Finance Manager (m/w/d)

Finance Manager (m/w/d)

Would you like to work for a global player that values ethics, inclusion, diversity, and people?

Our site in Gilching, Germany, is an agile hub for our aerospace expertise. As part of the Aerospace Group’s Fluid and Electrical Distribution Division, our Gilching location plays a key role in delivering customer-focused innovations and solutions for commercial and military aerospace manufacturers worldwide.

As a Finance Manager you will provide financial leadership to the Gilching, Germany facility, serving as a business partner and as a change agent to drive plant continuous improvement actions and to achieve overall plant targets. This role connects finance processes with operations, providing guidance, drive actions, and financial insights to ensure operational strategies and decisions will lead to the expected results.

What you’ll do:

• Financial Analysis: Analyze financial data and performance metrics related to the operations to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement. Drives accountability for results and defining key performance metrics together with business leaders
• Decision Support: Provide financial insights and analysis to support operational decision-making, such as evaluating capital deployment opportunities or new projects.
• Driving initiatives (including CAPEX and WORKING CAPITAL) and influence changes: ensure productivity improvements and growth in areas such as operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality and supply chain management
• Collaborative Planning: Work closely with the operations team to develop action plans, strategies, and initiatives based on financial insights. Drive and monitor the implementation of the plans
• Financial Modeling: Create financial models to assess the impact of various scenarios on operational performance.
• Risk Management: Identify financial risks within the operations and propose mitigation strategies.
• Performance Tracking: Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics to evaluate performance against targets.
• Cost Management: Monitor and manage operational costs to achieve efficiency and cost-reduction while maintaining quality
• Inventory Management: Implement Inventory control actions and initiatives to maximize operational profitability while maximizing cash
• Talent Management: Builds organizational capability through successful hiring, talent development, and succession planning in the business
• Forecasting: lead the main financial processes for the periodic site forecasts and profit plan
• Cost Accounting: Analyze and interpret financial data related to the costs incurred by a company during its operations with the primary objective to provide valuable insights to management, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding cost efficiency, pricing strategies, and overall financial performance.
• Partner with sister sites to ensure inter/intra company accuracy and alignment for periodic forecast and monthly execution
• Champion the finance culture change at the plant level, aiding the finance team to operate as business partners. In partnership with the transformation management office, review finance roles and responsibilities to determine plant level vs. centralized.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field

5-8 years of progressive experience in accounting and/or finance, preferably in an international environment

3-5 years of manufacturing finance experience, with a strong focus on cost accounting / plant controlling

2 years of data analytics experience is preferred

Skills:

Strong financial acumen and business partnering skills

Sound working knowledge of GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley and local statutory requirements.

Ability to understand and communicate financial concepts to non-financial professionals

Detail-oriented with effective organization and time management skills

Highly motivated, highly analytical and self-starter

Fluent German & B2 Level English

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.