Business Controller Cereals (m/f/d)

Field of Work: Controlling,
Location: Bergen 
Legal Entity: KWS LOCHOW GMBH 
Contract Type: Regular
Is Full Time: Yes
Job ID: 16535

As Business Controller Cereals at KWS Lochow GmbH, you will support the BU Controller in acting as a trusted business partner to management. You will help translate strategy into operational actions, provide financial insights for decision-making, and contribute to the continuous improvement of controlling processes across the organization. This is a permanent position which is available full-time. The place of work is at one of the main location of the Business Unit in Bergen-Wohlde.   

If you are passionate about controlling, enjoy working in a dynamic international setting, and want to make a tangible impact on business performance, we look forward to receiving your application. 

What you can look forward to: 

• Support strategic planning, forecasting, and business performance management


• Deliver high-quality financial analyses and management reporting


• Act as a key interface between the Business Unit and Finance & Controlling functions


• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes as well as external reporting


• Monitor business risks and opportunities and contribute to risk management activities


• Assist with business cases, investment evaluations, and M&A-related projects


• Contribute to the harmonization and optimization of controlling and finance processes across the Group


• Participate in cross-functional and strategic projects within the Business Unit 

Bring your strengths: 

• University degree or vocational training in Finance, Controlling, Business Administration, or a related field


• First professional experience in controlling, ideally in an international environment


• Solid knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial closing processes


• Good understanding of financial controlling and business processes


• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365; knowledge of SAP and Power BI is desirable


• Strong analytical and conceptual skills with a structured working style


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills


• Proactive, hands-on, and solution-oriented mindset and ability to collaborate effectively in an international environment


• Fluent English and German language skills 

Start your future with us! What we offer to help you grow: 

• As a family-run company, we live by the values of closeness, reliability, vision and independence - a culture, which is also lived in practice, e.g. through an open and friendly working atmosphere


• Bergen-Wohlde is located in a rural setting in the beautiful Südheide region of Celle in Lower Saxony


• This position also offers an attractive salary package (incl. company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, Christmas and holiday bonus, preferential shares, childcare allowance, job bike)


• According to the motto: "Make yourself grow!" we promote individual professional and personal development 

Ready to take the next step with us? We look forward to your expertise and enthusasm and to receiving your application! 

About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.

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