(Junior) Financial Business Partner Operations

As (Junior) Operations Controller (all genders), you play a vital role within our Ops Controlling team, bridging the gap between supply chain activities and financial performance. You take ownership of inventory reporting, sales & demand planning alignment, and PO budget control - helping us keep working capital, cost, and margin visible and under control.

In this role, you strengthen an area that's growing in scope and complexity. Working closely with a Senior Ops Controller, you help build resilience into critical, closing-relevant processes and act as a reliable partner to our Global Supply Planning team and HQ Finance - turning operational data into clear financial insight.

• Inventory Reporting & Analysis: Own the monthly inventory reporting and forecasting process. You will analyze stock levels, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to optimize working capital.
• Sales & Demand Planning: Conduct monthly sales and demand planning checks, ensuring financial alignment and consistency between operational forecasts and commercial targets.
• Purchase Order Management & Budget Control: Oversee the approval workflow for Purchase Orders (POs) and track PO budget consumption to ensure cost control and budget compliance.
• Slow Mover Management: Take ownership of slow-moving inventory. This includes conducting long-tail analyses, calculating necessary write-offs/provisions, and coordinating scrapping requests.
• COGS & Margin Analysis: Analyze Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and its direct impact on the contribution margin, helping us identify profitability drivers including tracking of special/one-off effects within COGS.
• Backup & Process Resilience: Act as backup for closing-relevant Ops Controlling tasks, ensuring continuity of critical month-end and reporting processes.

• Act as a reliable sparring partner for our Global Supply Planning team, supporting them with regular cost reporting, budgeting, and forecasting for OPEX cost lines.
• Provide cost transparency and insights to both local leadership and HQ finance teams.

• Identify and implement process improvements across reporting structures.
• Support Finance transformation initiatives, including system enhancements, SAP implementation or BI tool integrations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Controlling, FP&A, or Financial Reporting roles.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (advanced formulas, PowerQuery, pivot tables, modeling).
• Experience with ERP systems, ideally Business Central and/or SAP.
• Strong understanding of inventory
• Ability to manage large data sets with precision and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex financial concepts simply.

• Experience in a consumer products, retail, or subscription business.
• Familiarity with Power BI, SQL, or other analytics tools.
• Exposure to multi-entity or multi-currency reporting.
• Experience in a fast-growing, international environment.

• Global Teamwork: We collaborate across departmental and country borders on our vision to bring the Toniebox into every child's room in the world.
• Come as you are: This applies not only to the dress code but also to everything else. Because only where you truly feel comfortable can you give your best.
• Mobility: Choose the option that suits you best - a Deutschlandticket (public transport ticket) for unlimited mobility, a monthly contribution for an office parking space, a leasing bicycle, or a remote work subsidy.
• Enhanced Security: Benefit from subsidies for company pension plans, occupational pension schemes, and occupational disability insurance.
• Rest & Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of paid annual leave plus three additional days off such as Rosenmontag, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve. After one year of employment, you can also use up to 10 "toniecation days" (unpaid leave days).
• Continuous Learning: Benefit from our internal and external training opportunities as well as an individual learning budget to continuously expand your knowledge.
• Language Learning & Relaxation: Improve your communication skills with the language learning app Babbel and find relaxation through our access to the meditation app Calm.
• Discounts: Benefit from attractive discounts on our entire range of tonies products.