Senior Controlling Specialist

Our client is a manufacturing company with a Global Business Services Centre in Sofia. They are planning a rapid expansion of their existing finance & accounting teams in 2025 across their Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, and Controlling functions.

They are seeking 2x Senior Controlling Specialists to join their team in early 2025.

Job Responsibilities

• Participate in transition activities from dedicated countries
• Prepare standard management reporting
• Prepare Risk reporting (Distribution of template to functions and analyze feedback)
• Prepare FTE reporting
• Reconcile/ consolidate local P&L and balance sheet figures into group accounts
• Upload figures to group business consolidation system
• Perform Production report
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing process - analyze deviations in IC-invoices, evaluate inventory incl. reclassification, cost allocation
• Analyse financial performance
• Actively contribute to forecasting and financial planning
• Support audit process
• Suggest methods to update, simplify, and enhance processes, procedures and technologies
• Support continuous improvement and implementation of programs, policies, and procedures
• Ensure data is accurate in company systems
• Training and supporting of less experienced employees

Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or another related discipline

Experience

• More than 5 years of experience in Controlling area

Competencies

• Experience with simple to complex query handling
• Strong customer service focus and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving, organizational and communication skills
• Work experience in SAP CO and/or other Controlling & Accounting tools
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PPT)
• Taking initiative in a proactive manner to improve own and teamwork practices
• Full professional proficiency of written and oral English is required
• Fluency in German or French would be considered an advantage