Finance Manager – Graduate Entry (m/f/d)

About the Employer

Procter & Gamble is a long-established consumer goods company that began 185 years ago as a soap and candle startup. Today, its trusted brands reach around 5 billion people around the world. The company places strong emphasis on developing employees, promoting from within, and helping people build long-term careers in a supportive environment.

Role Overview

This opportunity is aimed at candidates who want to build a career in finance. Finance professionals at P&G work closely with cross-functional teams and contribute directly to business decisions and growth. From the first day, you are expected to take ownership of important initiatives and help shape outcomes across the business.

Potential Starting Roles

• Financial Analyst supporting a brand or product category in a local or regional team, including fast-growing Healthcare businesses
• Financial Analyst in Customer Business Development
• Plant Financial Manager focused on improving costs in manufacturing sites
• Financial Accountant
• Internal Audit Analyst

Location

The position is associated with Groß-Gerau in Hesse, Germany, and the job location is listed as Schwalbach am Taunus. Applicants must be open to working at any DACH location, including Schwalbach, Crailsheim, Kronberg, Worms, Euskirchen, Groß Gerau, Walldürn, Berlin, Marktheidenfeld, and Spittal an der Drau.

Candidate Profile

Applicants should have completed, or be on track to complete before joining, a bachelor’s or master’s degree with strong academic performance. The role also requires strong numerical thinking, analytical ability, and problem-solving skills, along with a genuine interest in finance and leadership potential.

Success in this role also depends on being comfortable working with different teams and perspectives, showing initiative, creativity, and innovation, and making decisions using both available data and sound judgment. Strong written and spoken German and English skills at a minimum C1 level are required.

Short work experience, internships, and study abroad experience are considered advantageous.

What the Employer Offers

The role comes with meaningful responsibility from the very beginning, along with a competitive salary package. The annual starting salary is listed as €67,500, with yearly performance-based salary reviews and an annual bonus available from the first year.

Employment is permanent, and the company describes the market as crisis-resistant. Benefits include flexible and hybrid working arrangements, Christmas and vacation bonuses, a company pension plan, stock purchase programs, a job ticket, a campus canteen, fitness center access, and well-being support services.

Employees also receive a tailored development plan with coaching, Finance Colleges, the P&G Leadership Academy, multi-day training in financial concepts, and training in effective business writing and presentations. Career growth is supported through changing job assignments every two to three years, with opportunities to build experience across finance functions and potentially work at the Geneva headquarters.

Additional internal communities and programs include WeBelong Team and New Hire Network activities, GABLE Network and other affinity groups, leadership events, and sports groups such as running and football.

For applicants starting in Austria, the salary is adjusted according to the country. P&G Austria states that it offers a competitive salary above the trade industry collective agreement, with Employment Group E at EUR 2,392.

Application Documents

• A CV provided as a separate document
• A cover letter tailored to the role, optional but accepted
• A copy of the university diploma and transcript
• Copies of relevant work, internship, volunteering certificates, or reference letters

All documents must be uploaded in the CV/Resume field. Incomplete applications may slow down the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity and Accessibility

The employer is committed to equal opportunity and values diversity. The workplace aims to be inclusive and welcoming, and reasonable accommodation is available for candidates with disabilities during the application or interview process. Applicants should wait for a response regarding accommodation before continuing with the online assessment.

Job Details

This is a full-time, entry-level position. The job number is R000149905.