Controlling & Business Analyst (m/f/d)

Controlling & Business Analyst (m/f/d)

Hybrid | Hanover or Berlin | Immediate start | Professional Level (3-5 years)

• Location: Hanover or Berlin, hybrid with high home-office allowance.
• Start: immediately.
• Level: Professional with 3-5 years of experience.
• Work model: consulting in client projects, hybrid with selective travel.
• Vacation: 30 days.
• Compensation: attractive target compensation of up to €75,000.

About Novemcore

Novemcore is a specialized consultancy at the intersection of Finance & Controlling, Business Analytics and Transactions.

We help companies and private equity funds in investment contexts to create steering transparency, make decisions data-driven, and measurably increase enterprise value.

Our work ranges from reporting and KPI systems to controlling and FP&A analyses through to data-driven due diligence and value creation assignments. We work project-based, demanding, and with high quality standards - always on behalf of our clients.

The Role

As a Controlling & Business Analyst (m/f/d) you work as a consultant in client projects.

You take ownership of reporting, KPI, and analysis tasks, structure complex questions independently, and translate numbers into decision-relevant insights - analytically sound, cleanly modeled, and convincingly presented.

Your Responsibilities

• Building, developing, and operating reporting and KPI systems for clients: weekly and monthly management reports, performance dashboards, KPI logic and glossaries in Excel and possibly Power BI.
• Data preparation and modeling: consolidating and transforming data from ERP exports, CSVs, SharePoint or databases; clean structuring, Power Query and robust Excel models instead of quick fixes.
• Quality assurance and traceability: plausibility checks, reconciliations, error analyses and transparent documentation of assumptions, definitions and calculation logic.
• Controlling and FP&A analyses for client decisions: plan/actual and forecast analyses, variance explanations, driver analyses, scenarios and decision support.
• Result preparation and storytelling: clear key messages, structured argumentation and management- and investor-ready presentations in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Automation and efficiency improvement: identifying manual repetitive processes and systematically reducing them through templates, Power Query, VBA, Power Automate or pragmatic tool solutions.
• Independent project work in a consulting context: structuring open tasks, prioritization, timely delivery and direct coordination with clients and internal project leads.

Your Profile

Professional Experience

• 3-5 years of relevant professional experience in Business Analytics, Reporting, Controlling or a finance-related analyst role, e.g. industry, consulting, private equity or corporate finance.
• Proven track record in independently taking on demanding tasks and projects in controlling, business analytics and reporting - with clear ownership for quality and deadlines.

Technical Foundation

• Deep understanding of financial processes in companies, corporate data analysis, variance analysis and KPI systems.
• Solid controlling foundation: plan/actual, forecast, cost logic, profitability analysis - applied practically, not just theoretically.

Excel and PowerPoint Expertise

• Very strong Excel skills: complex formulas, pivot tables, structured models, error searching and performance optimization.
• Power Query or comparable: join/append, transformation steps, refresh automation and error handling.
• Solid understanding of data structures, keys, granularity, time dimensions, aggregations and clean documentation.
• Ability to create professional PowerPoint presentations for clients.

Working Style

• Independent and structured: you tackle complex tasks independently, break them down into clear steps and work reliably.
• High quality standards and ownership mindset - you want your work to have direct impact and be trusted by stakeholders.
• Ability to prepare results clearly and concisely: understandable key messages, clearly explained drivers, clearly communicated impact.

Differentiators

• Power BI or Tableau experience for later scaling towards self-service BI.
• Basic SQL for independent data retrieval from databases.
• VBA, Office Scripts or Power Automate for pragmatic automation.
• Experience with KPI governance, definitions, lineage, versioning and single source of truth.
• Experience in scale-ups, private equity or fast-growing companies.
• German: negotiation-level (C2). English: fluent (minimum C1).

What Awaits You

• Skill-building in controlling concepts, forecast methods, KPI systems and business analytics.
• Rapid professional deepening with prospects toward project leadership or specialist specialization after 1-2 years.
• Mentoring and exposure: you learn how professional client engagements are structured and receive regular, honest feedback.
• Diverse projects: reporting automation, forecast modeling and BI transformation projects instead of routine rollouts.

The Package

Compensation

• Well-above-average target compensation: €65,000-75,000 gross p.a. upon target achievement.
• Very attractive base salary: €55,000-60,000 gross p.a.
• Bonus compensation of 15-20% of fixed salary, transparently measured by KPI achievement.

Work & Life

• Hybrid workplace: 1-3 days per week on-site at client or office, rest remote. Fully remote is possible if needed.
• 30 days vacation.

Development & Benefits

• Training budget with real support for courses, certifications and conferences in controlling, FP&A, business intelligence and analytics.
• Modern equipment: modern laptop and access to all tools we use in project work.

The Application Process

• Stage 1: virtual introduction plus short case study, approx. 90 minutes.
• Stage 2: longer case study / work sample on-site in Hanover, approx. 4 hours.
• Total process: 2-3 weeks.

Your Match? You Should Bring

• Real Excel experience you can demonstrate in the assessment.
• Responsibility for recurring reporting or critical data tasks including quality and deadline pressure.
• Enjoyment of structured, clean work and openness to automation and innovation.
• Motivation to take responsibility in a young, growing company and actively shape processes.

Exclusion Criteria

• Excel experience limited to basic pivots and VLOOKUP; Power Query unknown.
• No experience with recurring reporting or closing routines.
• Data quality and clean documentation are secondary.
• Interest lies primarily in presentation and stakeholder management, not analytical work.

Sounds Exciting?

Then we look forward to your application.

• CV, max. 2 pages.
• Cover letter, max. 1 page - personal and concise.
• References, work samples and certificates.

Applications by email to career@novemcore.com.