Finance Business Partner - Commercial

about 3 years ago
Full time role
Munich, BY, DE... more
Munich, BY, DE... more

Company

Lilium develops a revolutionary on-demand air mobility service, enabling a world where anyone can fly anywhere and anytime. The company ...

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Job Description

A career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of engineering, technology and customer experience.

As part of a team you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. By joining Lilium you will have the opportunity to work with a world-class entrepreneurial team of more than 600 people who are as passionate about emissions-free transportation as you are.

We thrive on diversity and creating an inclusive culture, with more than 50 nationalities currently working hard to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life. 

Your role and your team:

You will work closely with the Lilium Commercial leadership team on all finance related topics on a day-to-day basis while reporting directly to the Head of Finance. Your key deliverables for the role will include implementing process optimisation projects, budget controlling, KPI development and assisting the leadership in all key financial decisions (e.g. providing recommendations on complex commercial contract negotiations).

You will draw on exceptional stakeholder management skills as well as deep knowledge of financial fundamentals to problem solve, identify areas of risk and partner with management on all finance related topics. This experience will help you to balance the business requirements with the finance capabilities and be instrumental in developing the controlling landscape to continuously add value to our organisation.

As an early joiner in the Controlling team, you will have an exceptional opportunity to shape the controlling landscape and commercial interfaces between highly specialised division operations and broader financial objectives.

 

Your Day to Day:

  • Develop strong relationships across the business to become a trusted financial advisor, partnering with key stakeholders to provide finance support facilitating achievement of the overall business objectives
  • Support the business to ensure the creation of accurate, realistic and achievable budgets within issued guidelines, take ownership of budget monitoring and communications and maintain forward looking forecasts to identify risks, opportunities and dependencies
  • Financially evaluate business activities, modelling scenarios and testing business case assumptions to ensure accuracy and completeness
  • Provide insightful commentary on monthly management reporting to enable a clear view of business performance
  • Problem solve finance related queries in the business setting and be a leader and conduit in change management
  • Grow the professionalisation of our finance processes and reporting solutions, while maintaining an agile and flexible start-up culture
  • Work with colleagues and management to develop decision making principles based on sound economic fundamentals and viable solutions 

 

Your Profile:

  • Around 10 years of related experience with a proven track record supporting commercial teams on cost modelling and negotiations for complex contract bids worth USD 5 million plus
  • Airline industry experience is a must
  • MRO industry experience is a plus
  • Sound commercial orientation with a proven track record advising on legal/finance structure topics
  • Ability to independently develop and test complex financial models, business plans and complete scenario analyses
  • Hands on mentality with exceptional numerical and analytical skills
  • Business fluent English language is essential, German or any other language would be beneficial
  • Strong academic background in finance and/or business is a strong plus

 

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Life at Lilium:

You are joining us as we are building our global footprint. While the current COVID-19 restrictions mean that many of us are working remotely we are still making the most out of this time. Meet fellow colleagues via our culture sessions and free weekly yoga classes, or improve your German or English with our free language courses.

 

Lilium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.  

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