Business Controller (f/m/d)

Field of activity

Financial Planning & Analytics is responsible for the financial steering of the Clearstream Business Segment including financial strategy, budget planning, reporting, forecasting and analysis of financial data to provide management insights and trigger/support informed decision-making.
Additionally, the team creates financial models/business cases, performs financial risk assessments and collaborates with various departments to optimize financial performance and ensure steering to target against the Group/Clearstream strategy, both on an annual and mid-term horizon.
As Business Controller, you will actively support senior management to steer the area while providing all-important information at the right time. In a dynamic, client and technology-oriented environment you will be in charge of controlling tasks and defining new ways to measure and report relevant financial information to enable the management to identify opportunities and risks. You will act as single point of contact for the Clearstream project  portfolio for the management.

Tasks/responsibilities

• Responsible for steering, planning, forecasting and monthly reporting for the Clearstream project portfolio in liaison with business and IT
• Preparation and presentation of financial reports for the Executive Management of the Post-Trade Area
• Preparation of budget performance reviews/quarterly forecast including variance analysis
• Support in month-end closing activities
• Preparation of ad hoc analysis
• Active development of the existing financial (SAP based) reporting
• Dashboard maintenance and development based on Power BI and dashboard maintenance in SAP SAC
• Active Project support for the E3 portfolio i.e., budget and measure tracking as well as development of underlying financial models (business case) and capitalization decisions
• Participation in the implementation of new controlling requirements

Qualifications/required skills

• University degree in business administration and/or comparable education
• At least 3 years work experience in Controlling and Financial Reporting
• Strong communication skills – written and verbal, ability to communicate effectively across all seniority levels, in English. German in addition would be an advantage
• Demonstrated ability to: prioritize competing responsibilities, work under pressure, meet challenging deadlines and capability to build and maintain effective business relationships
• Excellent analytical and technical skills, and proficiency in use of MS Office, SAP S/4 and SAP AFO
• Strong knowledge and understanding of accounting principles and financial concepts
• Persuasive, independent and accurate way of working with a proactive structured approach
• High degree of flexibility

You can look forward to our benefit package: 

• Hybrid Work and Flexible working hours
• Work from abroad - 12 days of remote work from EU countries per year
• Pension fund contribution - 3% of your gross salary (5% after 5 years with us)
• Health & Wellbeing - fully covered Multisport card, life & accident insurance, sick days and 100% salary contribution during sick leave (up to 56 days)
• 25 vacation days
• Mobility - fully covered public transport in Prague & free parking
• Flexible Benefit Account (Pluxee) - 1200 per month
• Group Share Plan - discount on company shares
• Personal Development - annual budget of €690 .. and way more!