Financial Controller

Requirements

Degree in finance, accounting or economics. 3-5+ years in financial control, FP&A or project controlling, preferably in IT services, consulting or another project-based business. Hands-on SAP experience (Controlling/ Project System/ CATS or equivalent) and an understanding of how time recording feeds billing and reporting.

Solid understanding of the order-to-cash cycle and of commercial terms in service contracts: MSA/SOW, PO, rate cards, T&M vs fixed price. Advanced Excel. Power BI - building and maintaining models, not only using reports; Power Query and DAX. Ability to trace a number back to its source across several systems and explain the difference.

Experience writing process documentation and instructions for non-finance users. English B2 or higher.

Responsibilities

Project Economics (costs, time, rates, revenue) Monitor project economics end to end: direct costs, reported time, sales and cost rates, revenue, gross profit and margin. Control allocations against reported time (CATS) and invoiced hours. Investigate gaps between SAP, CATS and customer data, and follow up on unbilled work to prevent revenue leakage.

Check project setup in the system: roles, periods, team composition, extensions and changes. Maintain and develop the sales rate/ cost rate model used as the baseline for gross profit calculation. Contracts, Projects and Revenue Alignment Make sure every project is backed by a valid contract (MSA/SOW, customer PO) and that project revenue matches what is booked in Accounting.

Review commercial terms per project (PO limits and validity, billing conditions, rates) and keep manual control over terms not yet covered by structured fields in SAP. Track cases where delivery starts before agreements, SOW or PO are signed, and follow up with PMs and Sales until the documents are in place. Reconcile project revenue with Accounting as part of month-end close.

Reporting Projects (for PMs, CDO, CFO, CEO): monthly profitability by project, covering revenue, direct costs, gross profit and margin, and adjustments, with explanations of key variances. People (for Team Managers): chargeability, utilization and bench. Finance (for CFO, CEO): overall revenue and margin, month-end results, key risks and deviations.

Handle ad-hoc analytical requests from Sales, Team Managers, PMs, the CFO and the CDO. Report Automation Automate recurring reports so stakeholders can access up-to-date data themselves instead of waiting for manual monthly files. Build and develop the Power BI model: SAP OData and dataflows, transformations, source reconciliation and troubleshooting.

Data Quality and Processes Investigate discrepancies between SAP, CATS, BambooHR and Accounting. Find the root cause (system, process or data) and assess the impact on invoicing, reporting and profitability. Drive corrections in source and master data, and follow up on open system issues. Stabilize and document the Closed Deal to Invoice process, and design and implement controls.

SAP S/4HANA implementation Support the Controlling and Order-to-Cash implementation: process review, testing, analysis of system and data issues, identification of missing requirements and workarounds, and coordination with the SAP team.