Senior Controlling & Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, Prewave

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field
• Extensive experience in finance, with a minimum of 7-8 years working with dedicated FP&A teams in either corporates or a consulting environment
• Demonstrated expertise in business planning, financial planning (forecasting/budgeting), and analysis
• Proficiency in English (both written and verbal)
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of creating clear presentations and conveying complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders
• Ability to work with strategic concepts that can propel the company forward or alter its strategic direction
• Recognized as an excellent communicator
• Acts as a facilitator of finance within the business, ensuring all levels understand how to generate value
• Valid work permit for UK or Austria if you are open to relocate.

Desirable

• We are looking for a Senior Controlling & FP&A Manager in our Finance team to join us on this exciting journey!
• Our Finance team has played a key role in Prewave's journey and as we continue to scale, we’re now looking for an experienced Senior Controlling & FP&A Manager to help us uplift our performance reporting
• You will work directly with the centralised Finance team located in our HQ in Vienna
• As a Senior Manager in Controlling & FP&A your primary responsibility will be to ensure the financial success of our operations. This will involve working closely with all our departments
• You will be responsible for monitoring and analyzing financial performance, identifying areas for improvement and making recommendations to optimise financial outcomes
• What makes the Finance team so special is our ‘partner first’ approach to the job - we create strong communication loops with the wider business, so that bottlenecks are minimised and that things get done quickly and efficiently
• Partner with the Finance Director and department heads to develop and maintain performance metrics, dashboards and reporting systems
• You will monitor, analyse and communicate key financial and operational performance indicators to the management team for key decisions (including P&L, cash flow statements, balance sheets and variance analysis)
• Develop and implement robust finance processes and policies that align with the evolving needs of our rapidly growing business
• Actively communicate key risks and opportunities, proposing new approaches
• Collaborate with the management team to develop plans for maximizing profitability, reducing costs, and increasing revenue
• Lead annual & quarterly budget and rolling forecast exercises with all departments and track performance against budget
• Develop financial models and forecasts to guide long-term planning
• Perform and analyse monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports
• Assess ad hoc project ROI and business cases
• Improve month-end close to enable timely reporting of results
• Support roll-out of the Accounting ERP system as well as other finance tooling