Financial Controller, Group Finance

at  Shape

Do you want to become part of a fast-growing international digital product agency on an ambitious expansion journey towards becoming a global market leader?
Do you want to help build and develop a professional Group Finance Function? Do you want to be challenged with a vast variety of tasks within finance?
Then you might be the Financial Controller we are looking for at Shape.

THE ROLE OF A FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

In the position of Financial Controller, your role will be to ensure ongoing high-quality deliverables while having a high focus on developing the function together with your colleagues in the Group Finance team and local Finance teams in different countries.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE:

• Monthly closing and reporting at the group level
• Consolidations
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Preparing management presentations
• Together with the Group Finance team - developing and implementing financial processes to be further implemented throughout the group.
• Being involved in ESG reporting.
• Developing, selecting, and implementing reporting tools for controlling and reporting,
• Overall financial control of PL, balance sheet, cash flow, etc,
• Overseeing local, VAT, and tax in cooperation with specialists.
• Sparring partner with Group Finance colleagues, and local Finance teams.

TO BE CONSIDERED A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR THIS ROLE, YOU LIKELY POSSESS MOST OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Educational background in the area of, Cand. merc aud., HD’r, or other relevant master’s degree in finance/economics,
• At least three years of professional experience. Preferably some years within an audit and some within a finance department,
• Data-driven mindset,
• Strong IT skills and being a superuser in Excel, common ERP, BI platforms, and consolidation tools.
• Taking the initiative and showing the way with a hands-on approach,
• Professional proficiency in English.
  You are self-motivated, and your proactive and positive attitude transmits to your colleagues and other stakeholders. Your strong communication skills enable you to communicate on all levels of the organization while establishing strong collaborative ties.