Senior Finance Business Partner Software Defined Defence (w/m/d)

Senior Finance Business Partner Software Defined Defence (w/m/d)
Job Requisition ID: 2773
Location: Ulm, DE, 89077
Company: HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH

About the department

The Finance Business Partner acts as Co-Pilot and driver of the financial performance of the project SDD and is responsible for the financial part of all Hensoldt offers and ensures alignment with all relevant interfaces and customers. The project SDD is steered by a member of the ExCom and concerns all divisions of Hensoldt. He is the first contact person for the project and program manager and needs to connect the different perspectives. To do so, he will be supported through all other Finance Functions (Tax, Treasury etc.) and Center of Competencies (Commercial, Legal etc.). For the SDD project a new business and financial model has to be developed and implemented across all divisions.

Your role

Lead and steer the financial project management and develop the business plan for the cross divisional projects with very high complexity, including end-to-end planning and controlling of the project.
Act as sparring partner and co-pilot for the project and support the Project Manager from a financial perspective
Act as single point of contact for Finance topics as well as proactively inform and align in case of interfaces
Align and update the Project Manager regularly on financial project status and proactively challenge project methods to increase quality and efficiency
Check Customer's Acquisitions / RFQ and prepare respective commercial proposal
Prepare acquisitions, including determination of requirements and selection of projects based on economical and technical factors
Prepare and negotiate proposals or contracts with high contractual complexity, including technical/economic/ecological assessment of project realization as well as risk assessment in close alignment with Contract & Commercial (based on defined collaboration scheme) or other involved CoCs
Solve special cases with high complexity in case of customer complexity (e.g. territory or cultural differences) or exports (e.g. control requirements, incoterms and customs, security, offset) as well as in warranty phase
Develop and align new business model and licencing model for SDD taking into account all relevant pricing, tax, audit requrirements
Prepare complex transversal Calculations / B-Forms for internal project release (RMC), as well as price break-downs for Commercial Proposal
Plan and execute projects with high complexity, focusing on milestones, financial project steering, definition of target costs, monitoring of costs, incl. of chances and risks and maintenance of contact to customers
Monitor contract fulfillment as well as performance of subcontractors if applicable and resolve critical escalations, including follow-up support in warranty period
Responsible for business planning and reporting, also supporting the periodical closing activities for respective department
Develop and introduce new methodologies/processes for project steering (e.g. project planning)
Report project in relevant committees (e.g. EAC)
Responsible for end-to-end project planning, monitoring, documentation and adjustments (if required) from a financial perspective

Your experience

Apprenticeship with over 7 years of professional experience or preferably academic degree in business administration (or similar subject area) with more than 5 years of professional experience
Expert know-how of financial areas (e.g. Treasury, Accounting, Taxes, Controlling, SW business models, SW licencing) with deep understanding of interfaces between all financial areas
Very good understanding of P&L and balance sheet, focus on project-relevant line items, e.g. receivables, inventories, liabilities
Track record of successful project delivery in complex environments (e.g. contractual or customer complexity) including expert know how of application of different project management tools and frameworks (e.g. waterfall, agile / Scrum) according to the necessity of the projects
Excellent knowledge of (inter)national contract law and ability to identify, analyze risks, solve contractual issues and negotiate complex contracts
Very good understanding of technical aspects of the project and link between project and overarching targets (e.g. on program and divisional level)
Excellent understanding of effects of own position and actions on group and external reporting
Forward and entrepreneurial thinking (acts as ‘Unternehmer’), proactive and critical questioning
Excellent communication and moderation skills
Flexible, agile and solution-oriented mind-set

Do you want to become part of a future-oriented company? And are you ready to take on responsibility in exciting international and national projects? Then you are our candidate!
Please apply exclusively online via our career portal with your CV and references.

In case you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Recruiting Team: [email protected]

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