Senior Cost Controller (+OWC)

Who We Are

Verve has created a more efficient and privacy-focused way to buy and monetize advertising. Verve is an ecosystem of demand and supply technologies fusing data, media, and technology together to deliver results and growth to both advertisers and publishers–no matter the screen or location, no matter who, what, or where a customer is. With 30 offices across the globe and with an eye on servicing forward-thinking advertising customers, Verve’s solutions are trusted by more than 90 of the United States’ top 100 advertisers, 4,000 publishers globally, and the world’s top demand-side platforms. Learn more at www.verve.com.

What You Will Do

• Own end-to-end cost controlling across the group, including OpEx, CapEx, headcount/personnel costs, vendor spend, and technology/infrastructure costs

• Lead the annual cost budgeting process and rolling cost forecasts, partnering with department heads to build bottom-up plans and challenge assumptions

• Deliver monthly and quarterly cost reporting packages, including budget vs. actual variance analysis, run-rate tracking, and executive-level commentary on cost drivers

• Monitor and analyze key cost KPIs (e.g., cost per employee, cost per revenue unit, infrastructure/cloud cost ratios, gross margin impact) and flag deviations early

• Identify, quantify, and track cost-saving and efficiency initiatives, working closely with business owners to ensure savings are realized and reflected in the P&L

• Develop and maintain robust cost allocation models across entities, cost centers, products, and projects to support transparent internal reporting and transfer pricing

• Build and refine scenario and sensitivity models that translate cost decisions (hiring plans, vendor changes, infrastructure scaling) into P&L and cash impact

• Manage the monthly calculation and posting process for Verve’s Own Work Capitalized (OWC) under IAS 38, including supporting evidence, documentation, and additional analyses as required

• Partner with product and engineering teams to track project developments, assess capitalization criteria, and support strategic discussions on team and asset structuring across entities

• Prepare annual memos and documentation for the Annual Group Audit and act as the primary point of contact for auditors on cost capitalization and OWC-related matters

• Contribute to group-level forecasting, ensuring cost lines are reflected accurately and consistently and providing insights to support strategic decision-making

• Partner with Finance Operations and Group Accounting to ensure clean cost coding, accurate accruals, and a smooth and timely month-end close

• Strengthen cost controls, approval workflows, and policies to protect margin while enabling the business to move fast

• Support finance leadership with ad hoc projects, analyses, and strategic initiatives as required