The position

We are currently looking for a Finance Business Partner for our Commercial Finance Business Partnering team. As Finance Business Partner you will get the opportunity to impact business decisions and strategic direction by providing senior leadership team with accurate, analytical and insightful analysis to drive performance mindset globally across regional and functional teams.

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance Business Partnering you will be based at one of our main offices in Denmark (Nærum) or Germany (Darmstadt), but should expect some travelling to other sites.

Primary responsibilities

Your primary function will be to provide business partnering support to multiple senior stakeholders. While you can expect to have a close working relationship with your colleagues in the team, you will also take on individual projects, such as becoming the dedicated business partner for one or more business areas . You should therefore feel comfortable working independently and taking full ownership of your area of responsibility.

You will use your professional competencies, strong analytical abilities and ‘can-do’ attitude to become an active and sought-after financial sparring partner for your stakeholders in the organization, including the senior vice-president and vice-presidents for the business area and other senior leaders in the organization.

The successful incumbent will play an absolutely decisive role in supporting the growth ambitions of the business by creating a high level of financial insight, focusing on revenue and cost structures, following up on a variety of projects, as well as other topics. 

Your strong commercial understanding and interest in the company will enable you to challenge the status quo, and present your findings to the stakeholders in an easily understandable manner.

You have a passion for Business Partnering and adding value to the organization through, a.o., data analytics, development of and follow-up on business cases, development and tracking of KPIs and management presentations.

Your daily work includes:

• Development of financially sound business strategy and annual operating plans
• Monitoring and management of business and financial performance
• Providing accurate and timely financial information to drive good decision making (including performance assessment, financial analysis and business scenario simulations)
• Evaluating business opportunities, risks and issues and assessing their financial implications
• Providing insight and challenge to business managers and decision makers
• Development of business cases and/or remedial action plans to maximize performance and profitability 
• Providing financial advice, business insight, guidance and recommendations to your partner business area and/or involving the relevant specialists from the Finance function
• Leading and/or contributing to a wide variety of projects and initiatives as required