Director of Strategic Planning & Modelling

Director of Strategic Planning & Modelling

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

Ref: CR1158

We are partnering exclusively with a leading international Logistics & Packaging Solutions, Private Equity-backed organisation to appoint a Director of Strategic Planning & Modelling .

Key responsibilities

• Own the annual budget and multi-year strategic planning process
• Develop integrated plans covering short, medium and long-term horizons, potentially extending to 10 to 15 years
• Build and maintain sophisticated three-statement financial models
• Lead Group-level CapEx modelling and long-range investment planning
• Integrate business-unit, customer-level and departmental forecasts into the Group model
• Link operational assumptions and financial models with SAP planning modules
• Develop scenario and sensitivity analysis to evaluate material economic and geopolitical events
• Model the impact of factors such as commodity-price movements, market disruption and changes in demand
• Support company valuation analysis and wider strategic decision-making
• Prepare financial materials, modelling outputs and Q&A presentations for banks, credit investors, shareholders and potential buyers
• Partner with senior management, investor relations and external advisers
• Bring externally supported modelling and planning activity in-house and establish clear internal ownership

Candidate profile

• Exceptional financial-modelling capability, including integrated three-statement models
• Significant experience in strategic planning, long-range planning, valuation, investment banking, transaction services, corporate finance or Group FP&A
• Strong understanding of the interaction between the income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow statement
• Experience producing analysis and materials for banks, lenders, credit investors, shareholders or potential buyers
• Strong valuation experience, ideally including DCF and leveraged-buyout modelling
• Ability to translate operational, commercial and macroeconomic assumptions into credible financial scenarios
• Advanced Excel capability and experience working with complex planning systems
• OneStream experience is preferred; Tagetik, Lucanet, Oracle HFM or Navision are also relevant
• Strong SAP exposure would be advantageous
• Confident presenting complex outputs to senior internal and external stakeholders
• Fluent English; German language skills would be advantageous