Project Manager (m/f/d) Finance Strategy

Project Manager (m/f/d) Finance Strategy - Permanent

About Heraeus

Making displays foldable? Helping hearts beat with medical innovations? Or breathing new life into precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead. Whether production, research, sales or administration - we love being the invisible force behind innovation. We deliver world-class quality in the areas of Metals & Recycling, Healthcare, Semiconductor & Electronics and Industrials. As one of the top 10 family-owned companies in Germany, we employ around 15, employees in 40 countries.

The following challenges await you:

• Track, structure, and prioritize strategic and operational topics for the CFO, ensuring transparency on key decisions, responsibilities, deadlines, and follow-up actions.
• Prepare high-quality decision papers, executive briefings, management summaries, presentations, and board-level materials, translating complex finance topics into clear and actionable messages.
• Contribute to group-wide transformation, efficiency, and digital finance initiatives
• Support the CFO in strategic finance initiatives, transformation programs, and cross-functional projects with relevance for business performance and long-term value creation.
• Contribute to finance-related governance formats, performance reviews, leadership meetings, reporting structures, and steering committees.
• Act as a trusted interface between the CFO, Finance Leadership Team, business units, corporate functions, and selected external stakeholders.
• Support initiatives around process excellence, digitalization, automation, AI-enabled improvements, and confidential high-priority executive topics.

Your Profile:

• Successfully completed degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, Controlling, or a related field
• Initial to several years of relevant experience in finance, controlling, corporate finance, strategy, PMO, transformation, management consulting, or inhouse consulting
• Solid finance background with a strong understanding of financial processes, performance management, reporting, controlling, and business value drivers.
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills, with the ability to structure complex topics and prepare them for executive decision-making.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills, combined with experience in preparing executive presentations, decision papers, reports, or board-level materials.
• High level of initiative, ownership, and problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication skills and confidence interacting with senior executives combined with a strong sense of discretion, integrity, and reliability
• Fluency in English and German complete your profile

What we offer:

• Strong salary package - attractive base salary plus bonus and support for private pension plan
• Modern working time arrangements - time sovereignty without time recording, focus on results-oriented work
• Regular time off - 30 days annual leave plus up to 6 additional days off (company closures on bridge days and between years), special leave for special occasions, life phase account for paid time off (e.g. sabbatical, earlier retirement)
• Additional benefits - subsidized public transport, discounts in many (online) stores, company medical service with comprehensive preventive medical check-ups, sports facilities and employee canteen with freshly prepared meals every day
• Sustainability and social commitment - sustainability as part of the corporate strategy and targeted support for initiatives in the areas of education, family and science through our own foundations

Curious? Apply now!