Marketing Controller

Ready to turn insights into impact?

If you love working with numbers, thrive on bringing structure to complexity, and enjoy collaborating with creative minds, this role is made for you. As Marketing Controller, you’ll become a key business partner to our global marketing teams – providing financial clarity, strategic guidance, and meaningful data that drives real decisions. In addition, the willingness to start or strengthen your role as a future proof finance sparring partner will be strongly supported (e.g. Analytics Tools, visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Areas that play to your strengths

All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:

• BE A TRUE BUSINESS PARTNER

  • Build trusted relationships with marketing teams and support them in all financial matters
  • Act as a sparring partner on budgets, forecasts, and spending decisions
  • Challenge assumptions, support decision-making, and drive cost-consciousness
  • Deliver ad-hoc analysis and business insights to support high-impact projects

• BRING STRUCTURE TO NUMBERS

  • Own the month-end closing and reporting process for global marketing spends
  • Translate numbers into actionable insights, helping stakeholders understand the story behind the data
  • Ensure all financial processes run smoothly and in line with financial standards
  • Prepare high-quality reports and planning templates for management and business partners

• OWN DATA, SYSTEM AND QUALITY

  • Deep dive into our systems and data landscape, ensuring consistency and accuracy
  • Monitor system use, data flows, mappings and global hierarchies
  • Support countries with training, integration and interface handling
  • Drive continuous improvements, testing, and process optimization

• SUPPORT AND EMPOWER

  • Help shape and implement our global Controlling Guidelines
  • Ensure local compliance and support regional teams with know-how and training
  • Contribute to our internal Controlling Academy and become a go-to expert in your area

EXPERIENCE

Your areas of knowledge and expertise

that matter most for this role:

• University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or related field.
• 3+ years of relevant Controlling experience, preferably in FMCG or international settings.
• Fluent in English; German language skills are a plus.
• Advanced Excel and analytics skills (Python, R) are desirable; experience with SAP S4/HANA and Hyperion is an advantage.
• Analytical, solution-oriented team player who thrives in fast-paced environments and communicates clearly.