Senior Financial Controller

We are currently recruiting for our client a highly skilled and motivated Finance Controller who will play a key role in ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of financial data, as well as the high quality of financial reporting and financial control within the organization.

This is an operational, analytical, and transformational role, designed for a hands-on professional with strong competencies in data quality, financial processes, controlling, and organizational change implementation.

The Finance Controller will actively participate in building financial structures, implementing ERP (D365), insourcing accounting, and creating a modern financial controlling model for an organization operating across multiple markets.

This position is strategic and business-critical to the development of the organization and will directly impact operational efficiency, data quality, financial governance, and the company’s long-term growth.

Scope of Responsibility

Reporting & Controlling

• Ensuring timely and reliable preparation of financial reports: P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow

• Preparation of monthly and periodic management reports for the Management Board and the Group

• Variance analysis: execution vs. budget / forecast / previous year with clear data interpretation

• Ensuring correct recognition of revenues, costs, assets, and liabilities in line with Group accounting policies and IFRS

• Conducting balance sheet reconciliations and supervising accounting controls

• Ensuring high-quality financial data for planning processes (in cooperation with FP&A)

Accounting & Compliance

• Leading month-end and year-end closing processes

• Ensuring compliance with legal, tax, and reporting regulations

• Reconciling local reporting with Group reporting

• Cooperation with auditors, tax advisors, and external consultants

• Active participation in the accounting insourcing process (transition from outsourcing to in-house structures)

Processes & ERP (Key Focus Area)

• Active participation in the ERP implementation (D365)

• Acting as a process change leader

• Building and implementing financial structures based on the Group blueprint

• Optimization and standardization of financial processes

• Automation of reporting and financial controls

• Streamlining month-end closing and reporting processes

• Building a modern financial controlling model

Cash Flow & Working Capital (Supporting Function)

• Supporting cash flow forecasting

• Monitoring working capital levels

• Preparing financial data for banks and financial institutions

Cooperation & Stakeholders

• Finance Director / CFO

• Management Board / Directorate

• Group Finance Team

• FP&A Team

• Operations Managers

• Auditors and Tax Advisors

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Higher education in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related fields

• Minimum 5–10 years of experience in finance/controlling

• Very good knowledge of financial controlling

• Knowledge of accounting principles (IFRS preferred)

• Experience working with ERP systems (D365 preferred)

• Experience in transformation projects, system implementations, process optimization, or insourcing projects will be a strong advantage

Competencies

• High analytical skills

• Very good work organization

• Strong focus on data quality and accuracy

• Independence and responsibility

• Ability to work under time pressure

• Change management mindset

• Strong focus on process improvement and organizational development

• Communicative English: level B2–C2

Offer

• Employment contract

• Work in a stable organization

• International working environment

• Performance-based bonus