Senior Business Controller
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Job Location:
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Company
Shoparize is a fast-growing e-commerce scale-up active in 21 European markets. We are on a mission to create the smartest and most performance-driven shopping platform in Europe. With a growing team of over 40 employees across tech operations marketing and sales we are looking for a commercially minded and analytically sharp finance professional to sit at the intersection of financial control business performance and data.
Shoparize. Where Comparison Drives Conversion.
Description
As Senior Business Controller you will be the financial heartbeat of Shoparizes performance management. Reporting directly to the CFO you will own the monthly close reconciliation financial reporting forecasting and budgeting while acting as the primary Finance counterpart to our BI Specialist to ensure that the data powering our dashboards and business decisions is accurate well-defined and aligned with our financial
reality.
This role sits at a critical intersection: you are part controller part analyst and part data owner. You will define what financial data means at Shoparize direct how it is structured and reported through our BI stack (BigQuery Looker Studio) and translate it into insights that support the CFO revenue teams and leadership in making faster and better decisions.
This is not a back-office role. You will be commercially engaged intellectually curious and comfortable challenging both numbers and assumptions including your own.
Role
Financial Close and Reconciliation
- Own the monthly financial close process end-to-end ensuring completeness accuracy and timeliness
- Reconcile operational and transactional data from our systems against financial actuals and own the resolution of any discrepancies
- Ensure that the numbers in our BI dashboards and the numbers in our financial statements tell the same story and investigate immediately when they do not
- Maintain a clear audit trail between operational data management reporting and statutory financials
- Collaborate closely with the Finance Manager on the close calendar accruals and period-end entries
Financial Reporting & Performance Analysis
- Own and continuously improve monthly management reporting: P&L gross margin cash flow and market-level performance
- Support the CFO in preparing board materials investor updates and executive business reviews
- Analyse revenue cost and margin performance across all 21 European markets and identify drivers trends and outliers
- Translate complex financial and operational data into clear concise business narratives for leadership
- Deliver ad hoc financial analyses to support commercial operational and strategic decisions
Forecasting Budgeting & Planning
- Lead the annual budgeting process and ongoing rolling forecast cycles
- Build and maintain robust financial models supporting scenario planning market expansion and investment decisions
- Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast; own variance analysis and management commentary
- Improve the quality frequency and reliability of forward-looking financial information across the business
- Support capital allocation decisions with structured business cases and financial modelling
Data Ownership & BI Direction
- Act as the Finance-side product owner for all financial and business data: define metric logic KPI definitions and reporting requirements
- Direct the BI Specialist on the data structures dashboard builds and reporting outputs that Finance and leadership need; owning the business requirements so the BI Specialist can execute technically
- Establish and maintain a single source of truth for key financial metrics (revenue margin costs) that is consistent across Finance Marketing Sales and Operations
- Proactively identify data quality issues; escalate and drive resolution with the BI Specialist and the relevant data owners
- Ensure that marketing and revenue optimisation data used by the CMO is reconcilable with financial reporting preventing parallel conflicting numbers from emerging across teams
- Maintain a living data dictionary of financial metric definitions agreed across multiple disciplines
Strategic Finance & CFO Support
- Work closely with the CFO on capital allocation liquidity planning and investment prioritisation
- Contribute to strategic finance topics including market expansion new product investments and growth initiatives
- Support preparation for future financing activities investor reporting or due diligence processes as needed
- Help shape the financial narrative of the business for internal and external audiences
Business Partnering
- Build trusted relationships with commercial marketing and operational teams; becoming their go-to for financial insight
- Challenge business assumptions constructively and support teams in understanding the financial impact of their decisions
- Own the analysis and control of OKRs and KPIs across revenue-driven functions tracking performance against targets identifying deviations early and working directly with those teams
- Help establish a data-driven financially disciplined performance culture across Shoparize
- Support the CMO with financially grounded revenue optimisation analysis ensuring commercial insights are anchored in auditable financial data
Requirements
- University degree in Finance Accounting Business Economics Econometrics or a related field with 48 years of relevant experience in business controlling FP&A or financial reporting
- Proven experience owning a monthly close or financial reconciliation process. You understand the detail and the discipline this requires
- Strong financial modelling and analytical skills with the ability to move from granular data to executive-level insight
- Experience working with BI tools and data environments; comfortable translating business questions into data requirements for a technical team
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and reporting tools; experience with BigQuery and/or Looker is a strong plus
- Strong understanding of P&L balance sheet and cash flow mechanics in a multi-market environment
- Excellent communication skills; able to influence both finance and non-finance stakeholders
- High degree of ownership intellectual rigour and a low tolerance for unreliable numbers
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment where processes are still being built
- Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus
Nice to Have
- Experience in e-commerce marketplace SaaS or other high-growth digital environments
- Hands-on experience with BigQuery Looker Studio or equivalent BI/data warehouse stack
- Background in performance marketing analytics or familiarity with metrics like ROAS CAC LTV and contribution margin
- Exposure to fundraising equity/debt processes or investor reporting
- Experience in a multi-entity multi-currency multi-country finance environment
- Background in FP&A at a scale-up or in transaction advisory consulting or investment-related roles
Benefits
- A seat at the table; direct access to the CFO and influence on how the business is steered
- Work with amazing colleagues in a collaborative and supportive environment
- Be the person who defines what financial truth looks like at Shoparize a rare mandate at this stage
- Enjoy our office in the heart of Amsterdam with a flexible hybrid working policy
- Opportunity for self-development across e-commerce strategic finance and data-driven decision-making
- Company-provided laptop and travel reimbursement
- 25 days of annual leave
- Competitive salary performance-based bonus structure
- ClassPass membership
- Healthy snacks in the office
Interested
Required Experience:
Senior IC
