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Director Controlling(m/w/x)
Building and leading the Controlling & FP&A function for an AI-powered EdTech platform. Expertise in driver-based financial models and multi-entity environments required. Workations within EU, Switzerland, and UK.
Requirements
- Strong experience in Controlling / FP&A
- Experience in high-growth, multi-entity or investor-backed environment
- Proven track record in building or redesigning budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes
- Driver-based financial models expertise
- Experience improving decision quality
- Transparency, KPI frameworks, dashboards, and performance reviews
- Hands-on expertise in reporting
- Hands-on expertise in forecasting
- Hands-on expertise in scenario modelling
- Hands-on expertise in long-range planning
- Hands-on expertise in financial analysis
- SaaS exposure
- Experience supporting M&A processes
- Due diligence, business-case validation, synergy modelling, or post-merger value tracking
- Ability to act as independent control function
- Building strong, collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders
- Comfort operating in complexity, ambiguity, and transformation contexts
- Pragmatic, data-driven, and resilient
- Leadership experience: hiring, developing, and scaling high-performing teams
- Fluency in English
- International experience
Tasks
- Build and lead the Controlling & FP&A function
- Bring structure, insight, and financial discipline
- Create transparency across the business
- Elevate strategic steering
- Shape how we plan, measure, and optimize value
- Own the group-wide planning and forecasting framework
- Develop annual budgets
- Create rolling forecasts
- Build multi-year plans
- Build and refine a driver-based financial model
- Model revenue, cost, margin, cash, and headcount
- Establish a group performance-management framework
- Run a group performance-management framework
- Define clear KPIs and targets
- Implement accountability mechanisms
- Deliver variance analyses
- Provide forward-looking insights
- Identify risks and opportunities early
- Recommend required actions
- Design management reporting across entities
- Standardize management reporting across products
- Improve management reporting across functions
- Develop dashboards for revenue performance
- Develop analytics for unit economics
- Develop analytics for customer behavior
- Develop analytics for project profitability
- Develop analytics for cost efficiency
- Lead financial due diligence for M&A
- Lead business-case modelling for M&A
- Lead synergy assessments for M&A
- Lead post-merger value tracking
- Define Controlling requirements for systems
- Define Controlling requirements for data structures
- Define Controlling requirements for reporting standards
- Define Controlling requirements for the single source of truth
- Partner with Finance to translate strategy
- Partner with Product to translate strategy
- Partner with GTM to translate strategy
- Partner with Operations to translate strategy
- Act as a sparring partner to the CEO
- Act as a sparring partner to the CFO
- Act as a sparring partner to senior leadership
- Challenge assumptions
- Strengthen decision quality
- Build a high-performing Controlling & FP&A team
- Lead a high-performing Controlling & FP&A team
- Develop a high-performing Controlling & FP&A team
- Define clear interfaces to Accounting
- Define clear interfaces to Finance Operations
Work Experience
- 10 - 15 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- SaaS
Benefits
Flexible Working
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid models
- Remote work
Workation & Sabbatical
- Workations within EU, Switzerland and UK
Social Impact
- Two paid volunteer days per year
Learning & Development
- Dedicated learning time
- Access to learning platforms
- German language courses
- English language courses
- Continuous development opportunities
Informal Culture
- Supportive, collaborative environment
- Dog-friendly offices
Team Events
- Team-building budget
Purpose-Driven Work
- Opportunity to take responsibility
- Opportunity to shape structures
More Vacation Days
- 30 days of paid vacation
- Half-days off on Christmas Eve
- Half-days off on New Year's Eve
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Director Controlling(m/w/x)
Building and leading the Controlling & FP&A function for an AI-powered EdTech platform. Expertise in driver-based financial models and multi-entity environments required. Workations within EU, Switzerland, and UK.
Requirements
- Strong experience in Controlling / FP&A
- Experience in high-growth, multi-entity or investor-backed environment
- Proven track record in building or redesigning budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes
- Driver-based financial models expertise
- Experience improving decision quality
- Transparency, KPI frameworks, dashboards, and performance reviews
- Hands-on expertise in reporting
- Hands-on expertise in forecasting
- Hands-on expertise in scenario modelling
- Hands-on expertise in long-range planning
- Hands-on expertise in financial analysis
- SaaS exposure
- Experience supporting M&A processes
- Due diligence, business-case validation, synergy modelling, or post-merger value tracking
- Ability to act as independent control function
- Building strong, collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders
- Comfort operating in complexity, ambiguity, and transformation contexts
- Pragmatic, data-driven, and resilient
- Leadership experience: hiring, developing, and scaling high-performing teams
- Fluency in English
- International experience
Tasks
- Build and lead the Controlling & FP&A function
- Bring structure, insight, and financial discipline
- Create transparency across the business
- Elevate strategic steering
- Shape how we plan, measure, and optimize value
- Own the group-wide planning and forecasting framework
- Develop annual budgets
- Create rolling forecasts
- Build multi-year plans
- Build and refine a driver-based financial model
- Model revenue, cost, margin, cash, and headcount
- Establish a group performance-management framework
- Run a group performance-management framework
- Define clear KPIs and targets
- Implement accountability mechanisms
- Deliver variance analyses
- Provide forward-looking insights
- Identify risks and opportunities early
- Recommend required actions
- Design management reporting across entities
- Standardize management reporting across products
- Improve management reporting across functions
- Develop dashboards for revenue performance
- Develop analytics for unit economics
- Develop analytics for customer behavior
- Develop analytics for project profitability
- Develop analytics for cost efficiency
- Lead financial due diligence for M&A
- Lead business-case modelling for M&A
- Lead synergy assessments for M&A
- Lead post-merger value tracking
- Define Controlling requirements for systems
- Define Controlling requirements for data structures
- Define Controlling requirements for reporting standards
- Define Controlling requirements for the single source of truth
- Partner with Finance to translate strategy
- Partner with Product to translate strategy
- Partner with GTM to translate strategy
- Partner with Operations to translate strategy
- Act as a sparring partner to the CEO
- Act as a sparring partner to the CFO
- Act as a sparring partner to senior leadership
- Challenge assumptions
- Strengthen decision quality
- Build a high-performing Controlling & FP&A team
- Lead a high-performing Controlling & FP&A team
- Develop a high-performing Controlling & FP&A team
- Define clear interfaces to Accounting
- Define clear interfaces to Finance Operations
Work Experience
- 10 - 15 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- SaaS
Benefits
Flexible Working
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid models
- Remote work
Workation & Sabbatical
- Workations within EU, Switzerland and UK
Social Impact
- Two paid volunteer days per year
Learning & Development
- Dedicated learning time
- Access to learning platforms
- German language courses
- English language courses
- Continuous development opportunities
Informal Culture
- Supportive, collaborative environment
- Dog-friendly offices
Team Events
- Team-building budget
Purpose-Driven Work
- Opportunity to take responsibility
- Opportunity to shape structures
More Vacation Days
- 30 days of paid vacation
- Half-days off on Christmas Eve
- Half-days off on New Year's Eve
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About the Company
Seven Education
Industry
Education
Description
Seven Education entwickelt eine intelligente, KI-gestützte Plattform, die Schulen und Bildungseinrichtungen hilft, effizienter zu arbeiten und administrative Aufgaben reduziert.
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