Financial Control & Automation Analyst

About Us:

We are looking for a technically-minded finance professional to join our Corporate FP&A team. Your mission is to build the digital infrastructure that automates the month-end reporting cycle consolidates our financial logic and eliminates manual data processing. 
You will act as a link between our high-speed commercial growth and our financial accuracy requirements. Youll start by developing a deep understanding of our existing processes and reporting rhythms with the goal of streamlining and automating the processes. 

The Challenge:
 

Process engineering & automation 

• Eliminate manual processing :   Identify and streamline repetitive manual activities across the month-end cycle including accruals revenue-share calculations cost reconciliations and reporting processes 

• Workflow orchestration: Use tools like Power Automate Python Power BI or Abacum to automate data flows between our ERP Jira and our reporting layers. 

• Systemic governance:  Support improvement of the approval and control processes by embedding financial logic and governance directly into systems and workflows to enforce budgetary compliance. 

Financial control & reporting efficiency 

• Automated cycle oversight: Improve the consolidated month-end cycle by building diagnostic tools that flag variances in real-time rather than after the books are finalized. 

• Revenue & cost forensics: Help build automated audit agents that cross-reference contract data with actual spend to identify leakages or accrual risks. 

• Month-End Close - Support and manage month-end close activities across operating expenditure including the preparation and review of invoices accruals and related system entries in line with agreed timelines and control standards with the need of further automating these activities over time. 

Technical control & audit readiness 

• Technical interface: Serve as the primary technical contact for external auditors and the Global Controller translating our complex commercial models into audited financial actuals. 

• Data contract management: Define and enforce data contracts between Accounting and FP&A to ensure that actuals arrive clean mapped and ready for analysis. 

• SOX processes and IFRS knowledge - Support and strengthen SOX controls and audit processes by improving the reliability traceability and consistency of financial data and reporting workflows 

About You:

• Data literacy: Proficiency in SQL (Redshift/BigQuery) or a proven ability to learn technical data structures quickly is required. You must be able to pull and join your own data build own visualizations in Power BI without a ticket. 

• Automation mindset: Experience with (or a strong desire proven ability to learn) n8n Python or other workflow automation tools. 

• System savvy: Experience with modern FP&A platforms (Abacum Pigment or Anaplan) and ERP environments. 

• Advanced excel: Still required but primarily for prototyping logic before moving it into an automated system. 

•  1-3 years of experience in Financial Control FP&A or Finance Operations. 

• Background in a high-growth tech sports data/betting environment is a significant  / Finance / Other appropriate degree. Masters not necessary 

• A systems-thinking approach: You see the company as a series of connected data flows rather than a collection of separate spreadsheets. 

• Ownership mentality: You take pride in permanently retiring manual processes. 

Additional Information :

At Sportradar we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs facilities and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) we believe skills evolve over time. If youre willing to learn and grow with us we invite you to join our team!

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time