Senior Controller

Job Description

• Lead end-to-end financial steering and performance management for the Zurich legal entity, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow oversight.
• Manage monthly closing reviews, prepare performance reports, and deliver variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities proactively and provide management with actionable recommendations.
• Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and medium-term planning aligned with Group standards and timelines.
• Drive cost governance, headcount planning, productivity analysis, and oversight of overheads, allocations, and recharges.
• Own cash forecasting and monitor key balance sheet positions, ensuring strong financial discipline around capitalization and accruals.
• Ensure compliance with Group controlling standards, internal controls, audits, and reporting requirements.
• Act as a senior finance business partner to Zurich management while supporting process improvements, best practices, and development of junior controllers.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Controlling or FP&A within an international group environment, preferably in a B2B industrial project-based business.
• Strong experience in legal entity controlling in a complex matrix organization.
• Solid understanding of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow mechanics, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to translate financial data into management insights.
• Experience with ERP and planning/consolidation tools such as SAP, IFS, Tagetik, or Power BI.
• Fluent in English with confidence interacting with senior stakeholders.
• Structured, proactive, and resilient finance professional with strong ownership, accountability, and leadership mindset.

Additional Information

We offer
• Responsible challenge with diversified field of activity
• Team-oriented working atmosphere in an international Company
• Personal development opportunities through own Inova Academy
• Opportunity to gain an insight into various technical disciplines
• Excellent employment conditions
• Attractive working place (central, good transport links)
• Modern infrastructure

For HR agencies: Please note that we do not accept applications coming from agencies. Thank you.