FP&A Lead – Controlling

Role Overview

• Own the strategic financial steering of osapiens and help shape the company’s next growth phase toward long-term scale and transaction readiness.
• Act as the central finance sparring partner for the C-Level and VP organization across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and RevOps around financial planning, forecasting, performance steering, and strategic decision-making.
• Help translate our growth ambition into a scalable financial operating model and management framework.
• Lead and further develop our FP&A and Controlling team of 3 people, actively drive execution, and push cross-functional finance initiatives forward.
• Through AI adoption, automation, and modern finance tooling, help position Finance, especially FP&A & Controlling, as one of the most forward-thinking functions within the company.
• Support the CFO in M&A activities, financing rounds, integration planning, and strategic finance projects
• Lead and further develop a high-performing FP&A & Controlling team while fostering a culture of ownership, operational excellence, hands-on execution, and scalable finance partnering across the organization.

Requirements

• Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• 7-10+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Investment Banking, Transaction Services, or Controlling.
• Ideally combines advisory experience with in-house experience in an international B2B SaaS scale-up / hypergrowth environment
• Proven experience scaling and professionalizing FP&A & Controlling organizations, owning company planning models, preparing board
• and investor-ready materials, and developing management steering structures in high-growth environments.
• You combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, build models and analyses yourself, actively drive processes and initiatives, and feel comfortable operating in a fast-moving scale-up environment. This is a highly operational leadership role, not a pure people-management position.
• Strong interest or experience with AI-driven FP&A & Controlling use cases, automation, and modern finance workflows. You are a forward-looking thinker who understands how AI can improve forecasting, reporting, analyses, planning processes, and management steering within a scalable, best-in-class finance organization of the future.
• Strong understanding of modern SaaS GTM and RevOps organizations, including SaaS KPIs and commercial mechanics such as ARR, NRR, GRR, CAC Payback, LTV, Burn Multiple, Pipeline Coverage, Win Rates, and sales capacity models.
• You know how to build complex financial models and integrated business plans, including the integration of operational KPIs and GTM drivers into scalable financial steering models. You independently develop and defend driver-based models and bring strong experience with ERP, CRM, BI, and FP&A tooling (ideally NetSuite and HubSpot), combined with expert-level Excel and strong analytical capabilities.
• Experience working in international finance structures, combined with exposure to financing rounds, M&A, transaction readiness, or capital markets readiness, as well as experience leading and developing small, high-performing teams.
• Fluent in German and English, based in Mannheim or Munich with regular presence at our Mannheim headquarters. Reporting line: CFO.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• A fast-growing B2B tech scale-up with unicorn status
• A purpose-driven mission, working with and for global industry pioneers to solve complex challenges
• Creative freedom through collaborative teamwork and an open communication culture
• Flexibility and strong team spirit through our hybrid working model
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Sustainable mobility options for environmentally friendly commuting
• Team events and offsites with our global teams
• An inspiring work environment in Mannheim (and at our international locations)