Finance
Finance Business Partner
Job Description

Are you a finance professional who thrives on partnering with plant leadership to drive performance and shape strategic decisions in a global manufacturing environment? Then join us in our mission to pioneer smarter solutions for moving and transforming water, reducing energy consumption, and enhancing quality of life for people.

As our new Finance Business Partner, you will be serving as a key member of the Plant Leadership Team, delivering financial transparency, high-quality analysis, and performance management that directly strengthens business decision-making across multiple factories. 

What you will be doing

As a key part of the Plant Finance team, you'll create impact by Driving financial excellence and business partnering that empowers plant leadership to execute ambitious business plans and deliver measurable results.

Your main responsibilities include:

  • Act as a trusted business partner to the Plant Director and leadership team, proactively challenging and supporting the execution of business plans
  • Drive complex financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, target setting, and high-quality monthly reporting across multiple factories
  • Evaluate business cases and investment projects in close cooperation with stakeholders from an end-to-end perspective
  • Deploy and integrate performance management methods into ongoing business dialogues to continuously improve decision-making
  • Own all local Finance matters and collaborate closely with the Global ONE Finance Team on outsourced finance elements
  • Lead ad-hoc analyses and costing projects that directly impact core business performance at Grundfos

What makes you a great fit

Above all, you are a commercially sharp finance professional with strong stakeholder management skills, the resilience to handle peak workloads, and the confidence to constructively challenge senior leaders in a manufacturing setting. We would also imagine that you have:

  • Master's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field paired with 6-8 years of experience in Business Controlling
  • Fluent in English with strong communication and stakeholder influencing skills
  • Hands-on experience with SAP ERP & BW, Power BI, or VBA
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with financial reporting and performance management
  • Proven ability to partner with senior leadership and drive financial decision-making in a complex organization

It is a plus if you also:

  • Experience working in a large manufacturing or industrial environment
  • Familiarity with Copilot or other AI-powered productivity tools

Why you will love working here

We care! Day to day, you can look forward to:

  • A working environment built around your needs, with flexible hours, home working opportunities and parental support.
  • Annual bonuses, health insurance and a strong focus on well-being activities.
  • Three days' additional paid leave for volunteering in your community.
  • Access to on-demand training and learning sessions and carefully structured programmes to pursue personal and professional development opportunities.

We are inclusive! Celebrating and valuing our differences helps us see possibilities where others can't. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all abilities, experiences, and backgrounds.

Are you ready to unlock possibilities at Grundfos? Apply today!

Information at a Glance

Job details

Workplace:  Onsite Position
Job Location:  Changshu, Jiangsu, China
Contract Type:  Full-Time
Employment Type:  Regular

About Grundfos

Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19.000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

An inclusive team

We believe that the key to a work environment, where employees thrive and grow, is our ability to celebrate and value our differences in background, experiences and perspectives. In our recruitment process we welcome all professional people without consideration of age, colour, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, ethnicity or religion.

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