Merck KGaA Posted August 24, 2026

Senior Strategy Controller (all genders)

Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany FULL_TIME
Senior

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About this opportunity

Your role:

You will be integral part of the Group Controlling Planning & Forecasting team with key responsibility to lead and manage the Group’s Global Annual Top-Down Target Setting as well as Strategic Planning process. You prepare in-depth analysis on all relevant financial steering KPIs for the Group and provide financial decision support to Group Executive Management on a wide scope of functional and strategic matters impacting the achievement of the Group’s financial objectives including but not limited to proposals for value-based resource allocation, underlying risk assessments and scenario modelling.

Your responsibilities:

End-to-end ownership of key financial steering KPIs across the Group's strategic planning and target-setting processes including designing and development of underlying financial model with the aim to deliver consistent, ambitious and reliable plans

Investigating Group/Sector financial results to identify performance gaps, checking progress towards target achievement and recommending gap closing actions

Driving decision making through value-based resource allocation, underlying risk assessments and scenario modelling

Engagement with Function/Business Stakeholders to build insight into key business drivers and tactics to identify opportunities

Manage major group finance projects by ensuring focus on project objectives, driving collaboration across cross-functional team and communicating of conclusions and decisions

Liaises with Function/Business counterparts, capturing best practices and aligning on standard, harmonized global processes

 

Who you are:

You have a degree in Business Administration / Economics or equivalent

You have min. 3-5 years experience in Controlling or related finance departments

You have experience in financial modelling and value-based resource allocation

You have an analytical mindset including high interest in translating data analysis into tangible business recommendations

You embrace digital technologies and AI-driven solutions to enhance forecasting accuracy, scenario modelling and process efficiency.

You have excellent communication capabilities to interact with stakeholders and to create networks across departments

You have strong understanding and application of financial principles, concepts, practices and standards

You are proactive in continuously challenge the status quo to find better ways of working

You are highly motivated, engaged and self-organized

You are confident in interacting with senior leadership

You are fluent in English . Other languages would be an asset (no requirement)

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Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
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Therapeutic area
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Location
Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Employment type
FULL_TIME

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