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Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

Finance Business Partner

Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeJena, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed business administration degree with a focus on controlling or finance, or an equivalent qualification.
  • Several years of professional experience in controlling, finance, or business partnering, preferably in an internationally operating industrial or technology company.
  • Strong understanding of business relationships, value drivers, and business models, ideally in life sciences, medical technology, or high-tech industry.
  • Confident use of SAP, particularly FI/CO, and very good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel; experience with business intelligence and reporting tools such as Power BI or SAC is an advantage.
  • Strong affinity for key performance indicators, performance management, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Ability to present complex financial matters clearly and appropriately for the audience, and actively contribute to decisions.
  • Strong analytical thinking, a structured working style, solution orientation, and forward-looking perspectives.
  • High degree of initiative, independence, and accountability, and willingness to collaborate with international stakeholders at management level.
  • Strong written and spoken German and English communication skills, along with assertiveness.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic sparring partner and financial advisor to the global Life Science business unit team.
  • Analyze, prepare, and comment on business unit financial performance indicators, including revenue, gross margin, cost structure, profitability, and working capital.
  • Proactively support the business unit team in developing, evaluating, and implementing strategic and operational measures to sustainably improve results and maximize profitability.
  • Control and manage relevant cost centers, profit centers, and projects within the business unit, including variance analyses and actionable recommendations.
  • Contribute actively to budgeting, forecasting, and mid-term planning, and translate business strategies and growth initiatives into financial targets and metrics.
  • Create, evaluate, and track business cases for product development, investments, innovation projects, and strategic growth initiatives.
  • Support portfolio, product, and customer profitability analyses to optimize resource allocation and business performance.
  • Contribute to and lead some cross-functional transformation and optimization projects to improve profitability, efficiency, and transparency.
  • Further develop and standardize the key performance indicator landscape and management reporting and controlling tools, such as dashboards, performance reviews, and management reports.
  • Work closely with international subsidiaries and the product management, sales, operations, and research and development functions to ensure transparent and consistent business unit management.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools such as Power BI, SAC, or comparable tools.
  • Experience in an internationally operating industrial or technology company.
  • Experience in life sciences, medical technology, or high-tech industry.

About the Company

Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

ZEISS Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the ZEISS Group, investing in deep-tech startups that align with its core business areas. It focuses on early-stage rounds (pre-Series A to Series A), typically $1–$5 million, across Information Technology, Industrial Tech, MedTech, and Life Sciences. It adds value by providing targeted funding and using ZEISS’s global network and expertise to support portfolio companies. The goal is to accelerate development of new technologies and business models that complement ZEISS’s portfolio, while actively engaging with external innovation.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$69.9M
Headquarters
Oberkochen, Germany
Founded
2001

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