Senior Controller

Job description / Role

What we offer

Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from. Apply now!

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

In this role you are part of the Business Area Controlling Sales team supporting a Market Unit/Cluster in EMEA South. Main tasks are performing the financial forecast, monitoring performance and driving action plans as well as cascading the yearly budgets. To successfully manage this task and to further strengthen our support for our stakeholders we are looking for a Controller with professional experience preferably from working in an international company.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

- Supporting month-end closing / quarter-end closing activities (e.g. performing checks and analysis on the revenue streams, SOX checks on software revenue, checking correctness of expenses postings)
- Forecasting/budgeting for Line of Business (LOB) Sales with regards to headcounts, P&L etc. on MU level
- Interaction and cooperation with stakeholders in the MU
- Reporting activities for different stakeholders (MU CFO, HR, Sales operations)
- Cooperation with Specialized Controlling teams on the budget and forecast topics
- Supporting projects on standardization and harmonization of controlling processes and tools

Requirements

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

- University degree or the equivalent with a focus on finance and controlling
- Excellent analytical and strong problem-solving skills
- Comfort with working in both a team and independently demonstrating significant self-initiative
- Ability to prioritize tasks
- Good knowledge of IT business models
- Good time management with ability to work under stress and time pressure
- Fluency in spoken and written English

WORK EXPERIENCE

- Minimum 2 years of professional work experience with a focus on controlling and accounting processes

What you can expect is professional onboarding, exciting career progression, a diverse work environment providing growth opportunities, learning & development possibilities, and an international business network for you to leverage. Interesting non-work related activities (volunteering, charity, sport events,..)

This role is based at the ultra-modern Metronom office building directly above the Nove Butovice metro station. The location encompasses SAP's vision for the perfect work-life balance by featuring uniquely decorated relaxation rooms, parents' and kids' room.

BENEFITS

Yearly bonuses, sick days paid and sick leaves fully refunded, flexible start/end of working hours, contributions to the pension/life insurance, meal vouchers, holidays 5 weeks, educational courses, coaching and mentoring opportunities, free massage, cafeteria plan, free fitness studio, generous shares program, etc.

As this colleague will be supporting Middle East countries, we prefer candidates who would consent to adjust their working week to Sunday till Thursday.

About the Company

Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's largest business software company with more than 51,500 employees at sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Our global development approach focuses on distributing development across the world in strategically important markets. A global network of SAP Labs spanning Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, and the United States, enables SAP to operate locally, yet organize globally.

As the global technology research unit of SAP, SAP Research significantly contributes to SAP's product portfolio and extends SAP's leading position by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends through applied research and corporate venturing. SAP Research has highly skilled teams in 11 research centers worldwide.