Financial Controller

Unit4 is a cloud leader in people-based ERP. We’ve specialized in software for service organizations since the early 1980s. Today, our technology is central to the organizations we serve – it delivers a completely new people experience, enabling our customers to engage their people efficiently and productively so they can spend more time on meaningful work. Using the latest AI, machine learning and digital technologies, our customers can make more sense of business-critical data than ever before.

What drives us is simple: enabling our customers to engage their people and deliver a new people experience, through technology that creates smarter, more connected organizations.

We are looking for a results-driven and confident Financial Controller to manage and improve our organization's financial performance and direct our accounting operations.

Duties for the Financial Controller will include managing accounting records, evaluating and managing risk, ensuring compliance with regulations, publishing financial statements, overseeing accounting operations, analysing financial data, monitoring expenditure, forecasting revenue, coordinating auditing processes, and ensuring the accuracy of financial information.

Your planning and exceptional numerical proficiency as a Financial Controller will aid our organization in maintaining positive revenue and financial growth, providing input for financial strategies and financial plans that support organizational strategy, ensuring adherence to internal controls, and achieving financial targets.

The ideal candidate should possess strong analytical skills, problem-solving skills, be highly organized, and have management skills. The noteworthy Financial Controller should support streamlining our accounting functions and operations, provide financial analysis and reports, train staff on business finance issues, promote regulatory compliance, and monitor income generation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparing financial reports.
• Analysing financial data.
• Monitoring internal controls.
• Overseeing and preparing income statements.
• Participating in budgeting processes.
• Managing financial transactions.
• Streamlining financial control functions and operations.
• Providing input for plans for financial growth.
• Evaluating and managing risk.
• Coordinating audit processes.
• (Local) compliance

This is a hybrid position with an office in Lisbon

The ideal candidate has:

• Master's Degree in Accounting or equivalent
• Proven Multi GAAP accounting and reporting experience
• A minimum of 5 years of experience within the Financial Control domain
• Leadership qualities
• Sound knowledge of accounting fundamentals.
• Auditing experience.
• Compliance oriented.
• Proficiency in accounting software.
• Familiar with working in a shared service environment, preferably in an outsourcing context
• Analytical skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

We offer

A chance to participate in the development of an international leading software firm. At Unit4, you have the freedom and autonomy to be successful. An attractive salary while working in a challenging international environment. Enthusiastic colleagues who like to learn from each other. At Unit4 we invest in your personal and professional growth. We don't focus on how many days you work, we trust you on delivering results - thus, we have an unlimited vacation policy.