Operations Controller (m/f/d)
- Basler AG
- Basler AG - Ahrensburg, An der Strusbek 60-62
- Mix Office & Remote Working
- Fulltime
- Published: 2026-02-16
- Unlimited
Starting immediately, Full-time with 40 hours peer week
Basler is an international leader and experienced expert in computer vision. We offer a broad portfolio of vision hardware and software as well as customer-specific products and solutions.
We employ about 850 people at our headquarters in Ahrensburg, Germany, as well as other sales and development locations throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. Key factors in our more than 35-year success story include the courage to take risks, the willingness to see constant change as normal and the passion to pursue customer-oriented innovations.
Your responsibilities
As an Operations Controller, you will primarily work for our Operations organization as a Finance Business Partner in Controlling. In an international environment with SAP as the inventory management system, you will create transparency regarding product costs, inventories, and earnings effects. You will analyze costs and deviations, initiate and support measures to improve margins, and work with Accounting to ensure the correct valuation of inventories and accurate P&L effects.
Product costs, costing & variance analyses (SAP S/4HANA)
- Owner of the product costing policy in accordance with IFRS in close cooperation with Accounting
- Implementation and further development of product costing in SAP, including standard to actual
- Analysis of product costs (standard/actual)
- Identification of cost drivers in bills of materials, work plans, routings
- Support with topics relevant to monthly/annual
Finance Business Partnering for Operations
- Sparring partner for Operations on performance, efficiency, and cost issues
- Preparation and moderation of regular performance reviews (monthly/quarterly), including root cause analysis and action tracking
- Support for initiatives to increase margins and productivity
Planning, forecasting, and KPI transparency
- Participation in budgeting, forecasting, and multi-year planning for operations (cost centers,
product costs, investments, headcount) - Development and refinement of KPIs/dashboards
- Continuous improvement of reporting processes and data quality in SAP S/4HANA
Your qualifications
- Completed degree in economics (e.g., business administration, finance, controlling, or industrial engineering) or a comparable qualification
- Several years of relevant professional experience in inventory-related accounting, operations/plant controlling, or production-related controlling
- Practical experience in SAP S/4HANA in the controlling/costing environment, ideally product cost calculation and understanding of material ledger/actual costing
- Experience with standard cost setups, cost component split, production/overhead absorption
- Very good analytical skills and a structured, independent way of working, high affinity for data and processes, and a pragmatic, hands-on approach
- Business partner mentality
- Very good German and English skills
- Willingness to travel (approx. 25% travel activity)
What we offer
- We have a clear vision of the direction we want to take, but it is up to the individual teams to decide how they get there.
- We welcome your fresh outside perspective and foster an open culture in which everyone is encouraged to contribute their ideas.
- "Work-life balance" is not just an empty phrase at Basler: we support our employees in their roles as family carers and have been recognized for our commitment through the "berufundfamilie" audit.
- Respect for our staff members' personal interests and reconciling these with their professional lives is an important part of our corporate culture.
- Hybrid workplace - mix of working in the office and mobile/remote working.
- First-class IT equipment including notebook and modern working environment.
- Attractive remuneration with internal wage transparency, flextime account for overtime reduction, 30 days of paid vacation, and open communication: on first-name terms from trainee to board member.
Your application
Would you like to know more about us or do you have any questions? Write to Johanna at Johanna.Koch@baslerweb.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
- Johanna Koch
- HR Consultant Recruitment
