Group Controller (all genders)

Kapsch is one of Austria's most successful global technology companies. With its comprehensive ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) portfolio, Kapsch is actively addressing the challenges of the present and the future with intelligent mobility solutions in a wide range of application areas. As a family-owned company founded in 1892 and headquartered in Vienna, Kapsch can look back on 130 years of experience with the future. To learn more about our solutions and innovations, visit our website here.

Role Purpose

Act as a Group Controller ensuring accurate financial planning, reporting, and performance management across the organization. The position supports strategic decision-making by driving budgeting and forecasting processes, delivering insightful financial analyses, enhancing reporting and business intelligence solutions, and partnering with management and international subsidiaries to improve financial transparency, operational efficiency, and business performance.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Support the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting process at Group level, working closely with regional organizations, country subsidiaries, and corporate functions to ensure alignment with strategic and financial objectives.
• Prepare, analyze, and interpret monthly management reports, while continuously enhancing reporting standards and ensuring a high level of data quality and consistency across the Group.
• Drive the optimization, harmonization, and standardization of Group Finance processes across Controlling, Accounting, and Finance functions. Actively contribute to cross-functional and international projects.
• Perform variance analyses, ad hoc financial evaluations, and prepare high-quality presentations for management, executive committees, and board meetings.
• Act as a proactive challenger, trusted sparring partner, and business partner to management, executives, regional organizations, and functional departments, supporting decision-making through financial insights and business analysis.
• Serve as the key contact for international subsidiaries on all finance-related matters, particularly reporting and consolidation topics. Ensure data integrity and provide meaningful financial analyses to support business performance.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Controlling, or Business Informatics, combined with at least two years of professional experience in Corporate Controlling, ideally within an international organization operating in a project-driven or service-oriented environment.
• Strong proficiency in financial and reporting tools, including Excel, PowerPoint and basics in SQL, with a strong interest in digitalization, reporting systems, and business intelligence solutions.
• Advanced Power BI expertise, including design, development, administration, and continuous enhancement of dashboards and reporting environments.
• Solid knowledge of IFRS, particularly IFRS 15 and IFRS 16, as well as a sound understanding of financial statements and consolidation principles.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to prepare high-quality reports and presentations for Executive Management, Supervisory Boards, and external stakeholders.
• International mindset with strong intercultural awareness and excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Innovative, proactive, self-driven, and results-oriented professional with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Confident in challenging assumptions, questioning the status quo, and constructively influencing stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Able to work effectively under pressure while maintaining focus, accuracy, and a solution-oriented mindset.
• Independent and structured working style combined with strong collaboration qualities.

Our Offer to You

• We have a unique corporate culture, driven by family tradition since 1892. We strive to create a work environment conducive to personal growth, satisfaction and achievement.
• You you will be part of an international company with European roots and our corporate finance team.
• A hands-on onboarding with an experienced team to get familiar with the business and domain-related processes
• Social benefits of a modern company, e.g. Homeoffice, mobile devices, flexible working hours, operating restaurants, meal discount, bridge day regulation etc.
• Possibility to participate in regular trainings (technical and personal development)
• A market compliant gross salary of EUR 65.000 p.a. based on a full-time employment (38,5h/week), which can be adapted according to your qualifications and your professional experience
• The benefits of working for the Kapsch Group

Kapsch is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We attach great importance to a balance in the diversity of our employees. Therefore, we welcome all applications without regard to gender, age, religious beliefs/ideology, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or national origin.

We believe hiring is a human decision. AI supports some of the operational side of our process, such as interview scheduling and coordination, but every step that matters is handled by a person. Your application will be reviewed, your interviews will be conducted, and your offer will be made by humans who are genuinely invested in making thoughtful hiring decisions that benefit both you and our team.

Your contact for this position: Tatiana Rezan-Sirotinskis, Talent Attraction Partner Austria, P +43 50 811 1906 | M +43 664 6281906