IT Controller

What You Can Expect :

• Act as the Overland Controlling partner for our Overland Transport IT organization, working closely with IT management, operational stakeholders, and international country organizations.
• Take responsibility for the monthly monitoring of IT cost centers, including planning, forecasting, actual reporting, variance analysis, and the follow-up of appropriate actions with budget owners.
• Support the development and maintenance of a transparent controlling structure for IT costs, covering areas such as personnel, licences, development, consulting, projects, and other IT-related expenditures.
• Monitor IT project budgets, business cases, planned savings, and relevant productivity KPIs, providing management with a reliable basis for decision-making.
• Help ensure that IT purchases are properly approved, assigned, and recorded, while maintaining transparency over key suppliers, contracts, and cost responsibilities.
• Prepare meaningful reports, analyses, and decision papers for IT management and the Overland Controlling team, while providing financial support in regular steering and review meetings.
• Collaborate with country organizations to increase transparency regarding IT costs.
• As the IT organization develops, help establish service and product costing for IT solutions and contribute to the design of sustainable pricing and charging models.
• Contribute to the further development of the financial steering model for an internal IT service organization, including cost recovery, unit-cost analysis, resource utilization, and management reporting.
• Continuously improve controlling standards, reporting processes, and analytical tools in close cooperation with the Overland Controlling team and the IT organization. What You Bring:
• A degree in Finance, Controlling, Business Administration or Informatics, or a comparable discipline. - 3+ years of professional experience in controlling, FP&A, or a comparable finance role. Experience in IT controlling, shared services, service organisations, or logistics is an advantage.
• Sound knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost-centre accounting.
• Ideally, experience in project controlling, business cases, service or product costing, or the financial management of IT expenditure.
• A solid understanding of financial accounting, financial statements, and capitalisation principles.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear, practical recommendations. Advanc - ed Excel skills; experience with SAP and Power BI or comparable business-intelligence solutions is desirable.
• The confidence to work with both finance and non-finance stakeholders and to explain financial matters clearly to IT specialists, managers, and international colleagues.
• A structured, independent, and hands-on approach, combined with consistency and strong attention to detail.
• A collaborative mindset and business-fluent English; German or another European language is an additional advantage.