Director Controlling
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Job Summary
Our mission
Seven Education(formerly Sdui Group) develops a smart AIpowered platform that helps schools and educational institutions work more efficiently. Our products reduce administrative workload improve communication and enable teachers institutions and decision-makers to focus on what matters most: learning growth and people.
As a European EdTech group with 350 employees we build intuitive and scalable solutions used widely across the education landscape. Every day they help create clarity streamline workflows and strengthen collaboration. We build with courage ownership and meaningful collaboration - and we stay inspired by the real impact our products create for the people at the heart of education. Our ambition is clear: to become Europes leading EdTech brand.
If you want to join that journey and grow with us we would love to hear from you.
As a European EdTech group with 350 employees we build intuitive and scalable solutions used widely across the education landscape. Every day they help create clarity streamline workflows and strengthen collaboration. We build with courage ownership and meaningful collaboration - and we stay inspired by the real impact our products create for the people at the heart of education. Our ambition is clear: to become Europes leading EdTech brand.
If you want to join that journey and grow with us we would love to hear from you.
Your mission
As our Director Controlling you will build and lead the groups Controlling & FP&A function during a phase of high growth and acquisitions. You bring structure insight and financial discipline to a fastmoving multientity SaaS organisation to enable better decisions stronger performance and scalable growth. Your work will create true transparency elevate strategic steering and shape how we plan measure and optimize value across the entire business.
What youll do
- Own the group-wide planning and forecasting framework including annual budgeting rolling forecasts and multiyear plans.
- Build and continuously refine a robust driverbased financial model covering revenue cost margin cash and headcount.
- Establish and run a group performance-management framework with clear KPIs targets and accountability mechanisms.
- Deliver variance analyses and forwardlooking insights to identify risks opportunities and required actions early.
- Design standardise and improve management reporting across entities products and functions.
- Develop dashboards and analytics covering revenue performance unit economics customer behaviour project profitability and cost efficiency.
- Lead financial due diligence businesscase modelling synergy assessments and postmerger value tracking for M&A.
- Define Controlling requirements for systems data structures reporting standards and the single source of truth.
- Partner closely with Finance Product GTM and Operations to translate strategy into measurable financial outcomes.
- Act as an independent and trusted sparring partner to CEO CFO and senior leadership challenging assumptions and strengthening decision quality.
- Build lead and develop a highperforming Controlling & FP&A team with clear interfaces to Accounting and Finance Operations.
What youll bring
- Strong experience in Controlling / FP&A ideally in a highgrowth multientity or investorbacked environment.
- Proven track record in building or redesigning budgeting forecasting and planning processes including driverbased financial models.
- Experience improving decision quality through better transparency KPI frameworks dashboards and performance reviews.
- Hands-on expertise in reporting forecasting scenario modelling long-range planning and financial analysis; SaaS exposure is a plus.
- Experience supporting M&A processes (due diligence businesscase validation synergy modelling or postmerger value tracking).
- Ability to act as an independent control function while building strong collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Comfort operating in complexity ambiguity and transformation contexts pragmatic data-driven and resilient.
- Leadership experience: hiring developing and scaling highperforming teams.
- Fluency in English; international experience is an advantage.
Where youll be
You can be based in one of our hubs in Germany (Koblenz Hamburg Berlin) with a hybrid setup. Regular presence in your home hub is expected combined with flexibility for remote work and occasional travel across locations.
What we offer
- Purpose & Social Impact: At Seven Education you contribute to shaping the future of education in Europe and help improve the daily work of schools. You can take two paid days per year for volunteer activities.
- Flexibility & Modern Work: Flexible working hours hybrid models remote work and workations within the EU Switzerland and the UK are part of how we work.
- Learning & Development: Dedicated learning time access to learning platforms language courses in German and English and continuous development opportunities support your personal and professional growth.
- Team & Collaboration: You will work in a supportive collaborative environment that values trust openness and teamwork. A team-building budget is available for workshops and shared events.
- Ownership & Growth: You will have the opportunity to take responsibility shape structures and grow with a company that combines a start-up mindset with the ambition to build a leading European software group.
- Time Off & Everyday Perks: 30 days of paid vacation half-days off on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve and dog-friendly offices.
Diversity Statement
At Seven Education we believe that diversity drives innovation and inclusion strengthens collaboration.
We welcome people of all backgrounds identities and perspectives because transforming education for a better tomorrow starts with equal opportunities today. If youre excited about this role but dont meet every requirement wed still love to hear from you.
We welcome people of all backgrounds identities and perspectives because transforming education for a better tomorrow starts with equal opportunities today. If youre excited about this role but dont meet every requirement wed still love to hear from you.
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