Senior Controller

Job title : Senior Controller
Location : Frankfurt am Main
Contact : Ben Smith
Call : Ben
Email : email Ben
Reference : 1554074

THE SEARCH:  

Altus Partners are delighted to be partnered with a leading European Private Equity firm to appoint a Senior Controller for their flagship healthcare asset based in Germany. The company has experienced strong organic growth domestically, but recently has expanded internationally through multiple strategic acquisitions. In line with the international growth, they are looking to bolster their finance structure and specifically the commercial capabilities within the group. To that end, the Senior Controller will play a key role as a lever of success moving forward. Reporting into the Director of FP&A, they will support all commercial decision making, along with improving the internal finance dialogue with the wider business. This will suit an established Controller with outstanding analytical skills; healthcare exposure would be beneficial.

 

THE ROLE: 

  • Support the business planning cycle, to ensure alignment of forecasting and budgeting with a longer-term strategic plan

  • Ownership of the financial components of vendor diligence processes to support corporate transactions

  • Analysis and insight into all aspects of business performance  

  • Interaction with the broader finance team to interpret a complex range of data points

  • Concise and impactful presentation of Key Performance Indicators to the executive team, investors and lenders

  • Drive the appropriate data structures from corporate systems to support the analysis and modelling referred to above

  • Performing sensitivity analysis as required  

  • Modelling to assist with transaction/M&A activity 

 

THE REQUIREMENTS: 

  • Experienced FP&A or commercial finance operator

  • Prior healthcare or related industry experience

  • Proven management ability across multiple territories

  • Private Equity exposure is advantageous