The posting
Job description
mobile.de is Germany’s largest vehicle marketplace, with more than 1.6 million listed cars. Both private customers and registered vehicle dealers use the platform. Founded in 1996, the company is a subsidiary of Adevinta, a global leader in online classified portals. Based in Berlin-Charlottenburg, we offer a dynamic environment where growth, learning, and collaboration come together.
About the role Are you equally at home building financial infrastructure and acting as a trusted strategic partner to business leadership? Do you thrive in environments where you need to be both the architect and the co-pilot? We're seeking an experienced Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Generalist (d/f/m) to take end-to-end finance ownership. This is a unique, standalone role: you will be the dedicated Finance function for a separate business entity. In this high-impact role, you will build the financial infrastructure of the subsidiary from the ground up, while simultaneously acting as the strategic finance partner to its leadership team. You'll operate with a high degree of autonomy, connecting the subsidiary's financial reality to mobile.de's broader reporting and governance standards. What you’ll bring
- 8–10+ years of relevant FP&A / finance experience, with a proven track record that spans both hands-on process ownership and senior stakeholder partnering in complex environments.
- Proven ability to wear multiple hats: you're equally comfortable designing financial processes from scratch and walking a business leader through scenario trade-offs.
- Deep expertise in financial process design and financial statement reporting (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow), combined with strong business case development and scenario modeling skills.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills — you can operate with "high challenge & high support" and build trusted partnerships with senior leaders while also executing independently.
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity and autonomy in a build-phase environment — you can structure, prioritize, and deliver without a fully established framework around you.
- Experience with financial systems (SAP for HANA), BI tools (Looker, Tableau, etc.), and advanced Excel / Google Sheets.
- Team player with a collaborative mindset — effective across business stakeholders, Central FP&A, Accounting, and senior leadership.
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
- Fluent in spoken and written English; German is a plus.
What you’ll do Finance Business Partnering
- Be the strategic finance partner for the subsidiary's leadership: bring financial insight, influence key decisions, and ensure full understanding of financial implications — beyond descriptive P&L reporting.
- Drive performance management & business steering: own the forecasting cadence for the subsidiary, proactively identify risks and opportunities, and co-create steering measures with the business.
- Explain value drivers and enable action: translate month-end variances into the "why" behind performance and recommend concrete actions to close gaps or accelerate growth.
- Build scenarios and evaluate initiatives: develop scenario models and business cases for commercial initiatives — grounded in assumptions, sensitivities, and ROI thinking.
- Align narrative and ensure consistency: ensure the subsidiary's financial story is consistent and decision-ready for management discussions, aligning drivers, actions, and outlook.
Core FP&A & Financial Infrastructure
- Build and own core financial processes: design, implement, and continuously improve robust processes for month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting for the subsidiary.
- Consolidate and report: deliver management summaries and ensure the subsidiary's financial results are accurately consolidated and reported into mobile.de's central reporting framework.
- Own overhead and headcount planning: take full responsibility for planning, forecasting, and analysis of overhead costs and headcount for the subsidiary, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Process improvement and automation: identify opportunities to streamline and enhance financial processes and tools, setting the subsidiary up with a scalable finance foundation.
- Bridge to Central FP&A: serve as the primary interface between the subsidiary and mobile.de's Central FP&A team — feeding operational realities into group forecasts, ensuring consistency of standards, and leveraging central tools and frameworks where applicable.
Job benefits
Working at mobile.de comes with its perks! Enjoy the following benefits (some of many):
- Rewards: competitive base salary and participation in the company’s incentive programs.
- Plan for the Future: On top of the statutory retirement insurance, we offer a competitive company pension scheme.
- Team-Building: Regular team and company events offer the opportunity to network and learn from each other.
- Learning & Development: Keep growing with access to coaching, learning platforms and resources.
- Mobility: Stay mobile with a monthly transportation allowance.
- Enjoy working: Our well‑equipped office supports focused work and teamwork - plus inviting social zones where colleagues can relax and connect
- Flexible working: a hybrid approach with the option to work abroad for a set number of days per year.
- Wellbeing: confidential employee assistance and support services available to employees and their immediate families.
- Family support: enhanced parental leave and family‑friendly policies to support all parents and careers.
Meaningful Work : We are a diverse, international, highly skilled and passionate team committed to a world where people share more and waste less. Every day you will have the opportunity to make a huge difference for our users, customers as well as shape the future.
Embracing AI : We're at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge AI technologies into our operations. Being part of mobile.de you will work with and learn about AI tools, contributing to projects that leverage AI to enhance efficiency, improve customer experiences, and drive our mission forward. With an AI-first mindset, we foster a culture of continuous learning and experimentation, empowering our team to explore and apply AI in meaningful ways for the company and themselves.
Growth and Development : We are a global organisation who truly believes in growing our people. To support this we offer lots of development and training opportunities and provide a budget for our team members.
Connection and Inclusion : Our culture is the glue that holds us together. We believe in making meaningful connections and creating an inclusive atmosphere with lots of opportunities to connect both in your day to day work and through social team activities (online and offline).
mobile.de is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
