Senior Financial Controller (with interest in business controlling)

Exertis Ztorm is looking for a Senior Financial Controller to join our team in Stockholm.

About Exertis ZtormExertis Ztorm is a leading digital games distributor, providing a digital distribution solution to video game publishers and retailers worldwide.

Our vision is to provide a one-stop-shop for digital distribution, and we want to surround ourselves with driven, collaborative people with a growth mindset who can contribute to our continuous development and innovation. We work alongside some of the best content in video games, such as Microsoft XBOX, SEGA, Rockstar Games, 2K, Capcom and many, many more.

About the role
You will work broadly in the financial controlling area with both internal stakeholders, such as our financial team, commercial team and the wider Exertis UK group, and external stakeholders, such as our retailer and publisher partners. Your main expertise is within financial controlling and accounting but we also encourage skills and/or an interest in business controlling as we believe it’s a natural next step in your own development. As an important part of our financial team, we believe you enjoy taking ownership and have an interest in working with continuous improvement.

You will report to our Head of Finance, Mikael Berggren.

Key tasks and responsibilities

- Lead the financial control and analysis function and drive process improvement and overall development of the function.

- Secure quality and the timely closing of month and year-end together with finance operations.

- Primary contact to external and internal auditors. Coordinate and prepare relevant documentation for the annual reports.

- Actively monitor financial performance, identifying risk and opportunities as well as ensure cost control and follow up of results.

- Internal controls, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies.

- Drive financial planning, forecasting and actively participate and support the Head of Finance in the yearly and quarterly budget and forecasting process.

- Support in development of business cases, and provide financial analysis to senior business leaders to support decision making.

- Drive development and improvement projects across finance and collaborate with cross functional teams in the wider organization to drive process improvements and financial outcome

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with external partners; Publisher, Retailers and Suppliers.

- Take active part in finance operations where needed.

Your experience include

- A few years of experience in working with accounting and controlling.

- Strong experience in consulting external partners and/or clients within finance.

- Relevant degree in economics, finance or similar.

- Strong knowledge in IFRS (must-have) and preferably experienced in working in an international environment (nice-to-have).

- Excellent understanding of large data sets and financial systems.

- Strong Excel skills.

- Fluency and experience in working in English.

- Preferably worked within retail, distribution or similar, with understanding and knowledge in the supply chain from publisher to consumer (nice-to-have).

Your personal skills

In addition to relevant work experience, we’re looking for someone with the right personal skills and motivation. To thrive at Exertis Ztorm, we believe you are autonomous, curious and have the ability and desire to continuously learn new things and deepen your knowledge. You naturally take ownership, initiatives (and drive them through!) and enjoy working in a fast-paced intentional environment.

You’re an excellent and professional communicator and able to navigate and prioritize. Since you’re working in the middle of the distribution chain, you will be consulting and advising both colleagues and partners from a financial perspective. And lastly, you’re good with numbers, have strong analytical and interpersonal skills.

Application

Sounds like a good match? Welcome to apply! Tell us a bit about yourself and why you see Exertis Ztorm as your future workplace in your application. Please attach your resume or Linkedin profile.

Our recruitment partner UrbanUrban manages all the applications, lead recruiters are Ida Garamvölgyi (ida@urbanurban.se) and Frida Kask Rosén (frida@urbanurban.se). Please note that you can only apply through the link, not through email.