Head of Group Financial Controlling

At Too Good To Go, we have an ambitious mission: to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together.

More than 1/3 of all food produced in the world is wasted. And that has a huge impact on the health of our planet. 10% of greenhouse gas emissions come from food waste and loss.

Through our marketplace app, we connect businesses that have unsold, surplus food, with consumers who can buy and enjoy it at ⅓ of retail value. We are a certified B Corporation with a mission to empower everyone to take action against food waste. Alongside our marketplace app, we create educational tools, explore new business solutions, and influence legislation to help reduce food waste.

We’re growing fast: Our community of 120 million registered users and 180,000 active partners across 20 countries, have together already saved over 500 million meals from going to waste

In 2023, Too Good To Go was recognised on Fortune's acclaimed 'Change the World' list, named as one of Deloitte's 'Best Managed Companies' and won a coveted 'Cultural Impact Award' at the annual Apple App Store Awards.

Your mission

As Head of Group Financial Controlling, reporting directly to the Director Group Accounting, you will serve as the operational anchor and strategic engine behind the Group’s financial health, compliance, and systems transformation.

In this role, you will lead a team covering both group and entity-level controlling, overseeing end-to-end month-end closing, IFRS compliance, local annual reporting and tax accounting in close cooperation with Group Tax and Legal teams.

Your core performance objectives center on maintaining robust group policies, streamlining Chart of Account and cash management processes, ensuring flawless group audit readiness, and enabling seamless international expansion.

Beyond day-to-day governance, you will actively champion innovation, contributing to global system implementations and our overall Finance AI journey. By providing vision, removing operational roadblocks, and empowering your team, you will establish best-in-class financial controlling processes that drive cross functional alignment and sustainable business growth.

As Head of Group Financial Controlling, reporting directly to the Director Group Accounting you will serve as a key contributor in securing the Group’s financial health, compliance and systems transformation.

Your role

Primary tasks will include but not be limited to:

• Responsible for Group Financial Controlling

• Manage group- and entity controlling team

• Manage month-end closing in Accounting and aligning with Group reporting process

• Key contributor on IFRS compliance and Group audit process

• Responsible for closing local annual reports, taxable income including audits in close cooperation with Group Tax and Legal team

• Build and maintain group policies, internal controls, segregation of duties and changes related to legal company structure

• Manage annual cycle of work for Group processes

• Maintain and optimize cash management processes and group tax accounting

• Manage group and local chart of accounts

• Contribute to country expansion from a finance perspective in close cooperation with Group Tax and Legal

• Contribute in planned implementation of global system and compliance solutions

• Contribute to the Finance AI journey

• Ad hoc tasks to support the development of Finance and the business

Managerial expectations:

• Provide guidance, vision, and clear direction while empowering team autonomy

• Foster a collaborative environment focused on continuous professional growth and skill advancement

• Serve as a key liaison to remove operational roadblocks and ensure cross functional alignment

• Champion innovation and best practices across financial controlling processes and systems
  

Requirements

• Professional Experience: Proven track record in a financial controlling leadership role managing a multi-entity group, with demonstrated experience leading and empowering both group and entity-level accounting and controlling teams.

• Technical Expertise & IFRS: Strong technical accounting background with comprehensive knowledge of IFRS compliance, group audit coordination, local statutory reporting, and corporate tax/legal alignment across multiple jurisdictions.

• Governance & Financial Operations: Expert proficiency in developing group policies, internal controls, segregation of duties, group chart of accounts management, cash management process optimization, and corporate structural changes.

• Systems Transformation & AI Focus: Hands-on experience or active contribution to global financial system implementations and compliance software, with a strong enthusiasm for driving process automation and participating in the team's Finance AI journey.

• Leadership Style: Collaborative, empowering managerial approach with a history of fostering professional growth, setting clear direction, resolving operational bottlenecks, and championing best practices across cross-functional stakeholders.
  

Our values:

• We Win Together

• We Raise the Bar

• We Keep It Simple

• We Build A Legacy

• We Care

What we have to offer

• A rare opportunity to work in a social impact company, where you can see real and tangible impact in your role.

• Working alongside an international community of users, partners and 1,200+ colleagues across 20 countries that are on the same important mission.

• Personal and professional development opportunities in a fast-paced scale-up environment.

• An inclusive company culture where you can bring your authentic self to work

• A strong, values-driven team culture where we celebrate successes and socialise with colleagues that care.

Benefits

• WORK FLEXIBLY:

  • Enjoy hybrid working from our great offices, at home or abroad.

  • Extra parental leave and days off beyond local legislation and the option to take an extra week of unpaid leave

  • Health insurance and pension plans (subject to country of employment).

  • Additional days off for significant life events

• CELEBRATE & SOCIALISE

  • Regular social events like summer and winter parties.

  • Coffee, snacks and fully-equipped kitchens.

  • Get to know our community with a monthly free Surprise Bag

  • Paid volunteer time through our Shareback volunteering programme

  • Women in the Workplace, P.R.I.D.E., People of Colour and Functionally Diverse Employee Resource Groups

How to apply

• We take recruitment very seriously, so please carefully read everything we have written above. Please also check our website and international media in order to get a good overview of Too Good To Go.

• Submit your CV and Cover letter in English.

• Please note that we only accept applications coming through our platform. No CV or Cover Letter will be accepted by email or LinkedIn direct messaging.