JobLeads
Controlling & BI Specialist - fully remote within Europe (m/f/d)
Job Summary
The role involves building and maintaining financial reports and models using Power BI and SQL, supporting forecasting and budgeting processes, and providing financial insights to leadership. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience in controlling, FP&A, or finance-focused BI roles, with strong skills in SQL, Excel, and Power BI. Fluency in German is required, along with a solid understanding of P&L, cost accounting, and liquidity planning. The position offers the opportunity to influence financial decision-making within a fully remote, collaborative environment with a focus on structured and scalable reporting systems.
Required Skills
Benefits
Job Description
At JobLeads our mission is to enable jobseekers to land a better job faster. On this mission we are digitizing every aspect of career coaching to make it accessible and affordable to every jobseeker worldwide.
We are active in 40+ countries and our products reach over 4 million users monthly. We are a fully remote company with a positive, diverse, and supportive culture.
We look for people who are curious, inventive, analytical and work to be a little better every single day. We aim to be smart, humble, hardworking and, above all, collaborative.
Your Role
We’re hiring a Controlling & BI Specialist to sit at the intersection of Finance and BI – owning the consistency, transparency, and usability of our financial data across reporting, forecasting, and decision-making.
In this role, you will build and maintain Power BI reports and SQL models, support forecasting and budget processes, and handle ad-hoc financial data questions from our Finance Manager and leadership team.
What You'll Be Doing:
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Build and maintain Power BI reports for P&L, revenue, cost, and liquidity tracking
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Model and analyze financial data using SQL and Excel
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Support forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis, and scenario modeling
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Run ad-hoc financial analyses (e.g., transactions, pay rates, accruals, VAT, cash flow) for the Finance Manager
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Serve as the go-to person for all finance-related data questions, including from the accounting team and executive leadership
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Ensure the consistency, clarity, and documentation of financial KPIs across the BI system
What You'll Need:
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High-level financial analysis and reporting expertise with advanced SQL and Power BI skills — able to analyse and interpret complex financial data to produce actionable insights, build accurate automated reports from SQL-based data models, present findings to finance and non-finance stakeholders, and work independently making sound analytical decisions
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At least 5 years of experience in controlling, FP&A, or a finance-focused BI role
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Solid understanding of P&L, cost accounting, and liquidity planning
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Ability to translate financial data into actionable, structured insights
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A highly structured, independent working style with strong numerical attention to detail
Nice to Have:
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Experience in a digital B2C or SaaS business model
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Familiarity with accounting systems (e.g., DATEV)
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Comfort working with metrics such as CAC, LTV, ROI, and payback periods
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Experience working with data engineers or setting up scalable reporting systems
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Fluency in German
What You Can Expect at JobLeads
- Direct impact on financial steering and management decision-making
- Access to a modern BI stack and support from our data engineering team
- Fully remote, flexible work setup
- High autonomy in a collaborative, fast-paced company
- A friendly, international team with a strong feedback culture
- Regular virtual team events and our annual JobLeads Sailing Week in the Mediterranean
If you’re passionate about finance, data, and building structured, scalable reporting processes that truly support business decisions – we’re looking forward to meeting you.
Please submit your CV in English.
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