Strategic Finance & Steering

Further develop the FP&A & Controlling roadmap, including Board-grade planning, KPI steering, management reporting, and strategic initiatives across forecasting, AI adoption, growth investments, profitability, international scaling, and transaction readiness.

FP&A, Budgeting & Forecasting

Own and further develop the annual budgeting, Long-Range Planning (LRP), and monthly forecasting processes, including the integrated osapiens planning model across P&L, cash flow, ARR, headcount, and market assumptions. Drive the FP&A operating rhythm through stakeholder reviews, forecasting discussions, and month-end analyses while continuously improving forecast accuracy, scenario modelling, planning transparency, and Board-grade decision support.

Board Reporting & Management Steering

Own and further develop the Monthly Trading Update, Board reporting, financing and transaction materials, as well as the overall management steering framework and business review cadence across weekly, monthly, and quarterly cycles.

GTM Finance & RevOps Partnership

Build a best-in-class integration between Finance, GTM, and RevOps by acting as strategic finance sparring partner and challenger around planning, forecasting, pipeline steering, sales capacity planning, quota design, pricing initiatives, and GTM efficiency. Help ensure that budgets & strategic plans are operationally executed, KPIs are transparently monitored, and commercial performance trends are identified early to proactively steer toward company targets.

Cost Steering & Operational Excellence

Build best-in-class cost steering and transparency across all functions and entities, including headcount, vendor spend, and operational investments, while partnering closely with budget owners to improve accountability, investment efficiency, and scalable financial decision-making.

AI, Automation & Innovation

Drive AI adoption, automation, and modern FP&A & Controlling tooling across forecasting, reporting, analytics to further position Finance as one of the company’s most innovative and forward-thinking functions.

M&A & Strategic Projects

Support the CFO in M&A activities, financing rounds, integration planning, and strategic finance projects

Team Leadership

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.

Background & Experience

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.

Hands-on Builder & Execution Mindset

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.

AI & Forward-Looking Finance Mindset

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.

SaaS & GTM Understanding

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.

Financial Modelling & Systems

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.

Leadership & International Exposure

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.

Languages & Location

Fluent in German and English, based in Mannheim or Munich with regular presence at our Mannheim headquarters. Reporting line: CFO.

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)

FP&A Lead, Controlling

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