Finance Business Partner Sales & Reporting (m / f / d)
At a glance
Mid-level Channel & Partnerships role at Takkt. Stuttgart · full-time.
Pay not stated
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What you'll do
- Explain regional sales results, commercial drivers, and Order Intake trends to management
- Compare performance with budget, forecast, and prior year across Industrial & Packaging regions
- Build topline simulations and examine sales components to find improvement drivers
- Run reporting governance, standardization, data quality, and usability improvements
- Coordinate sales projects, receivables, DSO cash topics, and region-specific finance support
What you bring
- A university degree in finance, business administration, economics, or a related subject
- At least two years in finance, controlling, or business partnering, ideally supporting sales
- Experience creating and improving standardized, automated reporting solutions
- Strong Excel capability, comfort with BI tools such as Power BI, and understanding of ERP data
- Fluent English plus the ability to turn complex analysis into clear management actions
Who this fits
This role suits a mid-level finance professional who can connect commercial performance data with decisions for Sales and senior management. You’ll work across regions with Sales, Finance Business Partners, data owners, and local finance teams. The position is based in Stuttgart and uses a hybrid model requiring sixty percent office presence. German is helpful but not required.
From the employer
We shape the future of work – shape it with us!
We are TAKKT – an international, listed company with strong brands such as kaiserkraft, ratioform, BIGDUG, FRANKEL, Gerdmans and Runelandhs. As a leading provider in B2B omnichannel commerce, we create powerful and sustainable solutions that make working life easier and better.
Join TAKKT Group – we are looking for motivated employees to strengthen our team as a Finance Business Partner Sales & Reporting to shape new worlds of work!.
Role Overview
The Finance Business Partner Sales & Reporting acts as a key financial counterpart to the commercial organization, ensuring transparency and clarity across all topline–related topics. The role focuses on providing consistent, high-quality analysis of sales performance across all regions of the Industrial & Packaging Division, including comparisons against budget (BUD), forecast (FCT) and prior year (PY), while translating complex developments into clear, actionable insights for management.
In parallel, the position focuses on building a standardized and increasingly automated reporting landscape, strengthening data quality and governance around key commercial KPIs such as Order Intake and Orders in Hand. By closely working with Sales, Regional Finance Business Partners and data owners, the role bridges business understanding with analytical expertise to identify performance drivers and support data-driven decision-making across regions.
Key Responsibilities
Provide transparency on sales performance and key commercial drivers (e.g. on channels, customer segmentations, …)
Translates sales developments into clear management insights, e.g. for the regular weekly steering meetings
Analyze development and identify drivers of Order Intake, Sales and its conversion by region / entity
Creation of Topline Simulations
Provide Analysis on Sales components, finding drivers of improvement
Coordinate Receivables / DSO Cash Topics
Act as project controller for relevant Sales Projects
Develop & maintain standardized reporting to be used by Senior Management, Regional Directors, Finance Business Partners
Own reporting governance and standardization across the team
Act as link to data for relevant KPIs and Reports = as well addressing issues and challenges
Improve reporting quality, transparency, and usability
Act as functional counterpart to dedicated regions within the I&P Division
Understand regional developments, be able to answer drivers of performance and closely work with the local (finance) team
Take over specifically aligned tasks in region, based on regional needs
Required Qualifications
University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field
Several years (2+) of experience in Finance, Controlling or Business Partnering, ideally with exposure to sales or commercial topics
Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex data into clear and actionable business insights
Good understanding of commercial drivers (e.g. pricing, discounts, customer behavior, order intake) and P&L mechanics
Proven experience in reporting, including building and improving standardized and automated reporting solutions
High affinity for data; confident working with BI tools (preferable Power BI); advanced skills in Excel, understanding of ERP functionality and its impact on data used for commercial analysis
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to partner effectively with Sales and senior management
Structured and proactive way of working, with a focus on quality, standardization and continuous improvement
Open and flexible mindset combined with strong team collaboration skills
Fluency in English; German is a plus
Benefits:
Competitive salary and benefits package.
Flexible working hours with a hybrid model require 60% office presence
Modern office location with ergonomic workspaces, and a collaborative atmosphere
Career & development: Access to a strong network, individual training opportunities.
Support & responsibility: Family services for every life situation, plus active promotion of sustainability and social engagement.
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