Senior Product Controller (f/m/x)

ZEISS Group; Ulm; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS Group sucht in Oberkochen eine/n Senior Product Controller (f/m/x). Als Finance Business Partner arbeiten Sie eng mit den Geschäftsführungsteams zusammen, gestalten die finanzielle Performance der Produktportfolios und liefern fundierte Analysen.

Sie definieren Zielkosten, erstellen Businesspläne und berichten regelmäßig an das Management. Sie verfügen über ein Masterstudium in Finance/Controlling, 3–5 Jahre relevante Erfahrung, SAP CO/FI, Power BI und exzellente Deutsch- und

Qualifications

• Abgeschlossenes Master-/Diplom-Studium mit Schwerpunkt Finanzen/Controlling
• Mindestens 3–5 Jahre Berufserfahrung im Controlling/Finanzen, ideal international
• Proaktive, kooperative Arbeitsweise, eigenständiges Arbeiten
• Verhandlungssichere Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse

Responsibilities

• Als Finance Business Partner gestalten Sie die Finanzleistung Ihres Produktportfolios.
• Beraten Sie zu kommerziellen Themen, identifizieren Sie Chancen, Optimierungspotenziale und Risiken.
• Koordinieren Sie Target Costs, überwachen Kosten und liefern Transparenz.
• Erstellen, validieren und präsentieren Sie Businesspläne gegenüber Management und Partnern.
• Erzeugen Sie Ad-hoc- und Monatsberichte zur Steuerung des Geschäfts.
• Gestalten Sie Prozesse & Governance in Zusammenarbeit mit Controlling und Buchhaltung.
• Legen Sie digitale Finance-Tools und moderne Steuerungswerkzeuge aus und treiben Sie Digitalisierung voran.

Skills

Analytische Fähigkeiten

Teamarbeit

Eigeninitiative

Deutschkenntnisse

Englischkenntnisse

Education

Masterabschluss in Finance/Controlling

Tools

SAP CO/FI

MS Office

Power BI

Job description

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.

In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology

Enabler for smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips

Working for tomorrow today.

Around 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are produced using ZEISS technologies. As the centerpiece of every electronically controlled system, they have become an integral part of our everyday lives – whether in smartphones, smart homes or smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in the field of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems and process control solutions, ZEISS enables the production of ever smaller, increasingly powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips, and thus plays a pivotal role in the age of micro- and nanoelectronics.

We are looking for a Senior Product Controller (f/m/x) to join our team in Oberkochen.

As Finance Business Partner, you are an important sparring partner to business leaders, co-creating their strategy to shape the financial performance of their product portfolio.

Consulting Commercial Topics: you provide strategic guidance to your product area on key commercial questions, identify economic opportunities, optimization potential, and risks, and translate this into decision-ready recommendations and actionable plans.

Product Cost Controlling: you collaborate with product managers to define target costs, track adherence, and deliver cost transparency for established products and new product introductions.

Business Planning: you create, validate, and monitor business plans and present them convincingly to our internal management and external partners.

Performance Controlling & Better Insights: you create and further develop meaningful ad hoc and monthly reports to support our product management with clear analyses, comments, and impulses for business steering.

Process Design & Governance: in close collaboration with our operational controlling team and accounting, you ensure adherence to internal commercial governance requirements and applicable international accounting standards. You clarify open questions and drive the structured resolution of process gaps.

Digital Finance & Modern Steering Tools: you contribute and implement ideas to further develop Finance tools and processes, e.g. by leveraging digitalization.

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.

In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

We are looking for a Senior Product Controller (f/m/x) to join our team in Oberkochen.

Aufgaben

• As Finance Business Partner, you are an important sparring partner to business leaders, co-creating their strategy to shape the financial performance of their product portfolio.
• Consulting Commercial Topics: you provide strategic guidance to your product area on key commercial questions, identify economic opportunities, optimization potential, and risks, and translate this into decision-ready recommendations and actionable plans.
• Product Cost Controlling: you collaborate with product managers to define target costs, track adherence, and deliver cost transparency for established products and new product introductions.
• Business Planning: you create, validate, and monitor business plans and present them convincingly to our internal management and external partners.
• Performance Controlling & Better Insights: you create and further develop meaningful ad hoc and monthly reports to support our product management with clear analyses, comments, and impulses for business steering.
• Process Design & Governance: in close collaboration with our operational controlling team and accounting, you ensure adherence to internal commercial governance requirements and applicable international accounting standards. You clarify open questions and drive the structured resolution of process gaps.
• Digital Finance & Modern Steering Tools: you contribute and implement ideas to further develop Finance tools and processes, e.g. by leveraging digitalization.

Profil

• You have successfully completed a degree, preferably a master's degree or diploma with a focus on Finance/Controlling and at least 3–5 years of professional experience in Finance/Controlling, ideally gained in an international industrial corporation.
• A proactive and collaborative professional who combines initiative, independence, strong organizational skills, teamwork, and accountability with clear, impactful communication tailored to diverse audiences to drive understanding and action.
• You have professional working proficiency in German and English, with negotiation-level fluency in both languages.
• Strong SAP (CO/FI) and MS Office skills, as well as proficiency with Power BI or business intelligence tools.
• You possess good knowledge of International Accounting Standards / International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Experience in structuring and executing cross-functional projects, preferably including experience with cost reduction projects.
• You have an affinity for, and ideally experience with, applying modern digital technologies in the Finance & Controlling area.

We are looking for people who want to make a difference. Even if you do not meet all the requirements fully, we welcome your application. What matters most are your analytical skills, curiosity, willingness to take responsibility, and your interest in actively shaping the financial performance and future success of a leading high-tech organization

Important note

Please be advised that a valid work permit for Germany is required for non-EU citizens. Unfortunately, applications without a valid work permit and sufficient German language skills may not be considered.