FP&A Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• This role is integral to financial planning, controlling, analysis, and reporting within the DACH region, fostering ongoing development while collaborating closely with organizational decision makers.

• It offers financial partnership to the Business Units' Commercial, Medical, and Access functions, engaging in direct product cost controlling and planning, overseeing non-FTE OPEX activities related to the ERP, and managing cost center and performance reporting utilized throughout the organization.

• Beyond the essential controlling functions, this position significantly contributes to data management: enhancing the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of reporting tools across various areas such as net sales and volumes through the use of big data methodologies.

• By doing so, this role bolsters Sobi's capability to make timely and well-informed financial and commercial decisions, ensuring resources are allocated effectively in support of patients and healthcare partners throughout the DACH markets.

• Assist in financial planning and controlling efforts across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), promoting consistency and accuracy across all three markets.

• Serve as a Business Partner to the Business Units' Commercial and Medical functions as well as Access, providing ongoing financial insight, analysis, and decision support.

• Manage the rolling working P&L, integrating monthly insights obtained through regular collaboration with relevant departments to maintain current and reliable forecasts.

• Aid in ongoing direct product cost controlling and planning to ensure that product cost data is accurate, current, and reflective of business activities.

• Monitor and analyze direct product cost trends and variances, promptly flagging risks and opportunities to relevant stakeholders.

• Prepare and present regular performance reports to facilitate management decision-making across the DACH region.

• Ensure performance reports are accurate, timely, and aligned with business needs, adjusting content and format as reporting requirements evolve.

• Oversee ERP-related non-FTE OPEX planning, tracking, and controlling activities within the DACH region.

• Support ERP planning processes, ensuring alignment with broader financial planning cycles and timelines.

• Prepare and sustain cost center reports, ensuring accuracy while providing analysis to support cost center owners and management.

• Contribute to the standardization of analytics and reporting processes across the DACH region to enhance consistency, comparability, and efficiency.

• Identify opportunities for quality improvement in financial analytics and reporting outputs, and assist in their implementation.

• Support data management responsibilities across all areas of the Finance & Logistics Department, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and accessibility for financial planning and reporting purposes.

• Collaborate with relevant departments and systems owners to support the evolution of reporting tools and data infrastructure according to business needs.

⛳️ Requirements

• University degree in Finance, Controlling, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• A minimum of 2-3 years of relevant professional experience in financial planning, controlling, or analysis.

• Proficient in advanced Excel functionalities.

• Solid practical experience with ERP systems.

• Advanced data management and visualization skills, including proficiency in tools like Power BI.

• An AI-native mindset, capable of applying AI tools to enhance reporting efficiency and analytical quality.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to convert financial data into clear, actionable insights for business partners.

• Effective cross-functional collaboration skills, adept at working with various stakeholders.

• Hands-on, detail-oriented approach combined with the capability to support standardization and process improvement.

• Rigorous, organized, and timely, while remaining flexible in adapting to changing priorities.

• Strong analytical, project, and team management skills accompanied by innovative thinking.

• A “can do” attitude, teamwork orientation, willingness to accept responsibility, and a sense of duty and urgency.

• Ability to work independently as well as part of a broader multi-disciplinary team.

• Fluency in German at a native level and proficiency in English at a business level, both written and spoken, are required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation for your contributions.

• Focus on work/life balance.

• Collaborative and team-oriented work environment.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.

• Making a positive impact by assisting ultra-rare disease patients in need of life-saving treatments.