Head of Controlling

Quick Facts

• Own management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and profitability analysis
• Lead and develop the controlling team
• Drive automation and AI-enabled FP&A/BI
• Partner with leadership across markets and channels

Description

Lead and scale a business-oriented controlling function that provides leadership with clear visibility into performance, profitability, costs, and key drivers. You will own management reporting and planning cycles, explain variances, and build profitability views across market, channel, category, SKU, and business units. You will partner with teams on costs, margins, and resource allocation, and reduce manual effort by prototyping AI-assisted automation for FP&A and BI.

Responsibilities

• Lead the controlling team: set ownership, priorities, and standards; develop people for accuracy, speed, and business impact
• Own management reporting and dashboards for leadership and key teams
• Own budgets, forecasts, and planning cycles; explain variances vs. budget, forecast, and prior periods
• Build profitability visibility by market, channel, category, SKU, and business unit; track key drivers across e-commerce, retail, marketplaces, production, and logistics
• Partner with teams on costs, margins, and resource allocation; build financial models to support pricing, promotion, product, and channel decisions
• Ensure data and accounting integrity: correct allocations, cost-center structure, and reporting standards with Accounting, Data Engineering, and BI
• Remove manual work with automation and AI: use LLMs, AI agents, and AI FP&A/BI tools to prototype solutions before scaling with IT/BI

Requirements

• Senior experience in controlling, FP&A, or finance business partnering
• Proven experience leading and developing a team
• Ability to structure work in a fast-moving business without slowing it down
• Strong track record in management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Proven experience building controlling processes, dashboards, and financial models (from scratch or improved setups)
• Hands-on experience automating workflows and improving processes using AI tools
• Deep understanding of P&L, margins, cost structures, unit economics, cost allocation, and channel/product profitability
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills and BI tool proficiency
• Ability to translate financial data into business decisions and challenge leadership with clear arguments
• Preferred: experience in e-commerce, retail, FMCG, or manufacturing
• Fluency in Czech and English

Benefits

• Real ownership from day one and a role where good decisions carry weight
• Fast-growing, international environment with visibility of your impact
• Opportunity to build and scale a strategic controlling function that supports business growth