Teamlead Corporate Controlling (f/m/d)

Overview

In this role you will lead a hybrid Controlling team to standardize planning, forecasting, cost control, and monthly reporting across the company. You will connect P&L, cost centers, and SaaS drivers into a unified steering logic and act as a sparring partner for senior leadership. You drive driver-based forecasting, multi-level contribution margins, and integrated budgeting, while developing people and processes. This is an impact-focused role in a growing SaaS/digital business with a strong emphasis on data and cross-functional collaboration.

Leistungen / Benefits

• Hybrid work
• Workation
• 28 vacation days
• 2.5 additional days off at Christmas/New Year/Carnival
• Buddy program
• Learning & development opportunities

Verantwortungsbereiche

• Manage integrated budgeting, forecasting and mid-term planning with governance and quality assurance
• Develop driver-based forecast models and scenarios for revenue, costs, headcount, profitability and cash
• Own month-end closing and company-wide management reporting (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) with root-cause analyses
• Refine cost center structure, cost types, and profit center logic in collaboration with Accounting, BI and Business Controlling
• Ensure cost transparency and track commitments, savings, overspends and budget phasing; follow up on actions
• Create multi-level contribution margin calculations for units/customers and define allocation/margin logic
• Integrate SaaS drivers and KPIs (ARR, churn, expansion, gross margin, CAC, CAC payback, usage) into planning and reporting
• Standardise business cases, investment assessments and sensitivity analyses; automate planning/reporting via BI; develop the team

Zentrale Anforderungen

• Degree in business administration, economics or a comparable qualification with a focus on finance/controlling
• At least 5 years of experience in corporate controlling or FP&A, ideally in international SaaS/software/digital model
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and management reporting; proficient with driver-based models and scenario analyses
• Strong knowledge of cost centers, cost types, profit centers, contribution margin, P&L and closing logic
• Conceptual strength, quality orientation and pragmatic hands-on approach in complex finance environments
• Experience leading hybrid teams and developing people, responsibilities, and standards
• Very strong Excel and modelling skills; able to communicate complex topics in German and English
• Nice to have: planning/ERP/BI systems experience
• conceptual thinking
• quality orientation
• hands-on problem solving
• Excel
• financial modelling
• driver-based planning