Specialist Finance Controller, Technology

Job Description

We are on the lookout for a Specialist F inance Controller, Technology to join the Tech Controlling team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.

At this role, you will help us manage multi-million dollar cloud costs on a global group level, and support tech, product, and finance teams in the group with financial processes like cost cross-charging and capitalization. You will be working inside the tech department, in a dynamic environment where you can greatly expand your existing skill set and work on a broad range of topics and projects.

If you're an experienced Controller, with an open mind for tech topics, who is eager to deliver solutions and hungry for a new adventure, an international workplace is waiting for you in the heart of Berlin!

Your mission:

• You will be part of our Tech Controlling team in the Tech & Product department where you will create financial transparency for all globally used cloud tools and services within the Company
• Work with teams around the world to establish a culture of cost accountability.
• Maintain and improve our processes for cost-splitting and chargebacks to our entities.
• Support procurement processes and help manage global tech contracts with third-party providers by developing cost scenarios, forecasts, and models.
• You will be working with our tech and finance teams to help automate controlling tasks and improve efficiency.
• Help all tech teams in our headquarter with capitalization of their development projects.
• Preparation of annual budget, quarterly forecast updates and monthly deviation analysis.
• Understand and analyse related trends (P&L, balance sheet, and non-financials KPIs)

Qualifications

Your heroic skills:

• +2 years of experience in IT cost controlling
• Demonstrated excellence in financial analysis and data model building; ability to turn data into insights and recommendations.
• Creation of ad hoc analyses, statistics, and deviation analyses
• Advanced Excel modeling & analytical skills
• Passionate about optimizing processes and cost, and helping other tech teams globally with their cost optimization efforts
• Pragmatic, proactive, and able to get things done
• Strong communication skills in English, willingness for continuous learning, and readiness to take on responsibility
• The ability to self-motivate in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment;
• Ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams and with different hierarchical levels
• Nice to have: a good understanding of cloud pricing models, charging methods, and cloud billing and reporting.
• Experience with personnel cost preferred

Additional Information

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week
• We offer 27 days holiday
• We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support, access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses
• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Mindfulness and Gym & Bicycle Subsidy
• The power of getting together over some food is unrivalled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts. Courses and access to Internal Housing Hub

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you.

We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just let us know with an email to our Inclusion Officer at [email protected] it in your application.

Severely disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given preferential consideration.

You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you.

We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just let us know with an email to our Inclusion Officer at [email protected].

Severely disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given preferential consideration.

You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.