Job Description

Shape KWS Group’s future as Our Business Partner (m/f/d)) Finance & Controlling Germany - Commercial!

Step into a truly central role within our organization as our new Business Partner (m/f/d) Finance & Controlling Germany - Commercial — a position designed to make real impact. As co-pilot to the Germany Commercial Team you will transform financial and controlling data into clear, actionable business insights that drive sustainable performance and strategic growth.

This is more than a finance role — it’s an opportunity to define and shape your own scope of responsibility. You will have the possibility o establish and optimize processes, build effective communication structures, and further develop the finance and controlling landscape in alignment with corporate objectives. Your expertise will directly influence decision-making and business success.

As the primary point of contact for all financial and controlling matters, you will collaborate closely with functional experts and shared service teams, ensuring high-quality support across the organization while playing an active partner role for the Germany Commercial Team.

This is a permanent role and available full-time.

Your place of work is either at our HQ in Einbeck or at our Berlin-based office.

Your responsibilities:

Strategic Partnership & Decision Support

• Act as a trusted advisor and co-pilot to the local business leadership
• Deliver insightful analysis to support strategic and operational decisions
• Identify and address business needs with a hands-on, solution-oriented mindset

Governance & Compliance

• Implement and uphold corporate policies, standards, and procedures
• Ensure compliance with local legal, tax, and regulatory requirements

Operational and Financial Management

• Prepare monthly liquidity forecasts and assess funding requirements
• Oversee quarterly and year-end closing activities in collaboration with relevant teams
• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting
• Support internal and external audits as well as tax-related inquiries

Performance Planning & Analysis

• Lead local budgeting and forecasting processes
• Provide performance insights and track key indicators
• Support business case development and capital expenditure planning

Your profile:

• University degree in economics/business administration or comparable
• In-depths knowledge in finance and controlling
• Proven track record in finance - controlling in a globally acting industry (agribusiness preferred) and international, corporate environment)
• IT literate in Microsoft, SAP and others
• Proven experience in change management
• Analytical problem-solver with can-do attitude
• Excellent level of customer orientation paired with great communication skills with wide ranges of target audiences
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and align diverse stakeholders
• Keen to work operational and strategically
• Fluent in both German and English (written and spoken)

Our offer:

• As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence - this culture is lived in practice creating thus an open and friendly working atmosphere.​
• True to our motto Make yourself grow, we support employees’ professional and personal development.​
• We offer excellent work equipment (e.g. ergonomic workstations, several monitors, air conditioning, high-end technical equipment, the newest laboratory equipment), a fully-fledged, subsidized canteen and sufficient free parking spaces at the KWS location. ​
• We offer a company pension scheme, capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses, special prices for company shares, childcare allowance and a job bike. ​

If you are looking for a balanced, high-visibility position that combines strategic finance, operational controlling and leadership responsibility — while giving you the opportunity to shape the future — this role offers exactly that.

We look forward to receiving your online application via our application system SuccessFactors! Please use the "Apply" function in the online advertisement.