Financial Analyst (m/w/d) Private Equity / FP&A
ELOVADE Deutschland
About the role
About ELOVADE Deutschland GmbH
ELOVADE Deutschland GmbH is a leading Value-Added Distributor for IT infrastructure and security software in Europe. Since 1995, we have been supporting IT professionals with first-class software. Our headquarters are located in Wetzlar, near Frankfurt am Main.
Our success is based on excellence in everything we do and numerous awards. With around 200 dedicated employees in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, and Great Britain, we deliver top performance for our MSP and system house customers day after day. Together, in strong teams, we shape the future of IT with passion and innovation.
Financial Analyst (m/f/d) – Private Equity / FP&A
What We're Looking For
Experience & Background
- 3-5 years of professional experience in FP&A, Controlling, Finance, Business Analysis, or comparable
- Experience in an operational, commercial environment, e.g., IT, Services, SaaS, Scale-up, or Mittelstand
Technical Skills
- You have completed a degree in Business Administration, Finance, Controlling, or a comparable qualification.
- You have three to five years of experience in an analytical role, for example in controlling, corporate finance, or as an analyst.
- You have worked in a corporate environment and are familiar with structured reporting lines, clear governance, and confidently meet high demands for reliability.
- Ideally, you also have experience in a private equity environment or in a PE-led company and understand what is important for performance and management.
- You work confidently with financial figures, build models, and quickly identify where action is needed.
- You have excellent German and good English language skills.
Personality & Work Style
- You work confidently with financial figures, build models, and quickly identify where action is needed.
- You proceed in a structured manner, set clear priorities, and maintain control even with parallel topics.
- You work independently, ask the right questions, and pursue topics until they are resolved.
- You have a good sense for interrelationships, can reduce complexity, and communicate content clearly.
- You handle data confidently, build robust analyses, and use Excel and BI tools to make interrelationships visible and manageable.
What Awaits You
You move confidently between depth and the big picture, recognizing which key figures are truly relevant for management. In a private equity-driven environment, you work closely with management and relevant stakeholders, providing reliable decision-making bases.
This is not just about numbers, but about understanding the underlying business logic. You will analyze revenue and margin developments, cost structures, and operational drivers, among other things, and derive concrete fields of action from them.
Your Responsibilities
- You analyze financial figures, business development, and operational performance with a clear focus on deviations, trends, and fields of action in our German company and also in our European companies.
- You evaluate revenue, cost, and margin structures and actively question the underlying drivers.
- You create reports, forecasts, and ad-hoc analyses that are quickly understandable and directly usable.
- You support budget planning and financial planning, ensuring that figures are consistent, understandable, and reliable.
- You prepare decision-making bases for management and investors in a way that provides orientation and accelerates decisions.
- You further develop reporting structures and KPI systems and create transparency over the essential control figures.
- You work on strategic issues related to growth, scaling, and efficiency improvement.
- You improve data structures and quality and confidently use modern BI and AI tools to make analyses more efficient and meaningful.
- You coordinate closely with internal departments and external stakeholders and ensure that topics are followed up on bindingly.
Why Elovade
- Direct Influence on Decisions: Become part of a team that uses data and analyses to make informed, fact-based decisions that have a visible impact on the company.
- Close Collaboration with Executives: You will be closely involved in decision-making processes and have the opportunity to contribute your expertise and perspectives.
- Strategically Relevant Topics: Work on projects that are of strategic importance to the company and have a direct impact on success.
- Efficient Processes and High Agility: Our work environment is characterized by clear structures, short decision-making paths, and high quality and speed.
- Flexible Work Arrangements: We offer agile working and a dynamic, innovative environment.
- Career Development: You have the opportunity to deepen your expertise and advance your career through challenging tasks and participation in strategic decisions.
We Look Forward to Hearing From You
Does the job profile fit you? Then apply to us today. #gerneperdu
Requirements
- Du hast ein Studium im Bereich Betriebswirtschaft, Finance, Controlling oder eine vergleichbare Qualifikation abgeschlossen.
- Du bringst drei bis fünf Jahre Erfahrung in einer analytischen Rolle mit, zum Beispiel im Controlling, Corporate Finance oder als Analyst.
- Du hast im Konzernumfeld gearbeitet und kennst strukturierte Reporting-Linien, klare Governance und erfüllst souverän hohe Anforderungen an Verlässlichkeit.
- Idealerweise hast Du zusätzlich Erfahrung im Private-Equity-Umfeld oder in einem PE-geführten Unternehmen und verstehst, worauf es bei Performance und Steuerung ankommt.
- Du arbeitest sicher mit Finanzkennzahlen, baust Modelle auf und erkennst schnell, wo Handlungsbedarf entsteht.
- Du verfügst über exzellente Deutsch- und sichere Englischkenntnisse.
Responsibilities
- Du analysierst Finanzkennzahlen, Geschäftsentwicklung und operative Performance mit klarem Fokus auf Abweichungen, Trends und Handlungsfelder in unserer deutschen Gesellschaft und auch in unseren europäischen Unternehmen.
- Du bewertest Umsatz-, Kosten- und Margenstrukturen und hinterfragst aktiv die zugrunde liegenden Treiber.
- Du erstellst Reports, Forecasts und Ad-hoc-Analysen, die schnell erfassbar und direkt nutzbar sind.
- Du unterstützt Budgetplanung und Financial Planning und stellst sicher, dass Zahlen konsistent, nachvollziehbar und belastbar sind.
- Du bereitest Entscheidungsgrundlagen für Management und Investoren so auf, dass sie Orientierung geben und Entscheidungen beschleunigen.
- Du entwickelst Reporting-Strukturen und KPI-Systeme weiter und schaffst Transparenz über die wesentlichen Steuerungsgrößen.
- Du arbeitest an strategischen Fragestellungen rund um Wachstum, Skalierung und Effizienzsteigerung.
- Du verbesserst Datenstrukturen und -qualität und nutzt sicher zeitgemäße BI- und AI-Tools, um Analysen effizienter und aussagekräftiger zu machen.
- Du stimmst Dich eng mit internen Bereichen und externen Stakeholdern ab und hältst Themen verbindlich nach.
Benefits
Skills
Don't send a generic resume
Paste this job description into Mimi and get a resume tailored to exactly what the hiring team is looking for.
Get started free