Financial Reporting & Controlling Analyst

This role sits within the Finance team and focuses on financial reporting, controlling activities, and analytical support. The Financial Reporting & Controlling Analyst ensures reliable financial data, supports closing processes, and provides analysis that helps management understand performance and key financial drivers.

The position combines reporting, forecasting, and business support responsibilities and involves interaction with senior finance stakeholders. It requires a high degree of independence, ownership, and analytical thinking in a fast-moving environment.

Main Responsibilities

Closing & Financial Accuracy

• Support monthly and annual closing processes, ensuring financial data is accurate, complete, and consistent.
• Work closely with General Ledger and related finance teams, including allocation topics and support during system changes or migrations.
• Perform variance analysis versus budget and forecast and validate data consistency.

Financial Reporting

• Prepare standard and ad-hoc financial and project-related reports using various data sources.
• Deliver monthly management reporting and contribute to business review materials and executive presentations.
• Ensure reporting outputs are clear, accurate, and provide meaningful insights.

Controlling, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Contribute to forecasting cycles and annual budgeting activities by collecting, reviewing, and consolidating financial inputs.
• Analyze deviations between actuals, forecast, and budget and ensure alignment across regions and systems.
• Understand financial movements and clearly explain underlying drivers.

Stakeholder & Business Support

• Act as a key finance contact for internal stakeholders within the business unit.
• Provide regular and on-demand financial analysis and variance explanations.
• Coordinate with international teams and collaborate closely with senior finance leadership.
• Ensure common reporting standards and methodologies and resolve discrepancies.

Data Review & Analysis

• Identify trends, anomalies, and inconsistencies in financial and commercial data.
• Recommend actions to improve data quality, transparency, and process efficiency.

Process Improvement & Projects

• Support initiatives aimed at automating, standardizing, and simplifying reporting and controlling processes.
• Participate in finance and cross-functional projects as required.

Requirements:
Essential:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a results-driven mindset.
• Advanced Excel proficiency.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in reporting, controlling, audit, or similar analytical finance roles.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under tight deadlines.
• Capability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Good command of English, written and spoken.
• Clear and effective communication skills.

Preferred:

• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Experience with Power BI and/or Power Query.
• Experience in an international or multi-regional environment.

Competencies

• Adaptability and change orientation
• Learning agility
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Stress resilience
• Result and deadline focus
• High attention to detail
• Planning and prioritization skills
• Strong technical finance capabilities
• Collaborative working style
• Effective communication

Benefits:
• 200 hours of vacation (equivalent to 5 weeks)
• 5 sick days per year
• Cafeteria 4 000 CZK/month net (in trial period 1 500 CZK/month)
• Meal vouchers
• Referral program
• Contributions to ACCA
• Contributions to accident and life insurance
• Contributions to pension (3% from salary)