Head (m/f/d) of Global Controlling, Reporting & Projects

The following challenges await you:

• Lead the Global controlling team, overseeing global coordination of budget planning, month-end closing, and forecasting activities across HPM. 

• Build and develop a high-performing team culture, while also representing the HPM CFO in key meetings as required. 

• Responsibility for ESG Reporting for HPM

• Serve as a strategic advisor and sparring partner to business line leadership and site management, providing financial insights and guidance 

• Act as the primary liaison with the corporate finance departments of the holding company. 

•  Own and manage the Business Review Meeting process, ensuring effective preparation, execution, and follow-up. 

• Drive cross-functional initiatives focused on enhancing systems, tools, and processes, with a strong emphasis on digitalization and automation within global finance operations. 

• Continuously improve KPI reporting in collaboration with business line managers and oversee global precious metals controlling and carbon footprint reporting. 

•  Lead the global implementation of preventive audit measures, manage global sales controlling including transfer pricing and licensing topics, and ensure tax compliance in close coordination with the tax department. 

• Analyze major international projects, contracts, and joint ventures, and support the evaluation of M&A transactions in partnership with the M&A team.

Your profile:

• Strong academic foundation with a strategic mindset and solid background in controlling and/or consulting

• Skilled in designing and enhancing financial systems and tools

• Clear communicator with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and convey complex issues to various target groups

• Leadership experience or strong potential to lead

• Effective collaborator across functions and hierarchies

• Excellent PowerPoint Skills, MS Office tools in general and IT Savvy

What you can look forward to at Heraeus Precious Metals:

• Exciting tasks - implement them with a high level of personal responsibility in an ambitious environment with very good opportunities for further development.

• Shaping sustainability - be part of realizing our vision.

• Inclusive corporate culture - diversity makes our organization more successful. We promote this, among other things with specific targets, part-time/job-sharing management positions, and training courses.

• Attractive compensation - in addition to a good pay package, you can expect extensive social benefits from a responsible family-owned company.

• And much more - mobile working, 30 vacation days or more, travel allowance for public transport, bicycle leasing, ...