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finanzen.net

Provides finance portal and trading platforms

Senior Controller - Brokerage

Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in Business Administration, Economics, Business Information Systems, or an equivalent qualification.
  • At least five years of professional experience in Controlling or Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).
  • Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and KPI management.
  • Proficiency with tools such as LucaNet, Pigment, or Anaplan, and working knowledge of SAP FI/CO.
  • Very strong Excel skills and strong financial modeling skills, including the ability to analyze complex data.
  • Understanding of the value drivers of a brokerage business, or demonstrated ability to learn new business models quickly.
  • Ability to work in a structured and independent manner and develop sustainable solutions instead of manually repeating monthly tasks.
  • Analytical and entrepreneurial thinking, with the ability to question existing processes and propose pragmatic improvements.
  • Ability to communicate complex matters clearly and persuasively, including in direct exchanges with senior management.
  • Ability to collaborate with different departments and interest in the business behind the numbers.
  • Business-fluent spoken and written German and English, including for management and investor reporting.

Responsibilities

  • Provide financial oversight for the brokerage business and serve as a sparring partner to senior management.
  • Own monthly performance and contribution-margin analyses for trading and non-trading business.
  • Analyze key drivers including the customer funnel from KYC through repeat trade, trading activity, revenue streams, and net interest income.
  • Support budgeting and forecasting in Pigment and analyze plan-versus-actual variances.
  • Prepare management reports and derive actionable recommendations.
  • Serve as the central Controlling contact for Marketing and Product.
  • Analyze marketing and product costs across all business areas each month.
  • Assess activity efficiency using KPIs such as CAC, LTV, yield, and cohort analyses.
  • Support budgeting and forecasting for Marketing and Product and identify opportunities to improve profitability.
  • Prepare plan-versus-actual, variance, scenario, and ad hoc analyses to inform operational and strategic decisions.
  • Translate complex financial relationships into clear, audience-appropriate recommendations.
  • Collaborate closely with senior management, Accounting, Treasury, Data, Marketing, and Product.
  • Continuously develop Controlling and reporting processes.

Desired Qualifications

  • Professional experience at a broker, neobroker, bank, FinTech, or another capital-markets-related company.
  • Knowledge of unit economics, cohort analyses, and evaluating customer and business development.
  • Practical experience with SQL or use of Databricks.
  • Experience reporting to private equity investors.
  • Personal interest in financial markets and personal trading experience.

About the Company

finanzen.net

Provides finance portal and trading platforms

Die Finanzen.net Gruppe bietet Finanzinformationen, Handel und Recherchewerkzeuge für private sowie professionelle Anleger. Über finanzen.net liefern Marktdaten und Analysen, über finanzen.net ZERO können Nutzer kostengünstig Wertpapiere handeln, und TraderFox stellt semi-professionellen Nutzern Research-Tools, Portfoliotracking und Alerts bereit. Durch die Kombination dieser Marken deckt das Unternehmen Informationsbeschaffung, Handelsausführung und fortgeschrittene Tools in einer integrierten Plattform ab. Ziel ist es, der beste Partner auf der Investment-Reise der Kunden zu sein und nachhaltig zu wachsen, unterstützt durch die Übernahme durch Inflexion.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Karlsruhe, Germany
Founded
2011

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