Finance & Controlling Manager (m/w/d)

Role Summary

We are Start to Finish.

No startup can grow without the right team. For this reason, we support aspiring startups and growth companies such as Snocks, SellerX, Formary, Schema M and many others in filling their key positions with the right talent.

With over 100 satisfied customers, we are the #1 recruiting boutique for e-commerce startups in German-speaking countries.

Our customer is looking for you!

The company rejects poor quality. A growing e-commerce brand for sustainable, high-quality products “Made in Germany” has emerged from a Swabian family business in tool making. Over 250,000 baskets sold later, the company is clearly on course for growth – with new product lines and new sales channels. The company is looking for reinforcements so that the next steps can be taken on a solid numerical basis.

You build controlling from the ground up - and turn gut feeling and Excel tables into real, data-based control. You report directly to the management, have full creative freedom and become the central point for all commercial questions.

Responsibilities

• Set up controlling: establish KPI scorecard and single source of truth, ongoing run rate, budget planning and rolling forecast with scenarios
• KPI control: Building a dashboard with the relevant key figures (CAC, MER, advertising cost ratio, contribution margin after advertising)
• Liquidity & Cash: rolling 13-week liquidity planning and pre-financing planning for our international production
• Assortment & margin: Identify fast-moving items and slow sellers, calculate bundles, determine contribution margin per item and variant
• Purchasing & Supply Chain: Monitor ERP purchasing, calculate new products (landed cost, customs, MOQ), renegotiate supplier conditions, create make-or-buy and investment calculations
• Costs & Partners: Question payment conditions, service providers and agencies with numbers
• Drive special projects: provide commercial support for international production, new product lines and investment decisions

Requirements

• Commercial studies or training (business administration, finance, controlling) or comparable
• Sound controlling/finance experience, ideally in e-commerce or trading in physical goods
• Very strong in numbers and analysis; confident in Excel/Google Sheets and a BI tool (Power BI or Looker Studio) Experience with forecasting, liquidity planning, contribution margin/margin calculation and inventory data
• The ability to drive commercial projects independently
• Fluent German, English is an advantage
• Hands-on mentality, pragmatic and with the aim of seeing things through to the end

Benefits

• 100% remote – work from anywhere, no commute
• A growing company with short routes and quick decisions
• Lots of creative freedom: You help build processes instead of just managing them
• A team that thinks and gets involved
• Permanent, full-time position
• 🚀 Ready for the next step?
• Then apply now - we look forward to seeing you! 💡

The specified salary range is based on current market data and gives you a realistic orientation. In the end, it depends on two things: your actual qualifications - and above all on our customer, who makes the final decision. We are an agency, not an employer - which means we cannot determine the offer ourselves.

But what we can do is give you the best possible advice, position your profile strongly and work with you to see what's inside.