JOB DESCRIPTION
It's more than a job
As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel, means more than we imagine.
As the Head of Corporate IT Controlling, you lead the financial backbone of our global IT organization. You bring strategic insight, challenge assumptions, and enable confident decision‑making at the highest level. Leading a team of 3–4 IT controllers, you shape financial governance, strengthen risk management, and ensure that resources are allocated where they create the greatest value—driving performance, innovation, and long‑term growth across the company.
How you create impact
1. Lead business reviews, monitor performance, and drive actions that enhance profitability, productivity, and risk mitigation.
2. Assess financial viability across locations and implement efficiency, standardization, and cost‑saving initiatives.
3. Coordinate forecasting, target‑setting, and financial planning while providing strong analytical support.
4. Partner with Technology Leadership, CIO, and IT teams to ensure transparent and effective IT financial management.
5. Manage IT budgets (headcount, vendors, licensing, cloud, hardware) and oversee allocation models.
6. Standardize project portfolio management and oversee business cases, investment applications, and project controlling.
7. Support governance processes, due diligence, acquisitions, and IT contract coordination with procurement and legal.
8. Ensure compliance with corporate policies, guidelines, and ICS standards.
9. Communicate financial frameworks effectively while coaching and developing finance teams globally.
What we would like you to bring
10. 7+ years of experience in Finance with strong expertise in Controlling and Accounting, ideally in an IT‑driven environment.
11. Hands‑on experience with enterprise IT systems and a solid understanding of IT processes, interfaces, and dependencies.
12. Proven strength in financial and strategic planning, analysis, project management, and target setting.
13. Demonstrated ability to navigate complex, global organizations and manage cross‑functional stakeholders effectively.
14. Strong understanding of the logistics industry and its operational/financial drivers is a significant plus.
15. Solid knowledge of regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements.
16. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, combined with resilience, strategic agility, accountability, and strong self‑organization.
17. Fluent in English; German proficiency is an advantage.
What's in it for you
At Kuehne+Nagel, you get to grow your expertise, shape processes and deliver innovative solutions. We are continuously building our local and global network and our product portfolio, creating career opportunities in different fields of work worldwide. As a leader in the logistics industry, we provide a collaborative and IT-driven environment where you will work with motivated and customer-centric colleagues across the world. We look forward to receiving your comprehensive online application
Who we are
Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.
As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.
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