Finance Business Partner Europe (f/m/d)

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 51,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.
Chem-Trend, a company of the Freudenberg Group, is a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of specialized release agents, purging compounds and related processing aids, with manufacturing and R & D operations in North and South America, Europe and Asia that are supported by its headquarters in Michigan, USA. Chem-Trend has a singular focus of providing innovative solutions for the die casting, polyurethane, rubber, composites, tire, thermoplastic and wood composite industries.

Some of your Benefits

• Cafeteria/ Canteen: We offer fresh food on-site, both hot and cold.
• Corporate Events: We celebrate success as a team, because only together can we achieve our goals.
• Diversity & Inclusion: We focus on providing an inclusive environment and recognize our diversity contributes to our success.
• Flexible Work Models: We allow for flexible work models to ensure both professional and personal success.
• Personal Development: We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.

Hybrid Work

You support our team as

Finance Business Partner Europe (f/m/d)

Responsibilities

• Active participation in the newly formed Chem-Trend Europe Finance Business Partner Team
• Internal Consulting: Building strong partnerships between Controlling and other functional areas of the company
• Supporting management in all strategic and business management issues, as well as collaboration in change management projects
• Close cross-functional cooperation at the Maisach Site and at the Norderstedt Production Site
• Central point of contact and intensive collaboration with our Finance Shared Services Center (SSC) in Porto
• Implementation of change and efficiency projects with the aim of process optimization on a local and regional basis
• Developing and establishing meaningful key figures and new analysis templates and tools for results management (business analytics / AI)
• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements as well as operational and strategic planning
• Business evaluations as well as target/actual comparisons and ad hoc analyses as a basis for management decisions
• Implementation of product cost calculation
• Active support in the annual financial statements (IFRS / HGB) in cooperation with the SSC and the auditors Networking with all FCS Business Partners

Qualifications

• Competed degree in economics, specializing in finance / controlling
• At least 3 years experience in controlling
• Problem-solving oriented way of working
• Confident and winning manner and a high degree of initiative
• Independent, analytical and structured way of working with a high level of quality awareness
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills
• Strong knowledge of accounting in accordance with IFRS
• Very good knowledge of the SAP FI/CO application
• Experience in the use of MS products, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Ideally initial practical experience with MS Power BI and Oracle Hyperion Financial Management

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.