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Posted 4 weeks agoFP&A
at Acast
Stockholm, Sweden, SwedenRemote
Responsibilities
- Lead in-depth financial analysis, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights to drive business performance, investment decisions, and long-term planning.
- Own and drive the budgeting and forecasting processes within your scope, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment with overall financial and strategic objectives. Budget Performance:
- Deliver comprehensive analysis of P&L statements and key performance indicators, highlighting risks, opportunities, and key drivers to support proactive decision-making.
- Produce high-quality financial reporting with clear, insightful commentary, presenting findings to stakeholders in a concise and impactful manner. Sales Commissions:
- Oversee and enhance the sales commission process, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and continuous improvement of related methodologies. Financial Projects:
- Lead or play a central role in finance-related projects and transformation initiatives, driving process improvements, automation, and efficiency across the function. Who you are Experience: Several years of
Requirements
- experience in an international environment as a Business Controller, Senior Financial Analyst, or similar role, with a track record of influencing business decisions.
- A degree in Economics, Finance, Business, or a related field. Skills:
- Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capabilities, with the ability to work with large datasets and translate financial concepts into business insights. Communication:
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly and confidently to senior and non-finance audiences. Mindset:
- experience with Excel and solid understanding of Business Intelligence tools; familiarity with financial systems and data visualization tools is an advantage. Industry Knowledge:
- Experience from a sales-driven organization or working closely with commercial teams is also meritorious. Location
- While we operate with a high degree of trust and flexibility, we expect this role to be based out of our Stockholm office with a weekly presence. Culture
Additional details
- Since 2014, Acast has been building the world’s most valuable podcast marketplace, creating the technology that connects podcast creators, advertisers, and listeners.
- Its marketplace spans more than 140,000 podcasts, 3,300 advertisers, and one billion quarterly listens.
- Crucially, those listens are monetized wherever they happen—across any podcast app or listening platform. About the role
- As our FP&A - Business Controller, you will serve as a lead strategic architect within our finance function.
- In this role, you aren’t just observing the business; you are a key partner to senior management, translating complex data into the actionable insights that drive our growth as a listed company.
- Operating within a public environment, you will balance the rigor of high-level compliance with the agility of strategic business support.
- You will be responsible for overseeing financial management reporting and providing the "why" behind the figures to facilitate expert decision-making across the organization. What you´ll do
- Act as a trusted financial partner to senior stakeholders and managers, proactively providing insights, challenging assumptions, and influencing strategic and operational decision-making. Financial Analysis:
- Partner closely with business leaders to monitor financial performance, identify variances, and guide corrective actions to deliver against budget and profitability targets. Financial Closing:
- Play a key role in the monthly closing process, ensuring integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial data, while continuously improving closing routines.