Job Title
Senior Finance Manager (m/w/d)
About Vert
Vert – Powered by Deutsche Bank – offers modern all-in-one solutions for brick-and-mortar retail. From cashless payment processing to high-quality payment hardware and innovative point-of-sale and business software, our customers get everything from a single source. The offering is complemented by comprehensive financial services.
As a partner of Fiserv and Deutsche Bank, we combine years of payment expertise with the dynamism of a modern sales organization. Our mission: to make payments simple, secure and efficient so our customers can focus on their core business.
Overview
We are looking for a dynamic and entrepreneurially-minded finance professional. The role combines Controlling, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and other finance topics. You will be closely involved in, or lead, strategic future projects across teams (including Product Management, Marketing, Risk, Operations).
You will work closely both with the management of the joint venture and with an international matrix organization and its various finance teams. Your responsibilities include analyses, budget and forecast planning, reporting, as well as controlling the profitability of the existing business and sales effectiveness. You will also be responsible for calculating sales commissions.
Your Responsibilities
•Actively support the CFO on financial and business management questions
•Prepare monthly closings and analyze plans, forecasts and business results for management and the group
•Contribute to the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual budgets
•Support the Sales, IT, Product Management and Legal departments with financial analyses and controlling topics
•Work closely with international group contacts on commission settlement
•Create and maintain commission models and calculation templates for various business units
•Prepare and analyze revenue and sales data as the basis for monthly and quarterly commission settlement
•Carry out commission calculations, including handling special cases, corrections and adjustments
•Obtain required approvals for commission payments in cooperation with departments, management and HR
•Prepare commission statements and provide relevant information for payroll
•Prepare and distribute commission overviews to the respective business units
•Maintain and evaluate headcount data and prepare regular personnel cost and headcount reports
•Create and analyze CRM reports to identify completed sales activities
•Support pricing decisions, business cases and economic viability analyses
•Conduct KPI analyses and prepare reports, statistics and ad-hoc evaluations
•Contribute to cross-departmental finance and optimization projects
•Serve as a point of contact for questions and clarification on sales commissions and compensation models
What You Bring
•Successfully completed studies in business administration, economics with a focus on finance, controlling or accounting, or a comparable qualification
•Several years of professional experience in finance, controlling, accounting or a comparable analytical function
•Excellent Excel skills and solid experience analyzing, preparing and interpreting complex data structures and large volumes of data
•Experience developing, optimizing and automating financial models, ideally using macros or comparable tools
•Solid knowledge of ERP, CRM and reporting systems such as Oracle, Hyperion, Essbase or SAP
•Strong analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to derive clear recommendations for action from complex data
•Structured, pragmatic and solution-oriented way of working combined with a high quality standard and particular attention to detail
•Ability to independently set priorities in a dynamic environment and drive multiple topics forward simultaneously
•Convincing communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively and trustingly with different stakeholders at all levels of the company
•High level of initiative, pronounced hands-on mentality, and willingness to tackle operational challenges with the same commitment as strategic questions
•Experience in continuously optimizing processes, structures and working methods, and motivation to actively shape change
•Negotiation-level German and English skills, written and spoken
What We Offer
•A varied position with a high degree of personal responsibility
•Direct collaboration with the CFO and international teams
•Flexible working hours within a flextime arrangement
•The possibility to work up to 15 working days per year from numerous countries abroad
•30 days of vacation per year
•Attractive additional benefits such as company pension scheme, employee stock ownership programs and mobility offers
•Individual training and development opportunities
•Corporate benefits and much more
