Director of Group Reporting and Planning

Location: Munich, Germany (4-days on-site)

Ref: CR1156

We are partnering exclusively with a leading international Logistics & Packaging Solutions, Private Equity-backed organisation to appoint a Director of Group Reporting & Planning . This is a senior finance leadership position responsible for group-wide reporting, planning, and financial analysis across a complex, multi-entity environment.

Reporting into the senior Group Controlling leadership team, the Director will lead a team of approximately five and ensure that management, shareholders and other senior stakeholders receive accurate, timely and decision-useful financial information.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of approximately five finance professionals
• Own the delivery of accurate and timely group-level financial reporting
• Coordinate the budgeting, forecasting and planning cycles across multiple entities
• Provide clear financial analysis and insight to executive management and shareholders
• Strengthen reporting quality, data integrity and consistency across the Group
• Challenge submissions, assumptions and performance across regional and business-unit teams
• Drive improvements across reporting processes, systems and governance
• Support cross-functional projects, including systems implementation, process optimisation and integration activity
• Act as a senior finance partner to the CFO and wider C-suite

Candidate profile

• Significant experience in Group Controlling, Group Reporting, FP&A or a related group finance function
• Proven leadership experience, ideally within an international, multi-entity organisation
• Strong understanding of IFRS and group-level financial reporting
• Experience operating within a Private Equity-backed or similarly high-performance environment
• Track record of managing complex budget and forecast processes from initiation through to sign-off
• Strong systems capability, with OneStream preferred; Tagetik, Lucanet, Oracle HFM or Navision also considered
• Strong SAP experience, ideally including FI/CO
• Hands-on, commercially minded and comfortable operating with senior stakeholders
• Fluent English; German or Spanish would be advantageous