Overview
As Vice President Finance, you will steer financial strategy for growth, profitability, and cash generation across regions, while ensuring statutory and accounting compliance. You will lead cross‑regional finance transformations and drive a modern, AI‑driven finance function. You partner with the CEO, CFO, and leadership teams to improve forecasting, data quality, and decision support, creating value through profitability initiatives and robust controls. This role offers a high‑impact, cross‑functional scope within a global industrial/B2B environment.
Leistungen / Benefits
- flexible, hybrid working
- up to four weeks workation per year
- 30 vacation days plus special leave
- flexible benefits program (JobRad, health budget, Germany Ticket, discounts)
- childcare and family support subsidies
- personal development opportunities within a cross‑company network
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Lead financial strategy to drive growth, profitability, and cash generation across regions
- Steer major finance transformation programs and digital finance initiatives
- Build a modern, AI‑driven finance function with advanced analytics and automation
- Enhance FP&A capabilities, forecasting accuracy, and data quality
- Ensure unified financial data landscape and single source of truth
- Oversee accounting results regionally and ensure statutory accuracy and target delivery
- Maintain internal controls, risk management, and fraud prevention systems
- Provide advisory support to CEO, CFO, ELT, and IPLT; challenge business for profitable decisions
- Foster cross‑team collaboration and best‑practice sharing across divisions and partner companies
Zentrale Anforderungen
- University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or related field; MBA or equivalent preferred
- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience in industrial, packaging, or B2B distribution environments
- Proven track record in financial steering, forecasting, and value creation through business partnering
- Experience in ERP implementations and systems harmonization
- Strong ability to drive digitalization, automation, and data‑driven finance processes
- Experience leading finance teams across multiple locations
- IFRS, German GAAP (HGB), and other European accounting standards expertise
- Expertise in compliance, internal controls, risk management, and fraud prevention
- Excellent stakeholder management with executive and board interaction
- Fluency in English; German language is a strong asset
- Strategic thinking and business acumen
- Collaborative leadership and empowerment
- Influence and stakeholder management
- ERP implementation and harmonization
- AI‑driven analytics and automation
- Advanced forecasting and FP&A tools
Vice President Finance/ CFO Business Unit (m/f/d) in Ludwigsburg Arbeitgeber: TAKKT
TAKKT ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der seinen Mitarbeitern nicht nur ein wettbewerbsfähiges Gehalt und ein attraktives Leistungspaket bietet, sondern auch flexible Arbeitszeiten in einem modernen Büro mit ergonomischen Arbeitsplätzen. Die Unternehmenskultur fördert Zusammenarbeit und Innovation, während zahlreiche Möglichkeiten zur persönlichen und beruflichen Weiterentwicklung sicherstellen, dass Sie in Ihrer Karriere wachsen können. Werden Sie Teil eines internationalen Teams in Stuttgart, wo wir gemeinsam an nachhaltigen Lösungen für die Arbeitswelt von morgen arbeiten!
