# Finance Excellence Manager (m/f/d)

## About the Role

Symrise is seeking a Finance Excellence Manager to establish robust financial governance across its One Digital IT Department. Reporting to the Head of IT Strategy and Operational Excellence, the role will help ensure that IT investments are aligned with business value.

You will advise the CDIO and IT Leadership Team on IT costs, value, risks, and financial performance. The position will work closely with leaders across Applications, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Digital Workplace, and regional IT teams.

This full-time role is based at Symrise’s global headquarters in Holzminden, Germany, or in Barcelona, Spain.

## Key Responsibilities

– Build and embed an IT financial excellence framework covering budgeting, forecasting, planning, and reporting.
– Develop multi-year IT financial plans aligned with digital transformation and enterprise strategy.
– Establish IT cost transparency and unit-cost models, such as cost per user, application, or service.
– Lead monthly financial performance reviews with the IT Leadership Team, including analysis of variances, cost drivers, risks, and optimization opportunities.
– Develop financial dashboards and KPIs covering run, grow, and transform spending; project ROI; and investment lifecycle tracking.
– Track internal and external personnel spend in collaboration with HR.
– Baseline and monitor One Digital transformation against its business case in partnership with the Transformation Office.
– Coordinate with Corporate Finance to align corporate accounting and IT operational finance.
– Advise the CDIO, Head of IT Strategy and Operational Excellence, and other senior stakeholders on IT financial performance.
– Lead IT Finance input into annual planning, MRP, and quarterly forecasting cycles.
– Participate in governance forums such as the IT Investment Board (DAT) and Transformation Steering Committee, where required.
– Identify and implement cost optimization opportunities, including demand rationalization, contract restructuring, and consumption rightsizing.
– Coach IT Leadership Team members on financial accountability, vendor strategy, and commercial awareness.
– Introduce training and tools that improve financial literacy across IT teams.
– Promote transparency, value-for-money, and continuous financial improvement.

## Required Skills

– Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, IT Management, or a related field.
– At least five years of experience in IT financial management within large or global companies.
– Proven ability to manage and optimize multi-million-euro IT operations.
– Demonstrated experience building financial frameworks.
– Strong negotiation skills, commercial acumen, and stakeholder management capabilities.
– Familiarity with IT governance and financial management tools.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Financial, Reporting & IT Management Tools

– SAP
– Power BI
– Apptio
– ServiceNow

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Establish IT cost transparency and unit-cost modelling.
– Support budgeting, forecasting, multi-year planning, and financial reporting.
– Track financial performance, variances, cost drivers, risks, and optimization levers.
– Develop KPIs for IT spending, project ROI, and investment lifecycle tracking.
– Identify cost optimization opportunities through demand rationalization, contract restructuring, and consumption rightsizing.
– Support financial accountability across IT leadership and delivery teams.

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to shape financial governance across a global IT organization and advise senior technology leadership. You will work across multiple IT functions while contributing to transformation planning, investment governance, and cost optimization. The position combines strategic planning, financial analysis, stakeholder partnership, and team-wide capability building.