Senior Specialist - Value Creation Initiatives

As a new standalone business, we are adapting our Controlling organization with a strong focus on value creation. At its core sits a dedicated Value & Cost Controlling team whose primary tasks are to measure progress on the company's value-creation initiatives and to increase transparency on their financial impact.

• In this role, you support the design, coordination, and tracking of the company's strategic value creation initiatives, ensuring transparency regarding financial impact, the maturity of measures, and overall progress.
• You consolidate, analyze, and review initiative business cases together with initiative owners, validate baselines and target ambitions, and translate operational measures into their financial impact on the P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet.
• Furthermore, you prepare dashboard-driven management reporting and steering committee materials, providing senior leadership with clear insights into the status, risks, and opportunities of the initiative portfolio.
• You collaborate closely with functions and businesses to ensure alignment between initiative tracking and financial planning and forecasting, including the reconciliation of initiative impacts into budgets and forecasts to avoid double counting.
• In addition, you support ad-hoc analyses and decision papers related to initiative scope, prioritization, and resource allocation.
• Moreover, you contribute to the continuous improvement of tools, methodologies, and governance standards for planning, tracking, and reporting strategic initiatives while acting as a sparring partner to initiative owners across the organization.

• university degree in finance, controlling, business administration, economics, industrial engineering, or a related field
• several years of professional experience in controlling, FP&A, or a comparable finance function in a multinational corporation
• strong controlling background combined with an analytical mindset and a hands-on, pragmatic approach
• proven experience in business case development, KPI tracking, and cross-functional project work; experience in the chemicals industry or business transitions is a plus
• proficiency in SAP, BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, SAC), advanced MS Excel, and affinity for AI-supported solutions and digital transformation
• excellent analytical, conceptual, and communication skills as well as fluent written and spoken English

• We ensure the attractiveness of our salaries through regular benchmarks. Benefits can be customized via bonuses. Company-financed accident and supplementary care insurance as well as an attractive pension plan offer comprehensive coverage.
• At our location in Münster, we have our own "Freizeit" fitness studio with an attached physiotherapy practice, permanently employed company doctors, an "Auszeit" company restaurant including a café bar, a bilingual 'LackiKids' company daycare center, and a "LackiKids on Tour" vacation program.
• We offer 30 days of vacation per year (full-time), additional leisure options, and a 37.5-hour work week.
• Employees aged 57 and over receive 2.5 hours/week of additional free time; for employees working shifts, this entitlement applies from the age of 55.
• We offer a wide range of local and global development and career opportunities for professional and personal development.

In the Coatings division, we offer far more than just paints and coatings. Our approach is to put the needs of our customers at the centre and always think one step ahead. Our motto 'We always go beyond the surface' makes it clear that we are not only focussed on the products themselves, but also on the reasons why we develop them. We are interested in creating innovative solutions that promote future growth and fulfil the requirements of the market. With our extensive knowledge and experience, we work to provide tailored coatings solutions that create real value and build strong partnerships.