CO Processes & Business Analyst G&F Controlling; m​/f​/d

CO Processes & Business Analyst G&F Controlling (m/f/d)

City:
Various Locations

Department:
Corporate Functions

Job

Professional | Permanent | Full-/ Part-time | Hybrid

Our Corporate Functions teams make sure everything at Grünenthal runs smoothly by bringing together people with a wide range of skills – from experts in finance, IT, HR, law and compliance through to business strategists and creative media minds. If you’re a great collaborator and a strong communicator, you’ll feel right at home here. Join our team and join forces with colleagues across our business to maximise our company’s positive impact on patients and their families.

• Act as a guardian by defining Controlling governance standards, ensuring compliance and refining CO processes for the future.
• Drive financial process excellence by managing robust governance frameworks that ensure transparency and strategic alignment.
• Elevate cross-functional impact by promoting collaboration and fostering best practice adoption across finance teams, ensuring consistent direction and synergy.
• Strengthen financial integrity by ensuring full compliance with controlling standards, local accounting rules, tax regulations, and corporate governance policies.
• Enable strategic decision-making by consolidating planning inputs, forecasts, and steering data for operational alignment.
• Act as the primary interface to OCE, translating strategic objectives into actionable insights and ensuring seamless integration of business requirements.

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field; advanced certifications (e.g., CIMA, ACCA) are a plus.
• 3–5 years of progressive experience in controlling, financial analysis, or business partnering (commercial or pharma exposure is a plus).
• Hands‑on expertise with forecasting, performance tracking, and building reliable views quickly.
• Comfortable with data tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Alteryx, and eager to learn new platforms.
• Strong governance mindset, able to define standards, anticipate risks, and maintain compliance without creating friction.
• Excellent communicator who partners confidently across functions and with senior stakeholders.

Jörn Jainta , the Hiring Manager

Grünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. As a science‑based, privately‑owned pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state‑of‑the‑art technologies to patients worldwide. Our purpose is to change lives for the better – and innovation is our passion. We are focussing all of our activities and efforts on working towards our vision of a world free of pain.

Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 28 countries across Europe, Latin America and the US. Our products are available in more than 100 countries. In 2024, Grünenthal employed around 4,300 people and achieved sales of € 1.8 billion.