About us
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.
With sales of around €5.0 billion in the 2024 financial year, the company is one of the world’s leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.
Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.
Symrise – always inspiring more…Your role

As FP&A manager / Data Stewardship (m/f/d) you join our Corporate Center of Excellence and play a key role in transforming Symrise’s global financial reporting and analysis landscape. You’ll work at the intersection of Finance, IT and Data, helping to modernize systems, improve data quality, and drive strategic insights. This is a hands-on role with high visibility and impact across the organization to be located in our Global Headquarter in Holzminden.

• You support the setup and evolution of the global Finance Data Asset within transformation initiatives.
• You ensure consistency and integrity of financial data across ERP systems and the group data warehouse.
• You translate complex reporting needs into actionable tasks for software development teams.
• You coordinate cross-functional resources to meet project goals and timelines.
• You document data flows and logic to support long-term system sustainability.
• You test and validate prototypes in close collaboration with development teams.
• You contribute to the development of analytical data models and modern reporting tools.

• You act as a functional expert for financial data, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and integrity across ERP systems and the group data warehouse.Your role may evolve into a position like data asset owner or digital product manager, contributing to the development of analytical data models for modern reporting tools.

About you

• You hold a degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• You bring 5–7 years of experience in FP&A, financial systems, data analytics, or BI in a multinational environment.
• You have strong skills in Excel, financial reporting tools (e.g., HFM, Power BI), and basic SQL/Python.
• You understand financial statements and key finance concepts.
• You are experienced with ERP and consolidation systems (SAP, HFM, SAP BPC).
• You communicate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• You are proactive, detail-oriented, and thrive in dynamic environments.
• You are fluent in both written and verbal english and ideally have a good command of another major language such as German.

Our offer

• Open and respectful corporate culture with flat hierarchies and the possibility to work on innovative projects in a team-oriented and international work environment
• Flexible work arrangements, associated day-care facilities for children and further offers to support work-life-balance
• Individual training and international career opportunities
• Attractive compensation package and profit sharing, 30 vacation days per year, holiday pay and Christmas bonus for tariff employees
• Company pension scheme, lifetime working time accounts, canteen as well as other social and complementary benefits

• You support the setup and evolution of the global Finance Data Asset within transformation initiatives.
• You ensure consistency and integrity of financial data across ERP systems and the group data warehouse.
• You translate complex reporting needs into actionable tasks for software development teams.
• You coordinate cross-functional resources to meet project goals and timelines.
• You document data flows and logic to support long-term system sustainability.
• You test and validate prototypes in close collaboration with development teams.
• You contribute to the development of analytical data models and modern reporting tools.
• You act as a functional expert for financial data, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and integrity across ERP systems and the group data warehouse.Your role may evolve into a position like data asset owner or digital product manager, contributing to the development of analytical data models for modern reporting tools