Financial Analyst Controlling

Job Description

Are you someone who enjoys understanding the story behind financial results and partnering with the business to drive better decisions? Do you have experience working with P&L and balance sheet analysis, budgeting, reporting, and cost controlling in a manufacturing or operations environment? Would you like to work in an international finance team supporting operations across EMEA?

Helping You Thrive By:

• Offering competitive wages and benefits that support your life both in and out of work.
• Creating continuous learning opportunities to help you grow and develop your expertise.
• Fostering a culture of inclusion where employees feel seen, heard, and valued.
• Empowering you to make a meaningful impact on people and the planet through your work and Steelcase's ongoing commitment.

You'll Support Meaningful Work By:

• Contributing to monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing activities.
• Participating in forecasting, planning, and budgeting processes.
• Analyzing financial results and providing clear variance explanations to support business understanding and decision-making.
• Supporting operational and finance leaders with insights and recommendations based on financial performance.
• Monitoring and analyzing material, labor, overhead, and capital expenditure variances.
• Maintaining accurate financial and master data within SAP and other financial systems.
• Preparing regular and ad-hoc financial reports for multiple stakeholders across the organization.
• Collaborating with operations, procurement, and other cross-functional partners to ensure financial accuracy and visibility.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and process optimization within the finance organization.
• Supporting additional finance and controlling activities as business needs evolve.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in finance, controlling, accounting, or a related analytical finance function.
• Advanced Excel skills, including VBA macros and automation.
• Experience working with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Advanced English proficiency, written and spoken.
• Professional working proficiency in German (minimum B1 level).
• Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Exposure to data visualization or reporting tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Strong logical and analytical thinking, with the ability to interpret financial data and identify inconsistencies.

Doing better for people and planet 

Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.

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Additional Information

Why People Choose to Work with Us

At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities. 

Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at [email protected].