Execution Controlling Lead

Kion Group AG; Banbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Competitive Compensation And Benefits

Pay Transparency

Global Opportunities

Job summary

Dematic is seeking an experienced Execution Controlling Lead to partner with operations, shape forecasts, and drive resource planning. You will provide commercial insight and lead a small team to improve performance across a project-driven organisation.

This senior role offers visibility at the leadership level, autonomy to evolve finance processes, and opportunities to apply AI-driven solutions for efficiency.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in finance, financial planning, commercial finance or finance business partnering roles.
• Previous leadership experience with a passion for coaching and developing others.
• Experience within a project-based business environment, with a strong understanding of project accounting principles and the financial dynamics of project delivery organisations.
• Strong forecasting, planning and analytical skills.
• The confidence to challenge stakeholders and influence decisions through data-driven insights.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• An interest in emerging technologies, automation and AI within finance would be highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operational leaders to develop and manage monthly workload and forecast planning, ensuring resource demand and utilisation are accurately reflected.
• Provide meaningful financial insight by analysing business performance, identifying trends, and highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Support budget, forecast and cost centre management, helping stakeholders understand financial performance and key variances.
• Lead workload and headcount analysis, ensuring operational teams have the information they need to make effective resource decisions.
• Deliver monthly performance reporting, scorecards and management presentations for senior leadership reviews.
• Coordinate the annual operating plan and budgeting process.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across reporting, forecasting and finance processes.
• Explore opportunities to leverage technology and AI-driven solutions to improve efficiency, automation and decision making within the finance function.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of two finance professionals, helping them build technical capability and progress their careers.

Skills

Finance leadership

Forecasting

Business partnering

Leadership

Communication

Analytical skills

Job description

At Dematic, we're transforming the future of intelligent automation and supply chain solutions. We're looking for an experienced finance leader who can do more than report numbers. We need a trusted business partner who can challenge thinking, influence decisions and help drive performance across a complex, project-driven organisation. As our Execution Controlling Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting operational leaders with forecasting, resource planning and commercial insight. You'll partner closely with stakeholders across the business to understand future demand, optimise resource utilisation and provide the financial analysis that enables informed decision making. This is an opportunity to step into a highly visible leadership position where you'll have the autonomy to shape processes, develop people and contribute to the continued evolution of our finance function.

We offer:

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation And Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities
• Learn More Here: http://www.dematic.com/en-gb/about/careers/

The base range of this role, at the time of posting, is estimated to be the following should this role be filled in the respective country: Italy: €50,250 - €73,700 (Compensation will be aligned with the applicable National Collective Labour Agreement, namely the CBA , Metalmeccanico Industria) Lithuania: €53,250 - €78,100 Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You're Doing:

• Partner with operational leaders to develop and manage monthly workload and forecast planning, ensuring resource demand and utilisation are accurately reflected.
• Provide meaningful financial insight by analysing business performance, identifying trends, and highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Support budget, forecast and cost centre management, helping stakeholders understand financial performance and key variances.
• Lead workload and headcount analysis, ensuring operational teams have the information they need to make effective resource decisions.
• Deliver monthly performance reporting, scorecards and management presentations for senior leadership reviews.
• Coordinate the annual operating plan and budgeting process.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across reporting, forecasting and finance processes.
• Explore opportunities to leverage technology and AI-driven solutions to improve efficiency, automation and decision making within the finance function.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of two finance professionals, helping them build technical capability and progress their careers.

What We're Looking For:

• Significant experience in finance, financial planning, commercial finance or finance business partnering roles.
• Previous leadership experience with a passion for coaching and developing others.
• Experience within a project-based business environment, with a strong understanding of project accounting principles and the financial dynamics of project delivery organisations.
• Strong forecasting, planning and analytical skills.
• The confidence to challenge stakeholders and influence decisions through data-driven insights.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A naturally curious mindset with a desire to understand the wider business.
• Experience identifying process improvements and driving operational efficiencies.
• An interest in emerging technologies, automation and AI within finance would be highly advantageous.

Dematic is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Dematic prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, national or ethnic origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

KION brands keep the world moving – globally, regionally, and locally. KION is the Supply Chain Solutions Company. With over 42,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we enable smart, sustainable, and reliable supply chains worldwide - wherever goods are stored, moved, or delivered. KION offers its customers the full spectrum of solutions to make their supply chains future-ready. Our international brands, Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli and our regional brands, Fenwick and OM, stand for outstanding technological innovation, intelligent automation and service excellence in forklift trucks and warehouse equipment. Dematic complements this expertise with state-of-the-art automation technology and AI-supported software solutions that optimize intralogistics across warehousing, production, and distribution. Whether locally or globally – we offer exciting career opportunities in an innovative environment shaped by our core values: Integrity, Collaboration, Courage, and Excellence. Together, we create the magic of supply chain solutions. Join our team – Push it forward.