Senior FP&A Controller (m/f/d)

About the role

As a Senior FP&A Controller, you will play a key role in driving the company’s financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis processes. This is a highly operational and hands-on role with a clear focus on FP&A excellence, ensuring high-quality financial transparency and actionable insights for decision-making. You will work closely with the Head of Controlling and business stakeholders across the organisation to translate operational performance into financial outcomes. Your work will directly influence short- and mid-term steering of the business by delivering reliable forecasts, deep-dive analyses, and clear financial narratives. The role offers future leadership potential, including the opportunity to take on responsibility for a junior team member as the function grows. What is your Day to Day Mission: Financial Planning & Forecasting Support and drive the annual budgeting process across departments Maintain and continuously improve the rolling forecast, ensuring accuracy and timely updates Prepare mid-term financial plans and support long-range planning processes Develop and run scenario analyses (e.g. sensitivities, what-if analyses) to support business decisions Operational Performance Reporting & Insights Establish and drive operational reporting cadences, including weekly KPI check-ins with key stakeholders Monitor financial and operational KPIs, ensuring full transparency on performance, risks, and opportunities Perform ongoing variance and trend analyses based on latest operational data and forecasts Translate data into clear, actionable insights to support timely decision-making Support the preparation of ad-hoc analyses and management updates outside of formal MEC reporting cycles Business Partnering Act as a financial partner to selected departments, supporting them in planning and performance tracking Challenge assumptions and provide financial guidance to improve decision-making Build financial models and business cases (e.g. cost initiatives, investments, headcount planning) Data, Tools & Processes Work with and further develop planning and forecasting tools (e.g. Anaplan) Ensure data consistency between FP&A tools, BI systems, and ERP Contribute to the automation and standardisation of FP&A processes Improve data quality and reporting efficiency on an ongoing basis What you bring to the team: Have 4–7 years of experience in FP&A / Controlling, with a strong operational focus Have hands-on experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling Are confident working with modern planning tools (Anaplan is a strong plus) Have strong analytical skills and attention to detail, combined with a business mindset Are able to translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations Are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment Communicate effectively with both finance and non-finance stakeholders Are fluent in English (German is a plus) Nice to Have Initial leadership or mentoring experience, or strong motivation to take on leadership responsibility Experience in a scaling or transformation environment Exposure to BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) Basic knowledge of data analysis tools (e.g. SQL, Python) Professional qualification (e.g. CIMA, ACCA) What Success Looks Like Accurate, reliable, and forward-looking forecasts and financial plans High-frequency, transparent operational performance tracking enabling fast decision-making Strong collaboration with business stakeholders, enabling better performance steering Readiness to take on leadership responsibility as the team expands Continuous improvement of FP&A processes, tools, and data quality Why Quantum-Systems: A key role in a high-growth tech company shaping the future of autonomous systems. Exposure to C-level leadership, board reporting, and strategic finance decision-making. Opportunity to design and implement scalable FP&A infrastructure for a global enterprise. Competitive compen

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