Vice President Finance

**City**:Cologne

**Job Function**:Corporate Functions

**Job Area**:Finance

**Seniority Level**:Executive

**Date**:May 12, 2025

**HRS AS A COMPANY**

HRS, a pioneer in business travel, aims to elevate every stay through innovative technology. With over 50 years of experience, their digital platform, driven by ProcureTech, TravelTech, and FinTech, transforms how companies and travelers Stay, Work, and Pay.

ProcureTech digitally revolutionizes lodging procurement, connecting corporations and suppliers in a cutting-edge ecosystem. This enables seamless efficiency and automation, surpassing travelers' expectations.

TravelTech redefines the online lodging experience, offering personalized content from selection to check-in, ensuring an unparalleled journey for corporate travelers.

In FinTech, HRS introduces advancements like mobile banking and digital payments, turning corporate back offices into touchless lodging enablers, eliminating legacy cost barriers. The innovative 2-click book-to-pay feature streamlines interactions for travelers and hoteliers.
- Combining these technology propositions, HRS unlocks exponential catalyst effects. Their data-driven focus delivers value-added services and high-return network effects, creating substantial customer value.
HRS's exponential growth since 1972 serves over 35% of the global Fortune 500 and leading hotel chains.
Join our tribe of intrapreneurs to shape the future of business travel, empowered by a culture of growth and setting new industry standards worldwide.**BUSINESS UNIT**

At HRS, Finance shall be more than just a department—it's the backbone of our business triumphs. It's the fuel that powers streamlined financial management and meticulous control, supporting every aspect of our operations. From Financial and Cash Flow Management, to Accounting, Long-Term Financing, Tax Management, Investment Strategy, Purchasing, Controlling, Budgeting, Forecasting, and comprehensive Financial Reporting and Analysis. In an ideal scenario, Finance is not just crunching numbers but act as strategic partners who advise and challenge the CEO, Business Unit Leaders, and Managers in their pivotal decisions.
Operating as a shared service across the vast HRS Group landscape, the team of approximately 40 experts thrives on collaboration. Guided by the CFO and his adept Management Team, they are all about efficiency through standardized workflows and leverage cutting-edge decision-making tools and principle-based insights to bolster the company´s resilience in times of rapid change.

**POSITION**

Join HRS Group as **Vice President Finance (all genders)** and lead the transformation of our financial landscape. In this pivotal role, you will oversee Accounting, Treasury, Tax and Controlling, ensuring global financial standards are upheld across the Group. You will drive strategic finance initiatives, improve business processes, and champion digitalization to elevate financial performance.
This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of a fast-growing, international tech company—while accelerating your own leadership journey. We are looking for a strategic finance executive with sharp analytical capabilities, a pragmatic mindset, and the agility to lead through complexity and change. You should be a compelling communicator, able to foster cross-functional collaboration across geographies and challenge senior leadership constructively—including our Managing Directors, CEO, and CFO.

**CHALLENGE**

**Financial Leadership**
- Lead and evolve the functions of Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Controlling across the group.
- Define and implement long-term financial strategies, optimizing capital allocation and driving sustainable growth.
- Transform and mentor the current Controlling team to align with strategic business goals.

**Strategic Business Partnering**
- Drive financial steering of the organization, promoting a business-oriented, consultative mindset.
- Act as a trusted partner to business units, enabling data-driven decision-making.

**Execution & Reporting**
- Oversee group-wide planning, controlling, and reporting processes.
- Ensure timely and accurate preparation of monthly and annual accounts for over 30 global subsidiaries.
- Define and implement key KPIs to monitor and manage business performance.

**Operational Excellence**
- Set and monitor group-wide financial targets and develop measures to achieve them.
- Support company-wide initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Prepare executive-level presentations and recommendations for the Management Board and other committees.

**Process & Systems Improvement**
- Enhance monthly closing, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of the global ERP and finance IT landscape, ensuring consistency and compliance.

**Performance & KPI Management**
- Analyze and optimize key financial metrics, processes, and infrastructure.

**Stakeholder Management**
- Manage relatio