About the role
Your mission
Financial Data, Reporting & Analytics
* Build and continuously enhance a robust, scalable financial data foundation that integrates financial and operational data across entities, business units, and functions to enable consistent, transparent, and timely management reporting. * Own the development and standardization of global financial reporting, including consolidated P&L, management reporting packages, KPI dashboards, and variance analyses, ensuring a single source of truth for financial performance. * Partner with Finance, Accounting, IT, and operational teams to improve data quality, reporting processes, system integration, and data governance. * Establish a consistent reporting cadence and deliver actionable insights into financial performance, business trends, and deviations from plan.
Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management
* Lead the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and mid- to long-term financial planning, building a forward-looking planning process that reflects key business and operational drivers. * Develop and maintain integrated financial models, scenario analyses, and sensitivity analyses to evaluate strategic initiatives, growth opportunities, and potential risks. * Define and monitor key financial and operational KPIs relevant to the CRO business, including revenue growth, project and customer profitability, capacity utilization, workforce productivity, and resource allocation. * Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, planning methodologies, and management reporting to support proactive decision-making. * Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of appropriate forecasting and planning tools, ensuring integration with the broader financial data and reporting architecture.
Strategic Decision Support & Value Creation
* Provide strategic financial insights and decision support to the executive team, operational leaders, and private equity stakeholders, translating complex financial and operational data into clear recommendations. * Partner with operational department heads to assess business performance, identify improvement opportunities, and drive accountability for financial and operational outcomes. * Support strategic initiatives, business cases, investment decisions, and value-creation plans through rigorous financial analysis and scenario modeling. * Conduct market, competitor, and industry analyses to inform strategic planning, growth initiatives, and business performance assessments. * Support the evaluation of revenue growth, cost optimization, margin improvement, and operating leverage opportunities across the business.
Financial Governance & Organizational Leadership
* Partner closely with Controlling and Accounting to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timely delivery of financial results and internal management reporting. * Consolidate entity- and segment-level financial results into a consistent global view of business performance, ensuring alignment between statutory, accounting, and management reporting. * Build, develop, and continuously upskill the global FP&A team, establishing clear responsibilities, standardized processes, and a culture of analytical rigor and business partnership. * Drive continuous improvement and automation across FP&A processes to enhance scalability, efficiency, and the quality of financial insights.
Your profile
* University degree in Finance, Accounting or equivalent * Significant relevant professional working experience in a similar role, ideally within life sciences / pharmaceutical sector, and/or within a public company * Experience of working in an international environment * Experience in a Group FP&A environment * Strong financial modelling skillset * Business fluent in English, German a plus, with excellent verbal and written communication skills
Why us?
* An industry leader at an inflection point, with considerable growth and expanding capabilities ahead. * An organization positioned for disruptive changes in the CRO market. * Detail oriented with strong organizational skills. * An innovative field of work in an exciting industry. * A long-term, responsible position in a healthy, growing and future-oriented company. * Comprehensive onboarding to prepare you optimally for your area of responsibility. * Multicultural teams and an open corporate culture. * A competitive salary.
Contact Details
Proteros biostructures GmbH People Team Bunsenstr. 7a, 82152 Martinsried +49 89 700761 0 [email protected]