Senior Strategy Controller (all genders)

Merck KGaA; Darmstadt; Vor Ort; EUR 85.000 - 115.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Merck KGaA in Darmstadt is seeking a driven finance professional to join Group Controlling Planning & Forecasting. You will lead global top-down target setting and support strategic planning with in-depth KPI analyses, models, and scenario planning.

The role demands an analytical mindset, strong communication, and experience with AI-driven forecasting to enhance forecasting accuracy and decision support. Collaboration across functions is essential.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Business Administration / Economics or equivalent.
• 3-5 years experience in Controlling or related finance departments.
• Experience in financial modelling and value-based resource allocation.
• Analytical mindset with ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.
• Familiarity with digital technologies and AI-driven forecasting solutions.
• Excellent communication to interact with stakeholders and build networks.

Aufgaben

• Own and design the Group's Global Annual Top-Down Target Setting and Strategic Planning processes.
• Prepare in-depth analyses of financial steering KPIs for senior management.
• Provide financial decision support on strategic and functional matters affecting financial objectives.
• Support value-based resource allocation, risk assessment, and scenario modelling.
• Engage with Functions/Business Stakeholders to understand drivers and opportunities.
• Lead cross-functional finance projects and harmonize global processes.

Kenntnisse

Analytical mindset

Data-driven decisions

Financial modelling

Communication skills

AI-driven forecasting

Stakeholder collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Economics

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Financial planning software

Jobbeschreibung

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Your role:

You will be integral part of the Group Controlling Planning & Forecasting team with key responsibility to lead and manage the Group’s Global Annual Top-Down Target Setting as well as Strategic Planning process. You prepare in-depth analysis on all relevant financial steering KPIs for the Group and provide financial decision support to Group Executive Management on a wide scope of functional and strategic matters impacting the achievement of the Group’s financial objectives including but not limited to proposals for value-based resource allocation, underlying risk assessments and scenario modelling.

Your responsibilities:

• End-to-end ownership of key financial steering KPIs across the Group's strategic planning and target-setting processes including designing and development of underlying financial model with the aim to deliver consistent, ambitious and reliable plans
• Investigating Group/Sector financial results to identify performance gaps, checking progress towards target achievement and recommending gap closing actions
• Driving decision making through value-based resource allocation, underlying risk assessments and scenario modelling
• Engagement with Function/Business Stakeholders to build insight into key business drivers and tactics to identify opportunities
• Manage major group finance projects by ensuring focus on project objectives, driving collaboration across cross-functional team and communicating of conclusions and decisions
• Liaises with Function/Business counterparts, capturing best practices and aligning on standard, harmonized global processes

Who you are:

• You have a degree in Business Administration / Economics or equivalent
• You have min. 3-5 years experience in Controlling or related finance departments
• You have experience in financial modelling and value-based resource allocation
• You have an analytical mindset including high interest in translating data analysis into tangible business recommendations
• You emb digital technologies and AI-driven solutions to enhance forecasting accuracy, scenario modelling and process efficiency.
• You have excellent communication capabilities to interact with stakeholders and to create networks across departments
• You have strong understanding and application of financial principles, concepts, practices and standards
• You are proactive in continuously challenge the status quo to find better ways of working
• You are highly motivated, engaged andself-organized
• You are confident in interacting with senior leadership
• You are fluent in English . Other languages would be an asset (no requirement)

What we offer:

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