Manager Controlling (Finance)
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Job Summary:
The Manager of Controlling will lead internal elements of FP&A for Sales & Services at Adtran.
Planning & Monitoring
- Organization and support of long-term business plans
- Organization and coordination of annual budgeting process in respective Executive area
- Monthly forecasting and monitoring of actual development and deviations of relevant financial and non-financial KPIs
Reporting & Closure
- Creation, maintenance and continuous improvement of internal reporting for department owners and Executive
- Preparation of standard and ad-hoc analysis, presentations and documents for all organizational levels
- Support Accounting with quarterly and annual closure including audit preparation
Systems & Processes
- Database and system updates and key-user for planning and reporting systems
- Maintenance of job relevant master data in SAP
- Further development and optimization of departmental tools and processes
- Drive and support special finance and related projects, scenarios and analysis
Supplementary Tasks:
- Develop close working relationships with internal customers and colleagues
- Active decision support including the flagging of challenges, problem & risk management, continuous analysis regarding improvements and related measures
- Consulting and coaching of internal customers (processes, SWOT analyses including proposals how to manage weaknesses and leverage potentials, as well as explaining financials and essential strategy/ tactics/ processes)
- Financial support for all other relevant topics
Internal
- Excecutive and leadership team of respective functional area
- Department owners in respective functional area
- Accounting
- Other departments
Qualification / Experience
- Degree in Business Administration or equivalent
- 5 years of professional experience in Finance in global companies
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office (esp. Excel) and financial planning tools
- Knowledge of Business Objects and SAP
- Experience in project management
- Fluent in English
- Excellent understanding of accounting standards
- Ready to travel globally
Personnel Skills
- Analytical thinking
- Ability to work structured and efficient
- Process orientated
- Accountability
- Attentive to detail
- Stress resistant
- Strong customer focus
- Team player
- Ability to communicate and develop relationships across all organizational levels
- Ability to motivate the team
