Functional Controlling Business Partner Enabling

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**Functional Controlling Business Partner Enabling Functions**

For our Enabling Functions Controlling team team we are looking for a **Functional Controlling Business Partner.**

Our controlling hub enables business steering and decision making for the Bayer group in by acting as financial advisor and key contact. The Enabling Functions Controlling team is the key partner for Corporate responsible of the functions like IT, Human Resources, Audit.

The Functional Controller acts as a Business Partner to the Corporate Function organization. This role takes care of all Functional Controlling related activities (such as planning, reporting, consulting for individual departments) and ensures a consistent steering framework incl. cost allocation and value flows.

**You will be responsible for**:

- Enabling effective financial business steering, performance management, and resource allocation in line with strategic objectives; proposes appropriate corrective actions in case of deviations.
- Supporting meaningful target setting and tracks savings measures in performance programs.
- Providing dedicated financial insights & analytics on Functional Cost at Bayer by developing suitable concepts and processes, ensures system implementation and consistent data structures.
- Assuring an integrated view on global functional performance management & cost development (sender view, clean Net Prime Cost) as well as the financial impact on Divisions (receiver view) to balance functional cost development with the short and long-term profitability goals of Bayer.
- Supporting transparency on material cost drivers across all functions.

**We would expect from you**:

- University degree in Economics / completed Master of Business Administration or equivalent studies in economics / management
- Experience in Controlling / Finance, preferably with focus on financial analysis, functional controlling, and operative planning
- Deep understanding of controlling standards and methodologies
- Experience in a Global Business Services environment is considered as an advantage
- Business Partnering with collaborative mindset and behavior
- Strong presentation and communication skills, feeling comfortable to work with senior management
- Ability to communicate effectively with different target groups and build up trustful relationships
- Ability to work in digital environment and virtual teams
- Able to deal with ambiguity and conflict
- Assertiveness, e.g. with respect to target setting
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Use of Data Analytics and other digital tools to provide insights to support better decision making (e.g., SAP BW, Tableau, Power BI)
- Solid capabilities in MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel), SAP BW, and respective front-end tools
- Experience in project management is considered as an advantage
- English, fluent spoken and written

**In the exchange we will offer you**:

- A flexible hybrid work model with option to work within UE and 2 weeks/year outside UE.
- Career development with wide access to professional development tools & trainings.
- Competitive salary, bonus & top performers awards on recognition in case of exceeding contribution
- Meals Subsidy in Office.
- 2 additional annual leave days after 3 years in the company.
- Life & Accident Insurance.
- 100% salary coverage in the event of medical leave.
- In-house medical service at Bayer premises open 5 days a week for 8 hours.
- 24-hour psychological, medical, and social care for employees and family.
- Annual medical check-up.
- Subsidized sports groups, physiotherapy service, online gym.
- At Bayer office: fitness room, home packaging and laundry, bicycle parking

**YOUR APPLICATION**

This is your opportunity to tackle the world’s biggest challenges with us: Maintaining our health, feeding growing populations and slowing the rate of climate change. You have a voice, ideas and perspectives and we want to hear them. Because our success begins with you. Be part of something big. Be Bayer.

**Location**:
Spain : Cataluña : Barcelona

**Division**:
Enabling Functions

**Reference Code**:
792509