Senior Group Controller

Important: To ensure a smooth review process, please submit all application documents (CV, cover letter) in English only. 
  

As a Function Cost & Group Controller within the Group Controlling team at Zühlke, you will act as a trusted business partner to our Global Function Heads while also helping shape how Zühlke steers capacity, commercial performance, and profitable growth. Combining cost controlling with forward-looking business steering, you will provide actionable insights that support better decision-making across functions, practices, market units, and regions.

How you’ll spend your time 

• Own monthly cost controlling for Global Functions, including variance analysis, trend insights, and management-ready reporting. 

• Act as a business partner to Global Function Heads, supporting financial performance reviews, planning and forecasting. 

• Drive transparency on capacity, utilisation, and bench development across Practices and Industries. 

• Analyze bench exposure, bench cost, and lost revenue potential, translating findings into actionable recommendations. 

• Connect sales pipeline, delivery capacity, and workforce planning to support forward-looking business steering and revenue forecasting. 

• Provide insights into commercial performance, including pricing development, rate realization, and key revenue drivers. 

• Contribute to Group Controlling excellence through KPI development, management reporting, process automation, and AI-enabled analytics.

What’s important to us 

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Controlling, or a related field. 

• Professional experience in Controlling or FP&A, ideally within an international or professional services environment. 

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to structure complex topics, identify key drivers, and translate numbers into clear business messages 

• Good understanding of cost controlling, planning, forecasting, and monthly closing processes 

• Confident stakeholder management with the ability to communicate clearly and constructively with senior function leaders  

• Affinity for digitalization and AI including curiosity to use modern tools to improve financial analysis and reporting  

• Excellent analytical skills and assertive communication abilities in English (German proficiency is a plus) 

What we offer  

• Work life blend: we offer a safe & healthy workplace, with flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home  

• Profit share scheme: In addition to your annual salary, you may receive a profit share defined by the company’s success in the previous year   

• Global and Diverse Zühlke community: witness how colleagues from all our 16 offices across the globe come together to create a unique, positive and inclusive work culture, learning from one another at annual team camps, and celebrating year-end parties and other local festivities.  

• Committed to development: we are committed to the growth of our people and are investing in your development. We’re empowering you to build the skills you need to make a positive impact, both personally and for our clients, today and in the future.  

How to Apply 

• Please note: Applications must be submitted in English.