Head of Controlling ENA

Eppendorf North America, Inc.; Enfield (CT); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Health benefits

Education benefits

Job summary

Eppendorf North America, Inc. is seeking a Head of Controlling for the Market Region Americas to steer regional financial performance across all segments and to partner with regional management on pricing, investments, and profitability.

The role leads planning, forecasting, and monthly analyses, while overseeing month‑end close, management reporting, and KPI development. Travel within the Americas and to Hamburg is expected, with a strong emphasis on partnering with leadership and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a comparable field.
• Master’s/MBA, CPA, CMA or an equivalent additional qualification preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in Controlling, FP&A or Finance Management.
• 5+ years with responsibility for a leadership team enabling you to steer a business of similar size and complexity.
• Proven track record in international B2B environment with combined product and service revenue streams.
• Preferred experience in life science, medical technology, industrial instruments or a comparable industry.
• Knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP, cost accounting, standard costing and transfer pricing, SAP FI/CO (S/4HANA) and strong reporting/analytics tools.
• Intercultural collaboration in an international matrix organization; fluent English; travel in Americas and to Hamburg.

Responsibilities

• Steer and control financial performance across commercial segments for the Market Region Americas.
• Lead planning, forecasting and bottom‑up/top‑down alignment; develop solid business cases and profitability models.
• Conduct monthly variance analyses and implement corrective actions; manage month‑end close and reporting.
• Head the regional controlling team and drive business partnering with leadership and functions.

Skills

Leadership

IFRS/US GAAP knowledge

Advanced Excel/financial modeling

Data analytics

English communication

Change management

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration

Master’s/MBA, CPA, CMA or equivalent

Tools

SAP FI/CO (S/4HANA)

Job description

How you can make an impact As Head of Controlling, ENA, you are the key financial sparring partner for our Market Region Americas. You will steer and control financial performance across all commercial segments. You act as a partner to the regional management and leadership team, bringing a strong financial perspective into commercial, pricing, and investment decisions. With robust profitability analytics, you create transparent views on performance by segment, product line, channel, customer group and territory, and identify the levers with the greatest impact on regional profitability. For growth initiatives, new products, dealer set‑ups, service offerings and footprint decisions, you develop solid business cases and profitability models, including sensitivity and scenario analyses. You take end‑to‑end ownership of regional planning and forecasting processes: coordinating bottom‑up planning across sales, marketing, service and administration, aligning it with top‑down targets and ensuring a consistent integration into group planning. Conduct monthly variance analyses (actuals vs. budget, forecast and prior year), define and follow up on corrective actions, analyze price/volume/mix and currency effects and maintain a clear KPI set (including growth, gross margin, EBITA, operating expense ratio, DSO, DIO and forecast accuracy). Together with Accounting / Finance, you manage the month‑end closing process, determine accruals and deferrals, and are responsible for management reporting and present results and analyses for board and shareholder meetings. As a leader, you head the regional controlling team, structure roles and responsibilities, develop capabilities, establish a strong business partnering culture, and represent the region in the global controlling community.

What sets you apart

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a comparable field.
• Master’s/MBA, CPA, CMA or an equivalent additional qualification preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in Controlling, FP&A or Finance Management.
• 5+ years with responsibility for a leadership team which enables you to steer a business of comparable size and complexity with confidence.
• Proven track record in an international B2B environment with combined product and service revenue streams.
• Preferred experience in life science, medical technology, industrial instruments or a comparable industry, and you understand the specific dynamics of such business models.
• Knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP, cost accounting, standard costing and transfer pricing, as well as strong SAP skills (FI/CO, ideally S/4HANA) and a high level of proficiency in modern reporting and analytics tools, including advanced Excel/financial modeling.
• As a well‑connected leader, you operate confidently in an international matrix organization, collaborate effectively with a European parent company, and combine a strategic mindset with an operational, hands‑on mentality and strong change management capabilities.
• Your way of working combines analytical rigor with the ability to distill complex topics into clear recommendations; you consistently take ownership and follow‑through, make independent judgments even when local and group interests diverge, and engage senior stakeholders with a constructive, data‑driven approach.
• You communicate with business fluency in English and ideally have German language skills, work with high intercultural competence across time zones and functions, are willing to travel regularly within the Market Region Americas and periodically to Hamburg, and bring a positive mindset, high energy and innovative thinking to your role.

What we offer

Compensation: Annual Base Salary: $170k - $210k and eligibility for Bonus Structure.

Comprehensive benefits: A competitive total rewards package, including health, financial, and education benefits, supports you in different stages of life.

Hybrid working model

Eppendorf is a leading life science company that develops and sells instruments, consumables, and services for liquid-, sample-, and cell handling in laboratories worldwide. Eppendorf products are used in academic and commercial research laboratories, e.g., in companies from the pharmaceutical and biotechnological as well as the chemical and food industries. Working at Eppendorf means being part of a community of more than 5,000 scientists, engineers as well as specialists from many other disciplines across more than 30 countries. All of us are committed to one mission: Being the expert partner and advisor of choice for life sciences laboratories around the world - with our premium products, our services, and our reliability.