Senior Controller – Brokerage

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Provide financial oversight and collaborate with the brokerage business as well as Marketing & Product.

• Conduct monthly analyses of performance and contribution margins for both trading and non-trading activities.

• Examine the customer funnel, trading activities, revenue streams, and net interest income.

• Assist in budgeting and forecasting using Pigment, while analyzing variances between budgeted and actual figures.

• Prepare management reports and formulate actionable recommendations.

• Execute monthly evaluations of marketing and product-related costs.

• Assess efficiency by utilizing CAC, LTV, yield, and cohort analyses.

• Generate budget-versus-actual reports, variance analyses, scenario assessments, and ad hoc analyses.

• Collaborate with executive management, Accounting, Treasury, Data, Marketing, and Product teams.

• Continuously enhance controlling and reporting processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• A university degree in Business Administration, Economics, Business Informatics, or a relevant qualification.

• A minimum of five years of professional experience in Controlling or Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).

• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and KPI management.

• Proficiency in LucaNet, Pigment, or Anaplan.

• Familiarity with SAP FI/CO.

• Excellent skills in Excel.

• Strong financial modeling capabilities and the ability to analyze complex data.

• Understanding of the key value drivers of a brokerage business, or a proven capacity to rapidly learn new business models.

• Fluent in both German and English, written and spoken.

• Additional advantages include experience at a broker, neobroker, bank, FinTech, or capital-markets-related company; knowledge of unit economics and cohort analyses; practical experience with SQL or Databricks; familiarity with reporting to private equity investors; and a personal interest in financial markets along with own trading experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employees have the option to work remotely.

• Up to 15 days of workation within the EU each calendar year.

• Opportunities for personal and professional development through training, seminars, and conferences.

• Access to modern office hubs.

• Professional growth opportunities in financial markets and investing.

• Regular team events fostering a strong company culture.

• Health and mobility benefits, including JobRad bicycle leasing and public transport subsidies.

• Attractive financial benefits and additional perks.

• In-person workshops and team events in Karlsruhe several times a year.