Head of IT Finance & Business Services; m​/f​/d

Head of IT Finance & Business Services (m/f/d)

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Developing one of the most efficient heat pumps on the market. And turning the lights on only when needed. Both count. Both are us.

At Vaillant GmbH we are looking for a Head of IT Finance & Business Services.
Location: Remscheid, Germany.

In your role as Head of IT Finance & Business Services, you will shape Vaillant Group’s digital foundation by ensuring that our IT solutions, services and systems enable efficient Record-to-Report and Hire-to-Retire processes worldwide. Together with an international team, you will reduce complexity, create synergies and unlock new possibilities for modern business models.

• Maximizing the value delivered to Finance stakeholders through optimized IT service and IT asset investments while ensuring cost efficiency.
• After analyzing financial and business requirements, identify solutions that align with enterprise strategy and directly enhance Finance operations across processes, applications, data and services.
• Build strong, trust‑based partnerships with global Finance leaders, jointly pursue strategic financial goals and ensure transparency in budgets, risks and priorities.
• Manage and optimize the performance of our Finance‑related IT program and service portfolio, ensuring alignment with changing business priorities.
• Shape and implement our IT operating model to ensure that Finance receives consistent, high‑quality and reliable technology services that support compliance, accuracy and operational excellence.
• Strengthen the organization’s digital maturity by defining future‑oriented roadmaps that improve financial processes, enable data‑driven decision making and support new business opportunities.

• Qualification: You hold a master’s degree in business administration or a comparable academic background.
• Experience: At least ten years of experience in global IT senior management, consulting or strategic planning, and have led large international teams.
• Knowhow and skills: Strong expertise in enterprise solutions such as SAP FI/CO/HR/MM, deep understanding of Record to Report and Hire to Retire processes, and proficiency in frameworks like COBIT, ITIL and Agile.
• Nice to have: Experience in designing or implementing a global IT operating model, including governance and performance management structures.
• Personality: Strategic thinking with hands‑on leadership, inspire teams across cultures, and act with high reliability, clarity and emotional intelligence.
• Language skills: Fluent English and German, comfortable working in an international setting.

• Hybrid Work: Offer on a hybrid basis, with option to temporarily work from a EU country.
• Onboarding: Clearly structured onboarding process, including an Onboarding App, to integrate new employees quickly and targeted.
• Health management: Comprehensive preventive health counseling & measures.
• Individual development: Development programs "GROW, EVOLVE, LEAD and EXCEL" prepare you for the next step in your career.

We take care of a better climate. In every home and our environment. As a successful family business, we have been living up to this claim for over 150 years. We are one of the world's leading providers of heat pumps, digital services and efficient gas heating appliances and offer energy‑saving solutions.

You will find sustainability everywhere at the Vaillant Group. In the office, at the production sites and on the road. Around 16,000 employees from over 70 countries are committed to this every day. As an international team, we take responsibility - for our future and that of our planet. We promote your personal development so that you can act with passion and together we can ensure a better climate.

Become part of the Vaillant Group and help us shape the future of heating!

Svetlina Klose

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