The Role
Act as Finance Business Partner, oversee month-end/year-end activities, lead forecasting and budget activities, and maintain controlling master data.
Summary Generated by Built In
The role is based on a 4/1 hybrid setup, with four office days in Marl and one home-office day per week.
Main Accountabilities:
- Contribute actively as Finance Business Partner to the local site management team to share business performance, financial insights, support decision making, strategy, business
development and drive any other business improvement projects as necessary - Establish strong procedures to monitor in-month production and variance material cost development
- Responsible for all aspects of the site controlling month-end/year-end activities such as product costing, cost analyses, provision calculation for missing costs, inventory valuation
- Prepare monthly business reports as well as ad-hoc reports and analyses, deriving actionable recommendations
- Lead Forecast & Budget activities within the site management team
- Oversee annual physical inventory and analyze ongoing inventory discrepancies
- Provide financials for Capital Investment Projects
- Analyze, document, and harmonize internal processes
- Maintain controlling master data (cost centers, cost types, profit centers)
- Participate in projects and take on project leadership for national and international initiatives
Requirements:
- Educational foundation: Completed degree in business administration or equivalent commercial qualification with professional experience
- Professional expertise: Proven experience in controlling, ideally within a manufacturing company in the chemical industry
- Language & IT skills: Excellent German and English skills, both written and spoken and strong knowledge of SAP and MS Office
- Analytical excellence: Advanced analytical skills and ability to turn complex data into actionable insights
- Proven leadership: Demonstrated success in managing high-impact projects and influencing senior stakeholders
- Strategic problem-solving: Strong critical thinking and ability to deliver innovative solutions across functions
- Influence & collaboration: Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and act as a persuasive business partner
- Communication: Clear, confident communicator and engaging presenter at all organizational levels
- Integrity & resilience: High ethical standards, reliability, and ability to thrive in dynamic environments
Top Skills
MS Office
SAP
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The Company
What We Do
Synthomer is a business-to-business speciality chemicals producer. We create value for all our stakeholders by applying our expertise and innovation capabilities to provide high-performance water-based polymers and ingredients to a wide range of blue-chip customers in multiple attractive end markets.
Synthomer are headquartered and stock listed in the UK. We have more than 30 operational sites across Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia including four innovation centres of excellence. The Company employs around 4,200 entrepreneurial, highly skilled employees with the expertise and experience to drive our success worldwide.
