KWS Group

Data Analyst (m/f/d) - Order-to-Cash

KWS Group  •  Berlin, DE (Onsite)  •  9 hours ago
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Job Description

Make data matter—on a global scale.


At KWS Berlin GmbH we are looking for a Data Analyst (m/f/d) – Order-to-Cash to drive smarter decisions across our international order-to-cash landscape.

This is afull-time, permanent position based in Berlin.

Your responsibilities:

  • Identify and evaluate analytical opportunities and translate business requirements into robust analytical concepts and reports
  • Design, build, and maintain a comprehensive reporting and analytics landscape within order-to-cash, focusing on areas such as credit and default risk, accounts receivable, overdue items, DSO, cash flow optimization, and risk KPIs
  • Operate, enhance, and govern data pipelines across credit management, accounts receivable, autobank, and customer master data, ensuring compliance with central master data and governance standards
  • Perform descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analyses to identify value drivers (e.g., payment terms, credit risk, pricing/volume trends, cash realization)
  • Closely collaborate with Process Excellence, Service & Performance Management, and Digital Solutions to maintain data catalogs, ensure a “single source of truth,” and continuously enhance analytics platforms
  • Support process mining and advanced analytics use cases (e.g., Celonis) to identify inefficiencies and optimization potential
  • Take ownership of the stability, scalability, and governance of the order-to-cash analytics landscape
  • Promote the adoption of analytical solutions and actively drive change management within the order-to-cash organization
  • Further develop analytical capabilities across the order-to-cash domain

Your tasks:

  • Create and maintain regular order-to-cash reports and dashboards (e.g., aging analysis, DSO, collections, credit exposure, risk KPIs, dispute and cash allocation KPIs)
  • Steer, validate, and ensure quality of analytics solutions in line with governance and reporting standards
  • Conduct ad-hoc analyses and present actionable insights to management and business stakeholders
  • Develop and maintain customer and performance scorecards to support strategic and operational decision-making
  • Implement anomaly detection (e.g., for invoices, incoming payments, master data changes) to reduce risk and improve compliance
  • Analyze regional and customer-specific performance deviations and identify root causes of overdue receivables
  • Prepare data for senior management meetings, business reviews, and presentations
  • Support training and enablement initiatives for analytics tools and dashboards

Your profile:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, (Business) Informatics, or a comparable field; alternatively, a relevant commercial or IT-related vocational qualification
  • Several years of experience in a finance environment combined with business intelligence, analytics, or data-driven decision support
  • Strong understanding of Order-to-Cash processes and experience with ERP systems and analytics solutions (e.g., Power BI, SAP SAC, SAP Datasphere, Celonis)

Technical & professional skills:

  • Strong expertise in BI and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, SAP SAC, Datasphere, or similar)
  • Experience with process mining tools is a plus
  • Advanced SQL skills; Python or R is an advantage
  • Good understanding of order-to-cash data structures (customers, orders, credit management, invoicing, incoming payments, cash allocation, receivables management)
  • Strong analytical, structured, and quality-focused working style with high attention to detail
  • High level of initiative, self-organization, and interest in continuous improvement
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken); German is a plus

Core competencies:

  • Analytical thinking
  • Stakeholder orientation
  • Data storytelling
  • Quality awareness
  • Confidentiality, teamwork, and collaboration skills

Benefits:

  • International team with diverse and cross-functional experience
  • Interesting and challenging tasks and projects
  • As a family business, we live values such as closeness, reliability, vision, and independence—creating an open and friendly working environment from day one
  • The best of both worlds: KWS Berlin combines the stability of a large company with the spirit of a start-up
  • Modern office in the heart of Berlin-Schöneberg, directly opposite Bülowstraße underground station, with secure car and bicycle parking
  • 30 days of vacation, flexible working hours, holiday and Christmas bonuses, company pension scheme, JobRad and/or Jobticket
  • In line with our motto “Make yourself grow,” we actively support professional and personal development

Interested?

Please apply via our online application system SuccessFactors by clicking the “Apply” button.

KWS Group

About KWS Group

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. With the tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for more than 165 years. We focus on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, rapeseed, sunflowers and vegetables. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods. Ca.5,000 employees represent KWS in more than 70 countries.

At KWS we work in an international environment with motivated employees and experienced teams. We want you to contribute your know-how and knowledge, your creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. We will provide you with continuous support for further professional and personal development.

This is how we think and act at KWS. If you share this viewpoint and want to seed the future with us, visit us on: www.kws.com/career.

Industry
Agriculture & Forestry
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Einbeck, DE
Year Founded
1856
Website
kws.com
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