Plant Controller

Company

We are one of the leading providers of high-quality hydrocarbon solutions. Like few other companies, we combine expertise in specialty chemicals with petrochemicals, bridging tradition and innovation. As one of the oldest chemical companies in the world, our products continue to play an important role in more than 90 countries – including the automotive, pharmaceutical, oil and gas industries.

In this exciting role based in Frankfurt, you will act as a proactive business partner for the Performance Fuels business unit and as the responsible plant controller for our production site in Hamburg. In doing so, you will make a significant contribution to transparency and profitability management across our product lines.

Your responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational guidance to the business unit and the Hamburg plant management on all finance-related matters

• Prepare, analyse and comment on budget, actual and forecast figures at business unitand plant level

• Ensure transparent steering and analysis of key profit components, particularly variable costs up to CM1 as well as fixed costs

• Support strategic planning and continuously monitor target achievement

• Conduct sound profitability analyses for measures, initiatives and investments

• Take responsibility for value stream analyses as well as in-depth inventory and variance analyses

• Coordinate between SAP FI and SAP CO to ensure consistent and reliable financial data

• Further develop the cost accounting methodology as well as existing controlling structures, processes and tools

• Implement new controlling and steering tools to sustainably improve transparency and decision-making quality

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, especially Production, Supply Chain and Sales

Your profile

• Successfully completed degree in business administration, economics, industrial engineering or a comparable qualification

• At least five years of relevant professional experience in controlling, ideally in a manufacturing environment; experience in the chemical industry is an advantage

• Very good SAP knowledge in CO / CO-PA and MM as well as good knowledge of SAP FI

• Very good knowledge of product costing, standard costing, actual costing / material ledger, cost accounting, contribution margin logic, value stream analyses and inventory controlling

• Very good Excel skills as well as basic knowledge of HGB and IFRS

• Experience with Tagetik is an advantage

• Strong analytical skills combined with a structured and precise way of working

• High level of initiative, hands-on mentality and strong communication skills

• Motivation to actively improve and further develop existing processes and structures

• Ability to present complex topics clearly and appropriately for different audiences

• Very good German and English language skills as well as willingness to travel