Finance Lead
Europe | Full-time
Responsibilities
- Partner with commercial and business leadership on revenue planning, forecasting and business-line performance, translating market and product dynamics into financial decisions
- Own unit economics and margin analysis across products and business lines: identify revenue and cost drivers, pricing effects, and profitability levers
- Define and monitor performance KPIs (revenue-to-cost ratios, operating leverage, margin trends) and translate them into actionable recommendations for leadership
- Drive cost control and operating efficiency: optimize OPEX, enforce budget discipline, and implement best-practice cost governance
- Own the full budgeting cycle, revenue and cost sides: develop approaches, templates, and assumptions for annual and periodic planning across the business
- Consolidate budgets and build the unified management P&L, covering revenue, costs and key business drivers across entities
- Develop and maintain management reporting methodology: chart of accounts structure, allocation rules, and cross-entity reporting logic
- Deliver regular management reporting (plan/actual/forecast), including variance analysis across revenue and expenses, for leadership
- Support headcount and payroll planning in partnership with business leaders and Accounting
- Lead the transition from spreadsheets to ERP/BI-based budgeting and reporting as a single source of truth
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, including Delegation of Authority and budget limits
- Partner with Accounting to align management and statutory reporting
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or Statistics is preferred
- Progressive experience in finance, including leadership in managing processes and teams
- Proven experience in commercial finance, business partnering, or financial planning and budgeting, ideally across multiple business lines or entities
- Strong understanding of both cost and revenue sides of the business (P&L, unit economics, revenue drivers)
- Experience in management consolidation and building management reporting
- Experience in headcount and payroll planning
- Knowledge of budget control practices and financial governance (DoA, limits)
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP/BI systems
- Strong foundation in management accounting and financial analysis
- Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to consistently meet tight deadlines
- Effective communicator with the ability to partner with C-level executives, Accounting, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement financial methodologies and processes, going beyond execution into structuring and optimization
Will be a plus
- Experience implementing budgeting processes in ERP systems
- Background in fintech, brokerage, or multi-entity international group structures
We offer
- Opportunity to work for a leading international brokerage company
- Opportunity to make an impact: shape systems, drive change, and see the tangible results of your work
- 20 paid vacation days per year
- 10 paid sick leave days per year
- Public holidays according to company policy
- Medical insurance
- Remote work opportunity
- Professional education budget
- Language learning budget
- Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear, etc.)