Business & Finance Controller (m/f/d)

THE MISSION

At Unicorn, we believe hospitality is more than a service — it is a promise. We are the operational backbone behind some of Europe's most forward-thinking hotel brands: the partner guests never see, but always feel. From spotless rooms to seamless remote check-ins, we deliver Hotel Operations-as-a-Service — housekeeping, maintenance, and guest operations — white-labelled under our partners' brands.

We are founder-owned, profitable, and fund our growth from our own cash flow. As the sole finance person in the company, you own the integrity of the numbers across all five operating entities — Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, and Sweden. You keep the cash forecast tight, turn both into better decisions, and act as a commercial partner to the Country GMs. You forecast and protect the cash; the CEO decides how it is deployed. You work closely with the General Manager Germany / DACH (dotted reporting line).

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Monthly Close & Consolidation: Accurate, timely close across NO, NL, DE, UK and SE. Group- and country-level P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow consolidated cleanly on a predictable rhythm. All reporting net of VAT by default.

• Management Reporting & Business Partnering: Property- and country-level P&L, margins, labour ratios, and KPIs — and the analysis that turns them into action with the Country GMs. This is where the role creates value, not just records it.

• Cash Flow Forecasting: Rolling 13-week and 12-month cash forecast, intercompany cash coordination, and early flagging of liquidity risk across the group. Operational cash discipline sits here.

• AR & Working Capital: AR ageing, DSO, escalation routines, and zero-tolerance follow-through on overdue accounts — the operational engine behind the cash forecast.

• Budgeting & Forecasting: Annual budget and rolling forecasts built with the Country GMs, owned end to end, and kept current throughout the year.

• Commercial Insight: You give the CEO and the GMs the numbers that drive decisions — gross margin, cost-per-room, unit economics — and say clearly where money is made and where margin killers lurk.

• Controls & Policies: Approval matrices, accounting policies (local GAAP / IFRS where relevant), intercompany discipline, and a clean, audit-ready trail across all entities.

• Audit & Tax Coordination: Internal counterpart to our external accountants and auditors in each market — coordinating, reviewing, and keeping statutory filings on track. Includes the newly outsourced Norwegian accounting.

• Light Systems & Reporting: Work within and improve the existing finance stack — the lightest reporting that gives the business what it needs, never process for its own sake.

WHO YOU ARE

You bring around 4 to 7 years of finance experience with genuine multi-entity and consolidation experience, plus hands-on cash flow forecasting and working capital management. Hospitality, facility management, or another service-intensive business is a plus.

• Qualified or finalist-level: Qualified or finalist-level accountant (CPA, CA, ACCA, or strong practical equivalent — full StB not required).

• Quick and sharp: You think in numbers like others think in words. You spot anomalies immediately, chase them down, and draw conclusions others miss.

• Commercially hungry: You love making money and improving things. You treat the P&L like your own and take pride in every margin you find or protect.

• Hands-on, not heavy: You build the lightest system that works. You are not a consultant — you are a maker. You write the formula yourself instead of passing requirements on.

• Solid craft + commercial head: Strong technical accounting (local GAAP / IFRS where relevant). You can close the books and explain what the numbers mean for the business.

• Solid tools: Advanced Excel and finance-systems experience (ERP / Tripletex / Fathom or similar).

• Clear in communication: You translate complex finance topics into clear statements for the CEO and the Country GMs. You show what matters and never hide behind jargon.

• Linguistically versatile: Fluent business German for German statutory and advisor work; English as the group working language.

WHY UNICORN

We are building the next generation of hospitality services — with both feet on the ground. We are founder-owned and profitable, which means we chase margins, quality, and efficiency, not headlines. You'll find a crew that takes pride in getting the details right, that treats every guest interaction as a promise kept, and that believes the best companies are built by people who genuinely care. Whoever protects the cash and loves the numbers protects directly our freedom to keep building this way.