At AutoScout24, we are building a best-in-class global Finance organization—and personnel cost controlling (HR Controlling / Workforce Controlling) is at its core. As our Senior Workforce Controller, you will own and optimize global FTE planning, headcount controlling, and personnel cost forecasting, managing the largest cost line in our P&L. 

This is a newly created, high-impact Finance role where you will design and scale workforce controlling processes across multiple countries, partnering with Finance Business Partners, FP&A, and People Operations (HR). 

What you’ll do 

• Own global FTE planning, headcount forecasting, and personnel cost planning (salaries, bonuses, benefits, social charges)  
• Ensure accurate headcount tracking, hiring gap analysis, and cost allocation 
• Deliver monthly financial reporting, variance analysis, and workforce insights  
• Manage bonus calculation, compensation processes, and target achievement tracking  
• Support budget planning (FP&A) and advise stakeholders on personnel cost implications  
• Standardize and improve HR controlling / personnel cost processes across countries  
• Ensure data consistency across HR systems (e.g., Workday) and Finance tools 

What you’ll bring 

• 8–12+ years of experience in Workforce Controlling, Personnel Cost Controlling, or HR Finance  
• Strong expertise in FTE planning, headcount controlling, and personnel cost accounting  
• Knowledge of international payroll, social security, and labor cost structures 
• Experience with bonus processes, financial modeling, and large datasets (Excel)  
• Background in international companies or matrix organizations  
• Highly analytical, structured, and detail-oriented 
• Fluency in English; German is a plus 

A culture of growth  

With over 50 nationalities represented, we’re proud to welcome people of all backgrounds to our growing community, and we’re always finding new ways to help people feel welcomed and included. Here, you’ll have the tools, training and support you need to work in a way that suits you, learn new skills and reach your potential.  

For a career where you can drive our business and shape your future, apply now

Team

The Risk Controlling department is responsible for establishing and maintaining a robust, group-wide risk management framework aligned with Basel principles and guidelines. This involves implementing policies and controls to identify, measure, monitor, and manage the bank's risks, including credit, market, operational, and liquidity risk. The team's primary functions are ongoing risk profile monitoring, preparing accurate risk reports for stakeholders and regulators, and assessing capital and liquidity adequacy according to regulatory frameworks like CRR.

Your Responsibilities

In this role, your core responsibilities includes the following:

• Lead Normative ICAAP Management: Oversee the normative perspective of the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), ensuring continuous regulatory capital compliance for the bank and the group across a multi-year planning horizon, including adverse and stress scenarios.
• Develop and Maintain the Recovery Plan: Own the bank's Recovery Plan, including the monitoring and monthly reporting of recovery indicators to the Management Board for early detection of financial or operational crises.
• Manage New Product & Process Oversight (NPP / AT 8.2): Drive Risk Controlling's involvement in New Product Processes (NPP) and significant process/IT changes (MaRisk AT 8.2), providing independent risk assessments and sign-offs for new business models, products, or organizational restructuring.
• Prepare Risk Reporting & Governance: Contribute to and prepare risk reports for senior management, governance bodies, and regulatory authorities (BaFin/Bundesbank), providing deep-dive analyses into risk concentrations and capital adequacy.
• Coordinate the Annual Risk Inventory: Support the annual risk inventory process to identify all material risks including credit, market, operational, and ESG factors and establish a comprehensive, uniform risk profile.
• Execute and Oversee the Biennial LSI Stress Test: Manage the end-to-end execution of the LSI Stress Test, coordinating data collection across departments, performing sensitive results analysis, and ensuring the timely submission of high-quality results to supervisory authorities (BaFin/Bundesbank).

Your Profile

To succeed in this role, you will need the following skills and professional experiences:

• Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Risk Management, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in risk management or risk consulting within the banking or financial services sector.
• Hands-on experience with core regulatory processes, specifically ICAAP, Recovery Planning, and New Product/Process Oversight (NPP/AT 8.2).
• Solid knowledge of regulatory requirements, including MaRisk and Basel III.
• Experience with risk management systems and tools.
• Professional certifications are a plus.
• Strong analytical capability, sound judgment, and a structured approach to risk management in a regulated banking environment.
• Strong communication skills to effectively work across functions and present complex risk topics to senior management.
• A proactive, independent working style demonstrating strong ownership and meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to balance operational execution with a comprehensive, enterprise-wide risk perspective.

Join our mission, join our team – and grow with us!

At Raisin, we care about each other and it is one of our top priorities to foster an open and caring environment in which everyone feels welcome and comfortable. Our culture is strongly driven by our ambitious team, which connects more than 75 different nationalities.

As part of our team, you will benefit from:

• Employee Development Budget of €2,000 and four full training days per year.
• Flexible working hours, home office and 30 vacation days.
• A company pension scheme (Betriebliche Altersvorsorge), which we support with 20%.
• Enjoy more than 50+ different sports with Urban Sports Club: We subsidize your membership with more than €20 per month. 
• Do you miss being in the office? The Deutschland Ticket gets you there, which we subsidize with €25 per month.
• Love cycling? With JobRad, lease the bike of your choice and enjoy tax savings, plus Raisin covers your monthly insurance costs.
• Hungry all the time? Snacks, daily fresh fruit as well as drinks provided at the office.
• You are moving from another country or city to join us? We may support your relocation.