Shoparize·13 days ago
13 days ago
Senior Business Controller
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What you'll do
- Own the monthly financial close end to end: completeness, accuracy and timeliness.
- Reconcile operational and transactional data from our systems against financial actuals, and own the resolution of every discrepancy.
- Reconcile revenue reported by third-party networks and partners to our own settlement and bank data, including sample recalculation of commission and testing of accrual cut-off.
- Make sure the numbers in our BI dashboards and the numbers in our financial statements tell the same story, and investigate immediately when they do not.
- Maintain a clear audit trail between operational data, management reporting and statutory financials under Dutch GAAP (RJ).
- Work with the Finance Manager on the close calendar, accruals and period-end entries.
- Own and continuously improve monthly management reporting: P&L, gross margin, cash flow and market-level performance.
- Support the CFO on board materials, investor updates and executive business reviews.
- Analyse revenue, cost and margin performance across all 21 European markets, and identify the drivers, trends and outliers behind them.
- Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, concise business narratives for leadership.
- Deliver ad hoc analysis to support commercial, operational and strategic decisions.
- Lead the annual budgeting process and the rolling forecast cycle.
What they're looking for
- A university degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Economics, Econometrics or a related field, with 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in business controlling, FP&A or financial reporting.
- Proven ownership of a monthly close or financial reconciliation process. You understand the detail and the discipline this requires.
- Strong financial modelling and analytical skills, and the ability to move from granular data to executive-level insight without losing either.
- Experience working with BI tools and data environments, and comfort translating business questions into data requirements for a technical team.
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and reporting tools. Experience with BigQuery and Looker Studio is a strong plus.
- A solid grasp of P&L, balance sheet and cash flow mechanics in a multi-market environment.
- Excellent communication skills, and the ability to influence finance and non-finance stakeholders who do not report to you.
- A high degree of ownership, intellectual rigour, and a low tolerance for unreliable numbers.
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment where the processes are still being built.
- Fluent English. Dutch is an advantage, particularly for statutory reporting, audit and interaction with our external accountant.
Nice to have
- Experience in e-commerce, marketplace, adtech, SaaS or another high-growth digital environment.
- Hands-on experience with BigQuery, Looker Studio or an equivalent data warehouse and BI stack.
- Experience of a first statutory audit, or of working in an audited environment with a Big Four auditor.
- Experience of an ERP implementation or migration, ideally NetSuite.
- A background in performance marketing analytics, or familiarity with ROAS, CAC, LTV and contribution margin.
- Exposure to fundraising, equity or debt processes, or investor reporting.
- Experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency, multi-country finance environment, including consolidation.
- A background in FP&A at a scale-up, or in transaction advisory, consulting or an investment-related role.
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Shoparize
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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