Job Description

The Vice President FP&A will play a critical role in driving the financial planning and analysis for all critical areas of the business: direct cost (fleet, commissions, operational labor), personnel cost, staffing, and budgeting to provide clarity and deep insights into our corporate finances. The VP FP&A is centrally responsible to drive critical budget initiatives, performance monitoring, process improvements within FP&A, and report monthly to the North American Leadership Group as well as integrate in group-wide reporting cadences with the executive board. Considering SIXT’s material growth in the Unites States, this role is both: art and science focusing resources on the critical levers and eliminating noise.

This role and the FP&A department are crucial in setting the strategic financial direction for North America and aligning with Sixt’s global mission.

Key Responsibilites:

• Strategic Financial Planning: Oversee and drive the annual budgeting and planning process, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and priorities
• Personnel Cost & Staffing Analysis: Develop sophisticated models to forecast, analyze, and report on personnel cost, understanding the implications and providing recommendations based on insights
• Reporting & Transparency: Design and deliver regular and ad-hoc reports to senior management, highlighting trends, making comparisons, and suggesting necessary changes to optimize performance
• Collaboration: Work closely with Revenue Management, Fleet Analytics, HR, Operations, cross functional/continental teams, and other key departments to ensure staffing needs are met and aligned with financial considerations
• Continuous Improvement: Spearhead initiatives to improve financial processes, adopting best practices and state-of-the-art tools to enhance efficiency and accuracy
• Stakeholder Communication: Regularly engage with senior leadership, including the SVP Finance, providing timely updates and strategic recommendations
• Leadership: Guide, mentor, and develop the FP&A team to foster a culture of excellence, continuous learning, and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field
• MBA or relevant advanced degree is preferred
• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, with a focus on personnel cost, staffing, and budgeting
• Strong experience in the car rental or mobility industry is a plus
• Proven analytical, leadership, and organizational skills
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling and forecasting
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex data in an understandable manner
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to pivot as necessary.

Additional Information

About the department:
SIXT's rapid and profitable growth is based on solid business management, resilient planning and efficient management of the Group's governance and compliance structure. The finance department, including governance, compliance and risk management, contributes significantly to this success and offers a wide range of exciting topics: from accounting to planning and coordination tasks, risk management and controlling, to consulting services, with the aim of optimising internal business processes. Furthermore, the Internal Audit, which combines assurance and consulting, plays an important role to optimise the effectiveness of the divisions.

About us:
We are a leading global mobility service provider with sales of €3.07 billion and around 7,500 employees worldwide. Our mobility platform ONE combines our products SIXT rent (car rental), SIXT share (car sharing), SIXT ride (cab, driver and chauffeur services), SIXT+ (car subscription) and gives our customers access to our fleet of 270,894 vehicles, the services of 1,500 cooperation partners and around 1.5 million drivers worldwide. Together with our franchise partners, we are present in more than 110 countries at 2,098 rental stations. At SIXT, a first-class customer experience and outstanding customer service are our top priorities. We focus on true entrepreneurship and long-term stability and align our corporate strategy with foresight. Want to take off with us and revolutionize the world of mobility? Apply now!