Manager Corporate Controlling (m/f/d)

What you will do

You will play a key role in shaping financial decision-making at tesa by acting as a trusted business partner to senior management. With your insights, you directly influence performance, strategy, and long-term value creation across the global organization.

In this role, you go beyond classical controlling: you actively challenge business perspectives, translate financial data into clear recommendations, and drive forward-looking planning and forecasting processes. You also contribute to modernizing controlling by leveraging digital tools and data-driven approaches.

Working closely with regions, Business Units, and corporate functions, you ensure transparency, consistency, and impact in financial steering.

• Guide financial decision-making by providing relevant reporting, KPI monitoring, and forward-looking forecasts
• Deliver comprehensive financial insights to senior management by analyzing and interpreting business performance across the tesa Group
• Coordinate and steer global planning and forecasting processes, ensuring high-quality and consistent outputs across regions and Business Units
• Analyze budget variances and translate findings into clear, decision-ready recommendations
• Conduct in-depth financial analyses (e.g. profitability, cost, and variance analyses) to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Act as a sparring partner for senior stakeholders-challenging assumptions, bringing independent perspectives, and influencing decisions
• Contribute to strategy development and performance reviews, ensuring alignment between financial targets and execution
• Drive the next generation of controlling by advancing digital, data-driven ways of working

What you will need

• University degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field
• Several years of experience (approx. 5+ years) in controlling (business, regional) and corporate finance within an international environment
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, and budgeting processes
• Proven track record in financial planning, analysis, and the improvement of controlling tools and processes
• Strong analytical thinking combined with the ability to translate complexity into clear, actionable insights
• High level of proactivity, independence, and resilience, with a strong sense of ownership
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with confidence in interacting with senior stakeholders
• Experience with ERP, consolidation systems & tools, Analysis for Office, and advanced Excel; affinity for digital and data-driven working methods