Senior Financial Controller

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PROFILE

Qualification and Professional Experience

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a comparable qualification, with relevant professional experience in controlling or financial reporting.
• Proven experience in a Senior Financial Controller, Financial Controller, Management Accountant or similar role.
• Mandatory experience in a project-based environment, ideally within construction, infrastructure, renewable energy, real assets or a comparable sector.
• Strong understanding of management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial controls.
• Experience with project cost controlling, project accounting or financial monitoring of capital-intensive projects.
• Based within commutable distance of Karlsruhe and able to work from the Karlsruhe office at least three days per week.

IT and analytical skills

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, in particular:
• Pivot tables
• Power Query
• Complex formulas and data analysis
• Data modelling.
• Excellent knowledge of Power BI, in particular:
• Creation of interactive dashboards and reports
• Data modelling and knowledge of DAX
• Connecting and integrating various data sources
• Automation and further development of reporting processes.
• Confidence using ERP systems.

Treasury, Liquidity and Working Capital Management

• Substantial experience in liquidity management and cash-flow planning.
• Several years’ experience in managing and optimising working capital (receivables, payables and, ideally, project-related balances and advance payments).
• Experience in establishing and further developing cash management and treasury processes within international corporate structures.
• Knowledge of the financing of multinational corporate structures, in particular:
• Intercompany financing
• Draw-down processes from credit and financing facilities
• Cash pooling
• Intra-group loans
• Corporate law, tax and financial requirements of international financing structures
• Experience in the management of banks, financing and treasury processes is desirable, but not an essential requirement.

Personal skills

• An analytical, structured, detail-oriented and solution-oriented approach to work.
• A strong aptitude for numbers, sound commercial judgement and a thorough understanding of business contexts and financial processes.
• A proactive, hands-on approach, with the ability to analyse, optimise and establish processes in a sustainable manner.
• Confident in analysing complex financial data and translating it into clear, practical insight for non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong communication and presentation skills when dealing with management, banks, auditors and international subsidiaries.
• Ability to work independently, a strong sense of responsibility and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Ability to work well in a team and to collaborate across departments in an international environment.
• Fluent German and English communication skills, both written and spoken.

We offer

Location:Karlsruhe, Germany

Company:ILOS Projects GmbH

Scope:Full-time/hybrid (3 days in office per week)

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Publicada em 01 de nov. de 2026

Publicada em 01 de nov. de 2026