Freudenberg
SalesController/FinancialController(f/m/d)
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“Sales Controller / Financial Controller (f/m/d) at Freudenberg. Skills: Sales forecasting, Profitability analysis, Business partnering. Take ownership of rolling sales forecasts. Analyze deviations in revenue and profitability”
Industry & Context.
Proactively identify optimization potential; Drive topics forward
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
degree in Business Administration, Finance, Controlling or a comparable commercial qualification, several years of experience in Controlling, numerical and analytical mindset, advanced Excel skills, fluent in German, good command of English
Nice to Have
focus on Sales, Commercial Finance or Business Partnering, experience working with ERP, BI or database systems, comfortable navigating complex reporting environments
What You'll Do.
Take ownership of rolling sales forecasts
Analyze deviations in revenue and profitability
Contribute to annual planning process
Support sales functions and entities
Prepare monthly sales reports
market and profitability analyses
product and pricing structures
Prepare management presentations
Support monthly reporting process
Collaborate with international stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Act as a trusted business partner to Sales and Management; Collaborate closely with international stakeholders; Enjoy working collaboratively
Communication Scope
Communicate confidently across different stakeholder levels; Present complex topics in a clear and concise way
Full Job Description
**Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!** # Responsibilities: * **Forecasting & Planning:** You take ownership of the rolling sales forecasts across all entities, analyze deviations in revenue and profitability, and actively contribute to the annual planning process. * **Business Partnering:** Acting as a trusted business partner to Sales and Management, you support the sales functions and entities from a commercial and financial perspective and derive meaningful recommendations for action. * **Reporting & Analysis:** Your responsibilities include the preparation of monthly sales reports as well as ad-hoc, market and profitability analyses, including the presentation of relevant business developments to management. * **Pricing & Business Cases:** You analyze customer, product and pricing structures with a focus on contribution margins and profitability, while also supporting quotations, business cases and investment decisions. * **Management Support:** You prepare management presentations and decision-making materials in both German and English, translating complex topics into clear and actionable insights. * **Systems & Processes:** Working within a heterogeneous systems environment, you actively contribute to the further development of sales reporting as well as existing reporting and controlling processes. * **Month-End & Stakeholder Management:** You support the monthly reporting process across the entities, including accruals, provisions and claims management, while collaborating closely with international stakeholders. # Qualifications: * **Education:** You hold a degree in Business Administration, Finance, Controlling or a comparable commercial qualification. * **Professional Experience:** You bring several years of experience in Controlling, ideally with a strong focus on Sales, Commercial Finance or Business Partnering. * **Analytical Skills & Systems Affinity:** You have a strong numerical and analytical mindset combined with a high affinity for
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