Expert (m/f/d) Controlling - Central Functions

Field of Work: Controlling

Location:

Einbeck, Lower Saxony, DE

Legal Entity: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

Contract Type: Regular

Is Full Time?: Yes

Onsite/ Remote: Hybrid Working Within Country

Job ID: 16841

Looking for a controlling role with visibility, influence, and variety?

Join us as Expert (m/f/d) Controlling - Central Functions and work closely with senior leaders to steer global functions through financial insights, governance, reporting, and strategic decision support.

Within the Expert Hub Sales Controlling & Functional Cost , you will act as a trusted financial counterpart to selected Group and Global Functions. Combining the mindset of a financial advisor with the expertise of a controlling specialist, you will support leadership teams in making informed decisions, challenge assumptions, identify opportunities, and translate data into actionable business insights. At the same time, you will drive transparency, efficiency, and continuous improvement across functional cost management, planning, reporting, and governance.

This is a permanent, full-time job-opening. The place of work is at KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA in Einbeck.

Your Responsibilities:

Financial Steering & Management Support

• Act as the primary finance contact for assigned Group and Global Functions
• Support leaders in planning, forecasting and financial decision making
• Challenge budget assumptions and identify risks and opportunities early
• Increase transparency of cost drivers, spending patterns and investment decisions

Functional Cost Controlling & Governance

• Ensure high-quality controlling structures for reporting, planning and forecasting
• Monitor and improve data quality across controlling processes
• Contribute to further development of functional cost standards and steering concepts

Reporting & Analytics

• Develop meaningful management reporting and KPI-based insights
• Act as functional counterpart in the further development of S/4HANA reporting solutions
• Translate business requirements into reporting concepts and analytical solutions

Projects & Continuous Improvement

• Drive process harmonization and standardization across functions
• Lead improvement initiatives to simplify planning and reporting processes
• Collaborate closely with Business Functions and other Expert Hubs

Your Profile:

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or a comparable field
• Several years of experience in Controlling, Financial Planning, Business Steering or Finance
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills
• Good understanding of SAP/S4HANA controlling environments
• Ability to communicate financial matters to non-finance stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder management and consulting mindset
• Structured, proactive and solution-oriented way of working
• Excellent English and German skills

Our offer to you:

• An exceptionally interesting and varied job in an international environment with the opportunity to contribute innovative ideas
• Working in an international, highly motivated and dynamic team with flat hierarchies
• Flexible working hours with the possibility of mobile working within Germany
• As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence - this culture is lived in practice creating thus an open and friendly working atmosphere
• Freely following the motto: "Make yourself grow!" we promote individual professional and personal development
• As a basis, we offer excellent working facilities
• We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: capital-forming benefits, Christmas and vacation pay, childcare allowance, Job Rad

Take your next career step with us!

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About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies and employs around 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries. With the tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for more than 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seeds for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflowers. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods and invests a significant amount in research and development.
At KWS, diversity is not just a value; it is an essential part of our success. Breeding resilient crops requires diversity; likewise, our strength comes from the diversity of our teams. Whatever your background or identity is, we invite you to join us.
Further information: https://www.kws.com/corp/en/careers/ . Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/ .
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