Junior Financial Controller

**WORK LOCATION**: Berlin (hybrid, min. 2 days in the office / week)
FULL-TIME
To strengthen our finance team, we are looking for a motivated Junior Financial Controller to support our Senior Financial Controller across a variety of reporting, analysis, and operational controlling tasks. This role offers an exciting opportunity to develop hands-on experience in group reporting, consolidation, and financial performance management in an international environment. In addition, the position is designed to progressively evolve into a more operational controlling role, with growing involvement in cross-departmental financial support. As part of this development, the Junior Financial Controller will act as a business partner for selected functions, providing financial insights, preparing cost and performance analyses, and supporting departmental planning processes in close collaboration with the Senior Financial Controller.
**WHAT YOU WILL DO**:

- Assist the Senior Financial Controller in internal reporting processes, monthly closings, and associated workflows across the group.
- Support the enhancement and partial automation of reporting through Business Intelligence tools, programming, and statistical methods.
- Help maintain and utilize LucaNet (Financial Software) for group consolidation, provisions, and reporting activities.
- Contribute to the preparation of financial analyses, business models, and budget vs. actual variance analyses, providing insights for decision-making.
- Support the development of budget structures, cost center frameworks, and independent KPI reporting across departments.
- Collaborate on operational controlling initiatives, including Cost Performance Controlling, Departmental KPI Systems, Contribution Margin Accounting, and Profitability and Pricing Analyses to deepen management reporting quality.

**WHAT YOU BRING IN**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- 2-3 years of professional experience in financial controlling or a related finance function.
- Strong affinity for Business Intelligence systems; practical experience with LucaNet is a plus.
- Basic understanding of Group Accounting principles and consolidation processes.
- Solid analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently.
- Interest in developing skills in operational controlling areas.
- Proactive and structured working style with a strong willingness to learn and grow.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and cultures.
- Experience with NetSuite is a plus.
- English proficiency is required. Knowledge of German is a strong plus.

**WHAT WE PROVIDE**:
The DEVELOPMENT of each exponDOer is of the upmost importance to us:

- You will be assigned to a buddy, who will support, advise and simply be there during there for you during the first weeks of the onboarding.
- Your opinion makes a difference, and you will help us to shape with us expondo’s future.
- We provide learning & development opportunities to promote your constant development.

We offer all our employees the FREEDOM to work how it is best suited to their needs:

- Whether it will be work from fully from the office or a hybrid, we will provide the needed hardware to work in comfort.
- We provide flexible working hours
- We trust our employees to make informed decisions, and your contributions will have a direct impact on our projects and overall success.

In our CULTURE we respect our employees’ needs and care for each other:

- We care about everyone’s physical and mental health, and that is why we provide the best possible conditions for a sustainable work-life balance.
- You will be a part of a diverse team in which good humour, mutual support and respect are highly valued.

The expondo group is an international e-commerce company with more than 350 employees. We are a renowned manufacturer and online retailer of niche products created by experts for experts, operating in Europe and having locations in Germany, Poland, Hong Kong and China. Our focus is to provide our customers with an appropriate and scalable service.
To be a part of the extended expondo community is to be a part of an ambitious and dynamic global company. What lies ahead in terms of future is in the hands of our employees. It is their ideas, vision, skills, and talents which allow for us to succeed in this fast paced, globalizing world. Our purpose is to empower DOers.
It’s time to get it done with expondo and the time is now.