The Role
Own group-wide budgeting, 15-month rolling forecasts, scenario planning, investor/Board reporting, month-end variance analysis, KPI frameworks, and FP&A process/tooling improvements. Lead and develop a senior FP&A team, partner with regional and commercial leaders, and drive cash-flow, consolidation, and value-creation initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In
sennder is Europe's Leading Digital Freight Forwarder. In a traditional industry, we're moving fast and focusing on the digitalization and automation of road logistics. By leveraging our proprietary technology, we're building an ecosystem that is leading the industry into the 21st century.
In this role, you will own the Group's financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes end-to-end, while acting as a trusted strategic partner to the CFO and executive team. You will lead a high-performing senior FP&A team and drive the quality, rigor, and speed of financial insight across the business. The role is based in our Berlin or Milan offices.
WHAT YOU WILL DO …
- Own the Group-wide annual budget cycle and 15-month rolling forecast process, including integrated 3-statement financial planning (P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow)
- Drive rigor in forecasting methodology, ensuring alignment between top-down targets and bottom-up operational inputs
- Lead scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support strategic decision-making at the CFO and Board level
- Prepare and deliver investor reporting and Board materials, translating Group financial performance into clear, executive-ready narratives for senior stakeholders
- Deliver insightful month-end variance analysis and management reporting, translating data into clear, action-oriented narratives for the e-Team and CFO
- Partner closely with Regional GMs, Commercial, Operations, and People teams to align financial and operational performance
- Design and maintain KPI frameworks that support performance management across the organization
- Partner with business leaders to identify, quantify, and track value creation initiatives that support delivery of budget targets, covering cost optimization, revenue acceleration, and operational efficiency programs
- Drive continuous improvement of FP&A processes, tooling, and automation, including Power BI dashboards, Planful, and NetSuite integrations. Support ERP and BI tooling evolution as the business scales
- Champion the adoption of AI-driven tools and workflows to modernize the finance function
- Champion data quality and financial control discipline, including procurement workflow governance (ZIP) and cost centre management
- Challenge the status quo, bringing structure, discipline, and direction to an environment that is still evolving or unstructured
- Lead, develop, and inspire a senior FP&A team, setting clear priorities and fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement, while remaining hands-on and directly involved in delivering the work, not solely overseeing it
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR …
- 10+ years of progressive FP&A experience, including team leadership in a complex, international environment
- Experience operating within organizations of 1,000+ employees across Europe. A logistics background is a strong asset
- Proven track record of owning full budget and forecast cycles at Group level in a fast-growing or PE-backed business
- Experience partnering directly with CFO and C-suite stakeholders, presenting financial insight with clarity and confidence
- Background in tech-enabled, logistics, marketplace, or scale-up businesses strongly preferred; FMCG/multinational experience a plus
- Advanced financial modelling skills; strong command of P&L, cash flow, and multi-entity consolidation (strong cash-flow expertise is a minimum requirement for this role)
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite (ERP), Planful or equivalent EPM tool, and Power BI or Looker. Excel proficiency for scenario modelling and ad-hoc analysis; Looker and SQL familiarity a plus
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity; able to prioritize and deliver in a fast-moving environment. Genuine experience thriving in unstructured or still-maturing organizations is essential, not just a willingness to tolerate it
- Strong communicator who can challenge constructively and build trust across Finance and the business
- A change agent and player-coach: someone who questions the status quo, brings fresh thinking, and stays hands-on and directly accountable for delivery
- A demanding yet people-oriented leader who holds high standards while bringing calm, direction, and stability to the team
- An experienced practitioner with a can-do mentality, with the resilience to get things done even when the path isn't fully defined
WHY CHOOSE sennder…
We believe in empowering our people to grow beyond their limits, embrace challenges, and create solutions that drive our collective success. Our culture thrives on entrepreneurial spirit, resilience, and collaboration.
Dynamic Scale-Up sennder is at a pivotal stage – transitioning from a scale-up to a sustainably growing company. This means we move fast and constantly push ourselves to improve. Joining us means being part of an ambitious, international team of talented individuals who value teamwork as much as bold thinking. Face-to-face connections across our offices remain central – it's not uncommon to travel to our offices across Europe to collaborate as we tackle challenges and celebrate wins, together.
Put Your Stamp on the Industry We operate in a complex and ever-changing industry where your ideas and efforts have tangible, transformative impact. This is your chance to be hands-on in creating sustainable, meaningful solutions that help businesses thrive.
Employee Well-Being We make mental wellbeing and engagement a priority through initiatives like our sennCare program, a partnership with nilo (global wellbeing platform), and regular satisfaction surveys via Culture Amp. And most importantly, work alongside people who truly care about you as a person. There is something special about the people at sennder that goes beyond just ‘work’.
Your Growth, Rewarded We believe in rewarding our team for their commitment and contributions to our long-term success. Our compensation package may include performance bonuses, referral rewards, or equity that align with our goal of building a thriving company together. We're excited to grow with you!
Vibrant Workspaces Our offices are equipped with healthy snacks, focus zones, and social areas to keep you energized and connected. When you walk into a sennder office, you immediately feel the sennder spirit: our shared culture paired with each location’s own unique character. Highlights include a slide in our Wroclaw office and a sunny rooftop terrace in Berlin, Amsterdam, and Milan! We also enjoy coming together regularly, from monthly aperitivos to spontaneous team moments.
We celebrate diversity and value your character just as much as your skills. If you don’t meet every requirement, don’t worry, we still encourage you to take a chance and apply. Bring your authentic self and help us shape the future of logistics in Europe. Do not hesitate to apply as a member of the protected categories law 68/99.
ABOUT sennder Italia sennder Italia, based in the heart of Milan, is a joint venture company between sennder and Poste Italiane. Our company matches the digital and innovative focus on technologies and digitalization of sennder with the expertise and know-how of the largest distribution network in Italy, Poste Italiane. Poste Italiane. Read more about the sennder Italia joint venture here.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of progressive FP&A experience including team leadership in an international environment
- Experience operating within organizations of 1,000+ employees across Europe
- Proven track record of owning full budget and forecast cycles at Group level in a fast-growing or PE-backed business
- Advanced financial modelling skills; strong command of P&L, cash flow, and multi-entity consolidation (strong cash-flow expertise)
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite (ERP), Planful or equivalent EPM tool, and Power BI or Looker
- Excel proficiency for scenario modelling and ad-hoc analysis
- Looker and SQL familiarity
- Experience partnering directly with CFO and C-suite stakeholders and presenting financial insight clearly
- Ability to operate in ambiguity and thrive in unstructured or still-maturing organisations
- Leadership experience: lead, develop, and inspire a senior FP&A team while remaining hands-on
- Based in Berlin or Milan
- Background in tech-enabled logistics, marketplace, or scale-up businesses
- Logistics background
- FMCG or multinational experience
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The Company
What We Do
sennder – Europe’s #1 digital freight-forwarder platform for Full Truck Loads. sennder is a leading digital road freight forwarder in continental Europe, linking large commercial shippers with small freight carriers. With its in-house-developed platform, sennder provides a new level of automation, transparency and efficiency to the European €300 billion road freight market, which until now has been dependent on paper, phone and fax and characterized by multi-layer subcontracting. sennder’s digital connection to over 40,000 trucks allows for almost unlimited capacities, no matter what time of the day. sennder digitalizes the truckload-shipping ecosystem by providing mobile apps to drivers, fleet management tools to carrier managers and logistics management solutions to shippers. Real-time booking, a designated contact person always on hand, as well as precise live tracking, bring full transparency to any logistics supply chain. By integrating directly with the shippers’ Transport Management and Freight Management Systems via APIs and by cutting the multiple middle men, sennder increases efficiency and reduces cost for all stakeholders
