Finance Business Partner

Celonis is the trusted platform to industrialize Enterprise AI. At our core is the Celonis Context Model — which combines process data, business knowledge, and intelligence into a living digital twin of the enterprise that AI can actually understand, turning AI's operational blind spots into operational clarity. World's leading companies trust Celonis and its global ecosystem of partners to make their AI agents, people, systems, and processes work together, achieving transformational outcomes. We believe there's a massive opportunity to unlock global productivity and sustainability by giving AI the context to understand how every business process really works. Join our mission to make processes work for people, companies, and the planet.

The Team:

The GTM Finance Business Partner organization is a critical team within Celonis. The team operates in a highly visible environment to executive leadership and is a key player in setting Celonis's strategic & financial objectives. The goals and objective our the GTM FInance Business Partner organization include:

• Guiding executive partners to achieve their operational & financial objectives
• Providing objective, data-driven insights that assist in strategic decision making
• Being a trusted advisor and advocate to our Executive partners
• Build KPI Frameworks that measure business performance
• Drive the overall financial success of Celonis

The Role:

The Finance Business Partner will be a key part of a fast paced and highly effective global GTM Finance team. This role will help build the financial planning structure to support business leaders in executing global strategic initiatives that drive growth for Celonis. This role will report into the Vice President of GTM Finance. Your role will include:

• Finance business partnership support for our global Go-to-Market organization— build trusted relationships with key business partners, combining commercial acumen with data-driven analysis to provide insightful recommendations
• Develop monthly and quarterly management reporting — analyzing financial results, distilling key trends, assessing current and future business risk, and presenting key messages to senior leadership
• Build and deploy global financial models and operational processes, including long range planning and annual operating plan 
• Drive comprehensive financial planning and rolling forecasting for bookings, revenue, and expenses
• Develop and analyze key performance indicators across supporting key business stakeholders 
• Ad-hoc financial analysis to assess new strategic initiatives and projects
• Communicate and present results of analysis to executive management
• Utilize Workday and Anaplan for management reporting and variance analysis

That qualifications you need:

• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in corporate finance, business finance, or related fields
• BA/BS degree, concentrations in Finance, Economics, and/or Accounting preferred; MBA from top program is a plus
• Technology and/or SaaS experience
• Professional Services P&L experience
• Highly advanced Excel skills with extreme attention to detail
• Ability to embrace ambiguity and break down complex problems to provide clear and effective recommendations
• Impeccable analytical skills and intellectual curiosity to understand drivers and outcomes
• Excellent communication skills; can establish credibility, build consensus, and partner cross-functionally without direct authority
• Ability to interpret data, order and assess its value and present the findings to the relevant stakeholders in a clear and concise way
• Team player with the ability to partner cross functionally in growing global organization

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What Celonis can offer you:

• Pioneer Innovation: Work with the global leader in Process Mining and the Process Intelligence Graph to shape the future of AI-driven business operations.
• Ownership from Day 1: Every full-time "Celonaut" is an owner, receiving Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and merit-based refresh grants.
• Unrivaled Family Support: Benefit from our inclusive parental leave policy—24 weeks of fully paid leave for primary carers and 12 weeks for supporting carers, available from your first day of employment.
• Work-Life Integration: Enjoy Unlimited PTO (in applicable regions) and generous PTO globally, as well as a flexible hybrid work model that balances remote focus with vibrant office collaboration.
• Continuous Growth: Elevate your skills through our 70-20-10 learning framework, mentorship programs, and access to a dedicated learning platform.
• Holistic Well-being: Prioritize your health with subsidized Wellhub memberships, mental health counseling, and dedicated "Wellness Weeks" that prioritize work/life balance.
• Drive Sustainability: Participate in annual Impact Days, where you receive paid time off to volunteer for community and environmental causes with your local office, or virtually.
• Global Inclusion & Belonging: Find community through our Inclusion Think Tank and participate in our annual Inclusion Days, ensuring every voice is heard and valued.
• Value-Driven Impact: Join a mission-led organization where our core values—Live for Customer Value, The Best Team Wins, We Own It, and Earth Is Our Future—drive every decision.

About Us:

Celonis is the trusted platform to industrialize Enterprise AI, empowering organizations to analyze, design, and operate AI-driven processes. The Celonis Platform is powered by the Celonis Context Model, which combines process data, business knowledge, and intelligence to create a living digital twin of the enterprise that AI can understand — turning AI’s operational blind spots into operational clarity. Industry-leading companies around the world trust Celonis and its global ecosystem of partners to make their AI agents, people, systems, and processes work together, achieving transformational outcomes. Celonis is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, with more than 20 offices worldwide.

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