Head of Controlling EMEA

About Franke

We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.

The Franke Foodservice Systems division is a world-leading supplier of kitchen facilities, equipment and supplies solutions. As a full system manufacturer, distributor and program management partner, we supply global chains in the quick-service restaurant, convenience store and supermarket segments, helping to manage unit growth and upgrade their facilities.

About the job

The Head of Controlling & FP&A EMEA is responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously improving a robust, transparent, and business-oriented controlling framework across the organization. This role combines strategic financial planning with a highly hands-on approach to building processes, systems, reporting structures, and performance management capabilities.

This is a highly visible and impactful leadership role within a growing international business. As a trusted business partner to the President EMEA, the Global CFO, and the senior leadership team, you will help shape business decisions through fast, reliable, and actionable financial insights.

A key focus of the role is to simplify complexity across systems, processes, and reporting landscapes, creating a scalable and best-in-class controlling environment that supports growth, improves transparency, and enables data-driven decision-making across the region.

We are looking for an innovative finance leader with strong business acumen who challenges the status quo and thinks beyond traditional finance boundaries.

Your tasks

• Controlling & Business Performance Management
• Design, establish, and continuously improve a robust controlling framework that supports strategic and operational decision-making.
• Build and standardize management reporting, KPI structures, and performance management processes across the organization.
• Develop transparent profitability analysis by product, customer, business unit, channel, and region.
• Ensure strong financial governance, cost control, and accountability across the business.
• Drive the implementation and optimization of controlling tools, reporting systems, data models, and planning solutions.
• Partner with IT and business functions to improve data quality, reporting capabilities, and system utilization.
• Lead the automation and digitalization of reporting, forecasting, and planning processes.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations for management.
• Establish scalable best-practice financial processes, controls, reporting standards, and data governance to support future growth and increased business complexity.
• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Lead the annual budgeting process, strategic planning, and long-term financial modeling.
• Own monthly forecasting processes and drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy.
• Develop scenario modeling and sensitivity analyses to support strategic decisions.
• Provide actionable insights into revenue growth, margin development, costs, cash flow, and working capital performance.
• Support investment evaluations, business cases, pricing decisions, and strategic initiatives.
• Business Partnering
• Act as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team and operational management.
• Challenge assumptions and provide fact-based recommendations to improve business performance.
• Partner with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and IT leaders to drive financial accountability and operational excellence.
• Support growth initiatives, transformation programs, and continuous improvement projects through financial analysis and performance monitoring.
• Reporting & Team Leadership
• Lead monthly closing reviews from a controlling perspective and ensure timely and high-quality management reporting.
• Analyze variances against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
• Present financial results, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to senior management.
• Build and develop a high-performing Controlling & FP&A team.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, and business orientation.
  
  

Requirements

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in Controlling, FP&A, or Finance leadership roles.
• Proven track record of establishing and improving controlling systems, reporting structures, and performance management frameworks.
• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or similarly complex business environment.
• Strong international business experience in a multinational organization.
• Demonstrated success driving reporting standardization, planning excellence, automation, and financial transformation initiatives.
• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and financial analysis.
• Experienced with ERP systems, Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar), and reporting automation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Hands-on, execution-oriented, and comfortable moving between strategic discussions and operational detail.
• Strong commercial mindset with excellent business acumen.
• Fluent in English; German is a strong advantage.

What we offer you

Why Join Us?

This is far more than a traditional finance leadership role.

1. You will join a growing business at an exciting stage of its journey, with the opportunity to shape how financial performance is measured, managed, and communicated across EMEA.
2. You will have direct exposure to senior leadership, including the President EMEA and Global CFO, and play a critical role in driving transparency, profitability, and business performance.
3. This role offers the unique opportunity to build, simplify, and transform. You will tackle complex systems and reporting environments, create clarity where complexity exists, and establish a finance function that enables faster and better decision-making across the organization.
4. If you thrive in dynamic environments, enjoy building from the ground up, and are energized by solving complex business challenges with pragmatic and innovative solutions, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Contact details

Nadja Günthard, Global Head of Recruiting & Talent