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Job Title: Senior Controller Reports To: Director of Finance, Chief Executive Officer, or equivalent leadership. Job Overview: The Senior Controller is a key finance leader responsible for driving best-in-class financial and commercial controllership across the organization. This role provides financial transparency into customer contract profitability, strengthens forecasting and management reporting processes, and identifies opportunities to improve financial performance and reduce profitability leakage.
The Senior Controller will partner closely with Finance, Operations, Legal, Solution Design, Sales, and other business leaders to ensure customer contracts are financially optimized throughout their lifecycle. This position will also serve as a subject matter expert for the Company's management reporting framework and will lead a team of senior-level Financial Controllers. The ideal candidate is a highly analytical, commercially minded finance leader who can operate with autonomy, challenge existing processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and translate complex financial information into actionable business recommendations.
Duties and Responsibilities: Lead a best-in-class commercial and financial controllership organization that supports achievement of the Company's annual budget objectives and long-term growth strategy. Lead the monthly P&L and contract forecasting process, ensuring accurate, timely, and actionable financial forecasts. Provide full transparency into customer contract profitability, including revenue, cost, margin, and profitability trends.
Analyze contract profitability variances and identify root causes, risks, and opportunities for improvement. Proactively identify and address contract profitability leakage and develop actionable plans to improve financial performance. Partner with Operations, Legal, Solution Design, Sales, and other stakeholders to review customer contract financial models, pricing assumptions, cost structures, and commercial terms.
Provide financial guidance during contract development, renewal, and modification processes to help ensure sustainable profitability. Develop and implement standardized financial controlling processes, tools, and reporting methodologies across the organization. Serve as the Company's subject matter expert for the global management reporting blueprint and ensure alignment with established financial reporting standards.
Evaluate existing processes and identify opportunities to automate, streamline, and eliminate manual activities. Develop meaningful financial reporting and dashboards that enable business leaders to make informed, data-driven decisions. Maintain a strong understanding of accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, payroll, and related finance processes, identifying opportunities for improved integration and efficiency.
Partner with Finance leadership and cross-functional teams to improve financial controls, data quality, reporting accuracy, and operational effectiveness. Lead and develop a team of senior-level Financial Controllers, establishing clear objectives, performance expectations, and professional development opportunities. Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational excellence.
Maintain confidentiality of sensitive financial, employee, customer, and business information. Perform other duties and special projects as assigned. Competencies : Results-oriented. Driven by client satisfaction. Strong integrity, solid business ethics. Exceptional math skills. Exceptional orientation to details. Excellent organization skills. Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
Excellent English written and oral communication skills. Expert in customer service skills, professional attitude, and appearance. Ability to maintain confidentiality. People skills: Ab