Finance Business Partner

Country

Germany

Job Family

Finance

For over 80 years, GfK has been a reliable and trusted insight partner for the world’s biggest companies and leading brands who make a difference in every consumer’s life - and we will continue to build on this. We connect data, science and innovative digital research solutions to provide answers for key business questions around consumers, markets, brands and media. With our headquarters in Germany and a presence in around 60 countries worldwide, you benefit from our global company with a diverse community of ~9,000 employees.

Harnessing the power of our workforce, the greatest asset we have is our people. As part of GfK, you can take your future into your own hands. We value talent, skills and responsibility and support your development within our international teams. We are proud of our heritage and our future: Currently we are in the latter stages of a transformational journey from a traditional market research company to a trusted provider of prescriptive data analytics powered by innovative technology. This is only possible with extraordinary people and this is why we are looking for YOU to help create our future. For our employees as well as for our clients we pursue one goal: Growth from Knowledge

**Job Description**:
The CPO / CTO Controlling department supports the management in planning, managing and controlling the business development for the IT / Technology and Product Development departments.

As a Finance Business Partner (M/F/d), you will be the first point of contact for financial issues and questions of the senior management responsible for Group IT and Enterprise Applications.

Specifically, you will be entrusted with the following tasks:

- Responsibility for department-specific month-end and year-end closing issues across various international companies, e.g. building accruals, transfer-price charging and asset controlling
- Global cost controlling including reporting and monitoring of responsible global cost centers as well as preparation of the yearly budget and in-year cost forecasts
- Contact person for auditors as well as in-house departments tax and accounting especially with regard to transfer pricing and intangible assets
- Preparation and presentation of decision memos with regard to optimization actions to improve cost position
- Special analysis and business case calculations (e.g. for lease contracts of IT / server equipment)

Requirements profile:
You are a committed and customer-oriented personality, who distinguishes yourself through strong analytical skills, an above-average understanding of figures and a highly structured, self-reliant approach to work.

You always meet daily challenges in a solution-oriented, flexible and motivated manner. You are a strong partner and advisor to the business and are distinguished by your strong team spirit and your enthusiasm for working in an international network. You are able to cope with agile environments and to deal with changing priorities.

You bring the following professional qualifications:

- Successfully completed university studies in economics with a focus on finance and controlling
- Relevant professional experience of several years in the area of controlling (ideally IT controlling): Management Reporting, budgeting, forecasting - as a finance business partner or as a finance analyst
- Very good knowledge of MS-Office, especially Excel, as well as SAP/CO and other reporting and consolidation tools
- Knowledge of BI on HANA would be an advantage
- High degree of flexibility, hands-on mentality
- Strong analytical, conceptual and communicative skills
- Fluent in written and spoken English

We are an ethical and honest company that is wholly committed to its clients and employees. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace for all and are committed to equal opportunity in employment which focuses on all of our employees reaching their full potential. At GfK we work collaboratively with our colleagues but offer a flexible working approach, including dividing our time between office & remote working as well as the opportunity to flex our working hours around team core hours.

We offer an exciting work environment that brings people together. We encourage an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit. We make use of the latest digital technologies. We are looking for self-starters, who accept challenges and create solutions.

Can there be a better place to take center stage in the digital revolution? We are excited to get to know you