Finance Manager
On-siteFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany or Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Job Summary
Act as a strategic finance partner to the DACH leadership team, providing financial insights, analysis, and recommendations to support business decisions across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, month-end closing, and performance management while driving profitability, cash flow, and productivity through proactive risk identification. Ensure accurate financial reporting, governance, compliance, and internal controls, and support commercial, project, and operational teams with business cases and investment evaluations. Lead the Finance organization in Germany, coach staff, and drive simplification, continuous improvement, and digitalization initiatives to enhance processes and reporting quality. Maintain regular presence in one of the ABB Germany offices in Mannheim, Minden, Ratingen, or Frankfurt am Main.
Required Qualifications
- Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Accounting or a related field
- Several years of relevant experience in finance, controlling, business partnering or a comparable finance leadership role
- Extensive expertise in financial planning, forecasting, reporting, performance management and financial analysis
- Proven experience leading and developing teams, combined with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and organizational levels
- Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills, with experience advising business leaders and translating financial data into actionable recommendations
- Solid understanding of governance, compliance, risk management and internal controls
- Professional interpersonal and communication skills, enabling effective collaboration in a matrix and international environment
- Effective analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a hands-on, improvement-oriented mindset and experience driving simplification or continuous improvement
- Fluent German and English, both written and spoken
- The regular location presence is required in one of ABB Germany offices: Mannheim, Minden, eventually Ratingen or Frankfurt am Main
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