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We live remote-first, but you have the freedom to choose whether you want to work hybrid or completely on-site due to your proximity to one of our locations.\nAs our Senior Controller (all genders), you own the financial performance of your business areas and brands and turn complex data into analysis that shapes decisions. You report to the Head of Controlling and work closely with the CFO and senior management.\nTogether with the existing team, you analyze complex data and produce forecasts that form the basis for important business decisions. You own the budget, forecast, and long-range plan and develop investment cases, for example, for the expansion of our data centers, including ROI and payback. You also contribute to the strategic direction and further develop the controlling function together with the team.\nAlongside your core responsibilities, you work on projects around our business intelligence tool. You build up technical controlling, with a focus on infrastructure and investments, largely independently, connect additional data sources, and automate recurring reporting, including with the help of AI.\nYou spot early where utilization, costs or investments deviate from plan and work out measures to course-correct. We are growing fast, we are capital-intensive, and priorities shift with the business. That means you take on responsibility early and help shape processes that are still being built. You will be part of a great team that can tackle any challenge with its expertise.\nWhat convinces us\nYour personality, paired with:\na bachelor's degree in business administration with a focus on controlling, or an equivalent commercial apprenticeship with relevant professional experience\nat least 5 years of professional experience in controlling, ideally in the hosting or telecommunications industry\nsolid hands-on experience in reporting, forecasting, financial modeling, and scenario and sensitivity analysis\nexperience with business cases and investment appraisals whose results have influenced decisions\nvery good proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and experience with a business intelligence tool (ideally Power BI); knowledge of financial systems such as D365 or Lucanet is a plus\nstrong teamwork skills and an analytical, structured, and results-oriented approach to your work\ngood self-organization, including under deadlines and shifting priorities, and clear communication with your team and stakeholders\nthe motivation to advance our controlling function through new processes and additional tools, including AI-supported ones\nvery good command of German and English\nWe know that you may not currently meet all the requirements. But if you come to us with the right amount of commitment and enthusiasm, we can take off together and make a big difference.\nAwesome Prospects\nAt Contabo, we are in a constant state of change. Even through our strong growth, we always remain flexible, and everyone gets the opportunity to actively shape the future of Contabo and of our customers. With us, everyone can develop their full potential in an environment with flat hierarchies, freedom to organize their work and time, direct communication, an open feedback culture, and leave a footprint through creative co-design.\nPlus, we offer further advantages:\ngreat freedom for your creative ideas\nongoing professional and personal development opportunities in an innovative and technological environment\na comprehensive induction with your colleagues by your side\nmodern and conveniently located workplaces at our European locations\nRemote or hybrid working opportunities with the same technical equipment at home as in the office\nflexible working hours for a healthy work-life balance\n30-day vacation by default\nthe possibility of working in our summer office in Mallorca, as well as from any EU country\nan extra day off to get involved in social activities as part of our Volunteer Day\nattractive conditions on many products and services through our corporate benefits program\nunforgettable moments at our company events and team events\nHow to reach us\nIfyou have any questions, you can reach out to Jacqueline by email at .","description_format":"text","description_chars":4320,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"German","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Company events","Flexible schedule","Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Germany","iso":"DE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS)","Web Hosting & VPS"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-10T11:09:03Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T12:11:11Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/contabo-senior-controller-all-genders","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/contabo-senior-controller-all-genders.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T12:11:11Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":28300,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":51747},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=51747"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcontabo-senior-controller-all-genders"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcontabo-senior-controller-all-genders"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcontabo-senior-controller-all-genders"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/contabo-senior-controller-all-genders\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcontabo-senior-controller-all-genders"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4012989}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"contabo.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4012989},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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