Senior FP&A Controller (m/f/d)

United States Digital Space LLC; Gilching; Vor Ort; EUR 75.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Company pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Mobile working

Bike-Leasing

Lunch-Card

Company Shuttle

Zusammenfassung

Quantum Systems is seeking a Senior FP&A Controller to drive financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis. You will collaborate with the Head of Controlling and business stakeholders to translate operational performance into financial outcomes, delivering reliable forecasts and actionable insights.

The role emphasizes leadership potential and hands-on involvement in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling, with exposure to scaling FP&A processes in a high-growth tech

Qualifikationen

• 4–7 years of experience in FP&A / Controlling with strong operational focus.
• Hands-on budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling experience.
• Experience with modern planning tools (Anaplan is a strong plus).
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and business mindset.
• Ability to translate data into clear insights and recommendations.

Aufgaben

• Lead financial planning and forecasting across departments.
• Maintain and improve rolling forecast with timely updates.
• Prepare mid-term financial plans and support long-range planning.
• Develop scenario analyses to support business decisions.
• Establish and drive weekly KPI review cadences with stakeholders.
• Partner with departments to track performance and provide guidance.
• Build financial models and business cases for initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Financial planning

Forecasting

Analytical skills

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Ausbildung

CIMA/ACCA

Tools

Anaplan

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Python

Jobbeschreibung

As aSenior FP&A Controller, you will play a key role in driving the company’s financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis processes. This is a highly operational and hands-on role with a clear focus onFP&A excellence, ensuring high-quality financial transparency and actionable insights for decision-making.

You will work closely with the Head of Controlling and business stakeholders across the organisation to translate operational performance into financial outcomes. Your work will directly influence short- and mid-term steering of the business by delivering reliable forecasts, deep-dive analyses, and clear financial narratives.

The role offersfuture leadership potential, including the opportunity to take on responsibility for a junior team member as the function grows.

What is your Day to Day Mission:Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Support and drive theannual budgeting processacross departments

• Maintain and continuously improve therolling forecast, ensuring accuracy and timely updates

• Prepare mid-term financial plans and support long-range planning processes

• Develop and runscenario analyses(e.g. sensitivities, what-if analyses) to support business decisions

Operational Performance Reporting & Insights

• Establish and driveoperational reporting cadences, includingweekly KPI check-inswith key stakeholders

• Monitor financial and operational KPIs, ensuringfull transparency on performance, risks, and opportunities

• Perform ongoing variance and trend analyses based on latest operational data and forecasts

• Translate data intoclear, actionable insightsto support timely decision-making

• Support the preparation of ad-hoc analyses and management updates outside of formal MEC reporting cycles

Business Partnering

• Act as afinancial partnerto selected departments, supporting them in planning and performance tracking

• Challenge assumptions and provide financial guidance to improve decision-making

• Build financial models and business cases (e.g. cost initiatives, investments, headcount planning)

Data, Tools & Processes

• Work with and further developplanning and forecasting tools (e.g. Anaplan)

• Ensure data consistency between FP&A tools, BI systems, and ERP

• Contribute to theautomation and standardisationof FP&A processes

• Improve data quality and reporting efficiency on an ongoing basis

What you bring to the team:

• Have4–7 years of experience in FP&A / Controlling, with a strong operational focus

• Have hands-on experience inbudgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling

• Are confident working withmodern planning tools (Anaplan is a strong plus)

• Have strong analytical skills and attention to detail, combined with a business mindset

• Are able to translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations

• Are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

• Communicate effectively with both finance and non-finance stakeholders

• Are fluent in English (German is a plus)

Nice to Have

• Initialleadership or mentoring experience, or strong motivation to take on leadership responsibility

• Experience in ascaling or transformation environment

• Exposure toBI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)

• Basic knowledge ofdata analysis tools (e.g. SQL, Python)

• Professional qualification (e.g. CIMA, ACCA)

What Success Looks Like What Success Looks LikeAccurate, reliable, and forward-lookingforecasts and financial plans

• High-frequency, transparentoperational performance trackingenabling fast decision-making

• Strong collaboration with business stakeholders, enabling better performance steering

• Readiness totake on leadership responsibilityas the team expands

• Continuous improvement of FP&A processes, tools, and data quality

Why the company: A key role in a high-growth tech company shaping the future of autonomous systems.

• Exposure to C-level leadership, board reporting, and strategic finance decision-making.

• Opportunity to design and implement scalable FP&A infrastructure for a global enterprise.

• Competitive compensation, personal development opportunities, and hybrid working flexibility.

• We believe in the power of combinedefforts: straightforward tech expertisepaired with a customer-centric focus.

• We are industry pioneerswho are ambitious, bold,and visionary.

• We push limits, thinkoutside-the-box and strivefor technological excellence toshape the future of aerial data.

• We promise to be your runwayfor individual and professionalgrowth.

Our benefits: Company pension scheme: We support you so that you can already make provisions for later.

• Flexible working hours: With trust-based working hours, you are not only responsible for your working hours, but also for your work-life balance.

• Mobile working: If it gets too turbulent for you in our office, you can get the necessary balance through mobile working.

• Bike-Leasing: We support you in staying environmentally mobile and healthy.

• Corporate Benefits: Your opportunity for attractive offers and discounts from well-known suppliers and brands, e.g. Adidas, Apple, Expedia.

• Employee events: We not only want to grow together, but also celebrate our successes together.

• Lunch-Card: Be powerful with delicious energy, daily lunch budget is sponsored.

• Company Shuttle: Enjoy our convenient shuttle service that picks you up from Laim in Munich and brings you to our location, with return trips at the end of the workday.

About us:Quantum Systems specialises in the development, design, and production of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS). The company’s range of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) sUAS are built to maximize range and versatility and to provide operators with a seamless user experience. By integrating cutting-edge software capabilities, like edge computing and real-time AI-powered data processing, Quantum Systems is building next-generation UAS for clients in defence, security, public sectors.

Our commitment:We are an open-minded company that not only values diversity, but actively promotes it. Regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability, we firmly believe that the diversity of our employees is an essential part of our success.

At our company, every voice is heard and every perspective is valued. We believe that our differences enrich us and help us to find creative solutions and generate innovative ideas. We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment where all employees can reach their full potential.

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