Director Controlling - BU Life Science - 100%

Belimed Life Science AG, headquartered in Sulgen (CH), operates as an independent corporation within the SteelcoBelimed Group. The internationally active SteelcoBelimed Life Science group employs over 500 people worldwide and is one of the leading providers in special plant engineering for mechanical cleaning and sterilization in the fields of Life Science, Pharma, Biopharma, and Cosmetics. Together with the Business Units SteelcoBelimed Infection Control, the SteelcoBelimed Life Science group employs more than 2200 people at 27 locations in Europe, America, and Asia.

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Your area of responsibility

To strengthen the management team, we are looking for a assertive, entrepreneurial personality with a pronounced hands-on mentality as Director Controlling (a). In this key role, you act as a sparring partner for management – reporting directly to the EVP Finance – and lead a team of 7 employees in Sulgen as well as in Slovenia and Italy. You bear overall responsibility for all controlling processes of the Business Unit Life Science.

• Strategic Financial Leadership

As a sparring partner for management and the EVP Finance, you provide well-founded analyses as well as forward-looking assessments of opportunities and risks. You ensure that controlling processes are implemented efficiently, stably, and uniformly across the group. You prepare complex financial and business data so that it is understandable, concise, and decision-relevant for different stakeholders.

• Planning and Closing

You are responsible for financial medium-term planning, budgeting, and the preparation of forecasts. Timely and high-quality closings are also part of your duties, as well as the analysis of deviations in the profit and loss statement. You derive concrete recommendations for action and ensure compliance with all reporting and accounting standards.

• Reporting and Analytics

You develop modern BI reporting systems and dashboards further, ensure data quality and transparency, and make sure that financial and operational data can be used efficiently. Additionally, you support and train the controlling team as well as other departments in handling reporting and analysis tools, thus creating a reliable basis for fact-based decisions.

• Cost, Performance, and Project Controlling

You monitor cost centers, margins, and investments and are responsible for project controlling including cash flow analyses, forecasts, and profitability assessments. You manage productivity and profitability across various business areas and provide well-founded financial evaluations for investment and make-or-buy decisions.

• Team Leadership & Compliance

You lead the controlling team of the business unit both disciplinarily and professionally, promote a proactive and solution-oriented working style, and develop your employees purposefully. Furthermore, you ensure compliance with internal guidelines as well as external regulatory requirements and work closely with auditors.

Your profile

• Solid expertise and many years of practical experience in controlling within an internationally active industrial company
• Tertiary degree in business administration, engineering, or similar; an additional qualification as a certified expert in accounting & controlling is an advantage
• An analytical, responsible, and entrepreneurial personality with strong communication and presentation skills, leadership competence, and a pronounced hands-on mentality
• Ideally, you have already expanded your leadership skills through practical experience – you definitely like to take responsibility and actively complete projects
• Very good knowledge of SAP FI & CO as well as BI/reporting tools, ideally with key user experience
• Fluent German and English skills, both spoken and written

Our offer

• You take on a central role in a dynamic international environment and actively influence entrepreneurial success.
• Active and operational participation in a very versatile position – you learn something new every day and continuously develop yourself and your team.
• A modern workplace in an innovative company with first-class infrastructure awaits you.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of home office are also included.
• Travel activity ranges between 10–20% (mainly Italy and Slovenia).

In addition to exciting tasks, you benefit from attractive perks: discounted fitness subscriptions, free parking spaces, discounts on Miele products, full salary during maternity and paternity leave, as well as 90 days of 100% continued salary payment in case of accident or illness.

And because success is even better as a team, we enjoy shared moments – whether during a coffee break or at the after-work gathering at our in-house cultural spot.

Interested in this challenge? Then we look forward to receiving your application documents via our career page.

Become part of our successful team and advance your career.