You analyze financial data and provide insights to support strategic decisions. This role involves leading planning cycles, ensuring compliance, and advising business units with practical recommendations.
Anforderungen
- •Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
- •Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience
- •Strong knowledge of accounting principles
- •Excellent communication skills
- •Proactive, analytical mindset
- •Experience with ERP systems and BI tools
- •Fluent in German and English
- •Non-smoker
- •EU/EFTA or Swiss work permit
Deine Aufgaben
- •Analyze historical data and deliver financial insights.
- •Support strategic decisions through scenario modeling.
- •Lead planning cycles for budget and forecasts.
- •Support monthly and yearly closings and reporting.
- •Present actionable management reports.
- •Act as a financial advisor to business units.
- •Provide clear narratives and actionable recommendations.
- •Maintain and develop internal controls for compliance.
- •Support audits and ensure compliance.
- •Oversee project and cost controlling.
- •Support procurement evaluations.
Deine Vorteile
Delicious food nearby
Best barista coffee and tea
5 weeks holiday per year
Half-fare travelcard coverage
Paid parental leave for new parents
Generous childcare financial support
Great team events
Original Beschreibung
## Senior Financial Controller
###### Permanent employee, Full-time ·Zürich
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##### IN SHORT
As a Senior Controller, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial performance by transforming accounting data into actionable business insights. This position sits at the core of our Controlling and FP&A functions, acting as a strategic business partner for departments. You will support forecasting activities (budgeting and long-term planning), contribute to the development and evaluation of business cases, and perform scenario modelling to support decision-making and identify future opportunities.
##### YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
* **Controlling & Analysis:** Analyze historical data, deliver financial insights, and support strategic decisions through scenario modelling.
* **Forecasting & Reporting:** Lead planning cycles (budget, forecast, long-term), support monthly- and yearly closings and reporting (e.g. provisions, bad debts, cash flow, cut-off, consolidation etc.), and present actionable management reports.
* **Business Partnering:** Act as a financial advisor to business units, providing clear narratives and actionable recommendations.
* **Controls & Compliance:** Maintain and further develop internal controls (ICS), ensure compliance, and support audits.
* **Project & Cost Control:** Oversee project and cost controlling, and support procurement evaluations.
##### YOUR PROFILE
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
* Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience in Controlling, FP&A, or a related role
* Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial modelling
* Excellent communication skills and ability to present complex topics clearly
* Proactive, analytical mindset with a high attention to detail
* Experience with ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics BC/Abacus) and common BI tools (Tableau)
* Fluent in German and English
* Non-smoker – you don’t smoke during the day and never smell like cigarettes: FELFEL is about healthy living
* EU/EFTA or Swiss work permit
##### OUR BENEFITS
* Lots of delicious food, just a few steps away from your desk - we make your gastronomic dreams come true
* Best barista coffee and tea for the whole team, thanks to our innovative Gavetti coffee machine
* 5 weeks holiday per year, as well as two full weeks of ‘work from anywhere’ per year to bring more variety to your work day
* We encourage our employees to use public transport by covering your half-fare travelcard
* New parents get 16 or 3 weeks, respectively, of fully paid parental leave. We also support the return to work by making a generous financial contribution to childcare until the child reaches kindergarten age.
* Great team events, such as our well-known FELFEL Summer Outing
**Start**: As soon as possible
**Location**: Zurich Wiedikon