Head of Controlling

Company Description

Continental ist ein führender Reifenhersteller und Industriespezialist. Das 1871 gegründete Unternehmen erzielte 2025 einen Umsatz von 19,7 Milliarden Euro und beschäftigt aktuell rund 78.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter in 54 Ländern und Märkten.

ContiTechzählt zu den weltweit führenden Materialexperten für industrielle Anwendungen. Für seine Kunden bietet der Continental-Unternehmensbereich zuverlässige, sichere, komfortable und werkstoffübergreifende Industrie- sowie Servicelösungenim Agrarbereich, auf Schiene und Straße, in der Luft, über und unter Tage, im industriellen Umfeld sowie für die Lebensmittel- und Möbelbranche. Mitrund20.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern (Stand März 2026) an mehr als 60 Standorten weltweit und einem Umsatz von rund 6,0MilliardenEuro (2025) ist der globale Industriepartner mit Schwerpunkten in Asien, Europa, Nord- und Südamerika aktiv.

Job Description

General Management and Strategy

• Manage and coordinate all controlling activities for the plant
• Translate plant controlling strategy into action plans and ensure implementation
• Contribute to strategic and operative planning of the plant (e.g. with respect to investments, capacity and headcount planning)
• Ensure the achievement of controlling targets according to internal and external customer expectations
• Initiate and control investments for controlling equipment (e.g. training materials, external trainings, etc.)
• Interface to sector or BA functions in order to gather local controlling requirements and demands and other feedback
• Participate in and/or steer global or local controlling related and cross-functional projects
• Conduct employee dialogues, personnel development and coaching
• Responsible for fixed assets analysis and fixed assets inventory count
• Manage and review standard cost calculations on new products as well as yearly update of Standard costs at year-end

Financial Management

• Prepare, review and manage the budget and forecast of controlling cost centers
• Implement and conduct activities according to the budget established
• Ensure that the financial goals are met

Finance and Controlling

• Ensure and apply Continental finance and accounting guidelines and ensure implementation and conformity with all Continental controlling systems, tools, standards and processes with high data quality and transparency
• Ensure production controlling according to standards (production order controlling, production parameters like scrap and utilization, shift model review, perform standard costs calculation, support of plant variation analysis, support of cost center controlling all areas)
• Ensure investment controlling (valid for local investments e.g. infrastructure) according to standards (preparation of financial analysis supporting investment and eCRs, management of plant invest budget)
• Ensure personnel controlling according to standards (evaluation of staffing utilization, shift model analysis (variations) as input for production planning, fix HC planning and allocation, ePRs)
• Ensure logistics controlling if needed (according to plant size) according to standards (inventory analysis and reporting - WOC, special freights, ICO business like transfer price calculation, equalization)

Reporting

• Support monthly closing and report monthly according to standards
• Prepare standard reports to plant and business management
• Prepare and review monthly results (e.g. P&L)
• Prepare budget and forecasts based on production volumes
• Analyze variations/operational and non-operational effects

Qualifications

• University degree, preferably in business administration, accounting, finance, controlling or related discipline (depending on plant size)
• 5 or more years of professional experience in various finance and controlling functions
• cross functional experience e.g. in production, supply chain, quality or CBS preferred
• 3 or more years in a leadership position, preferably in operational units with functional and disciplinary responsibility for other individuals
• experience in working with international teams on production topics and understanding of foreign cultures
• Proficient in english
• Cost and financial accounting
• Production Variations
• Finance and controlling IT systems (e.g. SAP R/3, S/4, etc.)
• Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques as well as total cost management
• Leadership & management skills (incl. team-building, delegation, performance management and people development techniques)
• Project management skills, tools and techniques
• Preferred knowledge of automation tools e.g. Power BI, Knime, etc.

Additional Information

EEO / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability.