Controller

Körber Pharma Packaging AG; France; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours and remote work

Innovative, interdisciplinary team

Job summary

Körber Pharma Packaging AG in France is seeking a Controller to drive transparency, accuracy, and performance across financial and operational processes. You will partner with managers, deliver insights, and guide decision-making to improve results.

You will report on sales, costs, KPIs, and lead planning cycles, develop new controlling tools, and support cross-functional projects. Fluent English required; German is a plus. Flexible hours and remote work offered.

Qualifications

• Degree in finance, controlling, or equivalent knowledge.
• 3+ years of experience in controlling.
• Experience with SAP CO, FI, and BW.
• Independent, organized, and detail-oriented.
• Strong sense of accountability and assertiveness.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience managing diverse interests and stakeholders.
• Strong comfort with numbers and complex datasets.
• Strong prioritization and delegation skills.
• Experience in agile or cross-functional projects.
• Professional or technical leadership experience is a plus.
• Fluent in spoken and written English; German is a plus but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely delivery of reports on sales, order intake, costs, results, and process KPIs.
• Analyze deviations and align corrective actions with responsible managers.
• Capture requirements for special analyses and deliver them using database queries, SAP reports, and Excel workbooks.
• Lead planning cycles for order intake, sales, costs, internal service allocations, rates and results.
• Coordinate with managers and consolidate all profit centers.
• Develop new controlling tools, methods, and processes to enhance analysis, planning, and forecasting.
• Contribute to cross-functional projects and act as sub-project lead when needed.
• Support subsidiaries regarding services controlling and reporting; coordinate intercompany transactions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Detail-oriented

Independent

Education

Degree in finance/controlling

Tools

SAP CO

SAP FI

SAP BW

Job description

As a Controller, you will play a key role in ensuring transparency, accuracy, and performance across our financial and operational processes. You will partner closely with managers, providing insights, analysis, and guidance to support decision‑making and drive results.

Your role in our team

• Ensure timely delivery of reports on sales, order intake, costs, results, and process KPIs (e.g., throughput time, on‑time delivery). Analyze deviations and align corrective actions with responsible managers.
• Capture requirements for special analyses and deliver them using database queries, SAP reports, and Excel workbooks.
• Lead planning cycles for order intake, sales, costs, internal service allocations, rates and results. Coordinate with managers and consolidate all profit centers.
• Develop new controlling tools, methods, and processes to enhance analysis, planning, and forecasting.
• Contribute to cross-functional projects (e.g., result optimization, working capital initiatives and service recording/internal allocations). Act as sub‑project lead when needed.
• Support subsidiaries regarding services controlling and reporting and advise on order intake, sales reporting, cost postings, and new processes (e.g., SD module rollouts, controlling tools). Coordinate intercompany transactions for forecasting and planning.
• Clarify requirements for provisions and valuation of work in progress (including bonus agreements, service fees from international partners, complex maintenance contracts, onerous contracts, follow‑up costs). Present and explain these topics to auditors when necessary.
• Contribute to selected strategic controlling initiatives that shape the future of the business.

Your Profile

• Degree in finance, controlling, or equivalent knowledge
• 3+ years of experience in controlling
• Experience with SAP CO, FI, and BW
• Independent, organized, and detail‑oriented
• Strong sense of accountability and assertiveness
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• Experience managing diverse interests and stakeholders
• Strong comfort with numbers and complex datasets
• Strong prioritization and delegation skills
• Experience in agile or cross‑functional projects
• Professional or technical leadership experience is a plus
• Fluent in spoken and written English, German is a plus but not mandatory

What we offer

• Flexible working hours and remote work
• Innovative, interdisciplinary team environment

We are Körber – an international technology group with about 12,000 employees, more than 100 locations worldwide and a common goal: We turn entrepreneurial thinking into customer success and shape the technological change. In the Business Areas Digital, Pharma, Supply Chain and Technologies, we offer products, solutions and services that inspire. We act fast to customer needs, we execute ideas seamlessly, and with our innovations we create added value for our customers. In doing so, we are increasingly building on ecosystems that solve the challenges of today and tomorrow. Körber AG is the holding company of the Körber Group.

We are Körber – an international technology group with about 12,000 employees, more than 100 locations worldwide and a common goal: We turn entrepreneurial thinking into customer success and shape the technological change. In the Business Areas Digital, Pharma, Supply Chain and Technologies, we offer products, solutions and services that inspire. We act fast to customer needs, we execute ideas seamlessly, and with our innovations we create added value for our customers. In doing so, we are increasingly building on ecosystems that solve the challenges of today and tomorrow. Körber AG is the holding company of the Körber Group.