad-hoc evaluations for ongoing projects and cost structures
• Support vendor management activities: Across the full project lifecycle, support in cost tracking, forecasting, reporting, and coordination of external partners, including the support in Statement of Work (SOW) related activities.
• Contribute to a holistic project reporting: Help align financial and project reporting in a consistent and transparent structure across projects and stakeholders (ideally with BI components)
• Perform recurring quality checks: Identify inconsistencies, coordinate corrections with relevant stakeholders and help ensure that financial structures remain accurate and up to date. This also includes the maintenance and validation of key controlling and master data, including project-related structures and financial dimensions such as cost centers, profit centers and WBS elements.
• Act as the interface between the controlling team, project team and market units: Support stable and reliable monthly charging and license allocation processes, ensuring timely and accurate execution of recurring charging activities, including validation, reconciliation and reporting of (license-related) charges.
• Contribute to the further development of reporting standards, charging concepts and controlling processes, including participation in strategic discussions around allocation methodologies and reporting structures.
• Maintain process documentation, user guidance and training materials: Ensure transparency, consistency and efficient onboarding for relevant project controlling processes.
• Support users and stakeholders in operational topics: Help resolve day-to-day issues related to reporting structures, hierarchies, project-related data and system usage.
• Support the preparation of management reports and analysis for finance and business stakeholders.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives: Gather business requirements, structure them into clear concepts and coordinate implementation with internal stakeholders and IT where needed.
• Collaborate across functions: Work closely with colleagues in Controlling and project teams to improve data consistency, reporting reliability and the efficiency of end-to-end finance processes.

Requisite Qualification & Experience:

• Education: Completed university degree in Finance, Business or a comparable qualification (ideally Master Studies).
• Experience: At least 2 years relevant practical experience in controlling, finance, reporting, project controlling, through internships, working student roles or initial full-time experience.
• Functional know-how: Good understanding of controlling, accounting and reporting processes, ideally with first exposure to project-related financial steering and reporting structures.
• Analytical capability: Strong analytical skills, a structured way of working and high attention to detail, especially when working with financial data and system-based information.
• Systems and tools: Very good MS Office skills, especially Excel; Experience working with systems such as SAP, Salesforce, Veeva and IQVIA in the context of project controlling is considered a plus.
• Strong AI competencies: curious and proliferate in using AI to increase efficiency, create work excellence and improve processes
• Working style: Reliable, independent and hands-on, with the ability to coordinate effectively across teams and follow through on operational topics.
• Communication: Strong communication skills and confidence in working with different stakeholders and functions.
• Languages: Business-fluent English is required; German is an advantage.
• Mindset: Energetic, improvement-driven and curious, with the ambition to challenge existing ways of working, identify better solutions and contribute beyond pure task execution.