Strategic IT Cost Controller & Budgeting Lead

Rhenus Logistics; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhenus Logistics is seeking a finance professional to partner with the Overland Transport IT organization. You will monitor IT cost centers, assist with budgeting and forecasting, and support cost transparency across IT spend including personnel, licences, development, and projects.

You will collaborate with country organizations to improve cost visibility and help shape costing models and management reporting for IT services. English fluency and a structured, proactive mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Controlling, Business Administration or Informatics, or a comparable discipline.
• 3+ years of professional experience in controlling, FP&A, or a comparable finance role; IT/Logistics experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost-centre accounting.
• Experience in project controlling, business cases, service/product costing, or IT expenditure management.
• Understanding of financial accounting, statements, and capitalization principles.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with ability to translate data into actions.
• Advanced Excel; SAP and Power BI experience desirable.
• Ability to work with finance and non-finance stakeholders and explain financial matters clearly.
• Structured, independent, hands-on approach with attention to detail.
• Collaborative mindset; business-fluent English; German or another European language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Overland Controlling partner for the Overland Transport IT organization.
• Monthly monitoring of IT cost centers: planning, forecasting, reporting, variance analysis.
• Support transparent IT cost structure across personnel, licences, dev, and projects.
• Monitor IT project budgets, business cases, and KPIs for decision-making.
• Ensure IT purchases are approved, recorded, and traced with supplier costs.
• Prepare reports and decision papers for IT management and Controlling team.
• Collaborate with country orgs to increase IT cost transparency.
• Help establish service/product costing for IT solutions.
• Contribute to the financial steering model: cost recovery, unit-cost analysis, reporting.
• Improve controlling standards, reporting, and tools with IT organization.

Education

Degree in Finance/Controlling/Business Administration or Informatics

Tools

Power BI

SAP

Job description

Rhenus Logistics is seeking a finance professional to partner with the Overland Transport IT organization. You will monitor IT cost centers, assist with budgeting and forecasting, and support cost transparency across IT spend including personnel, licences, development, and projects.

You will collaborate with country organizations to improve cost visibility and help shape costing models and management reporting for IT services. English fluency and a structured, proactive mindset are essential.