We are seeking a confident, results-driven senior financial controller with a strong skill set in data management, process automation, and the use of financial tools. The ideal candidate will have experience with MS Dynamics 365 Business Central, MS Power BI, SQL, VBA, and Microsoft Office 365.
Copenhagen Economics (CE) is an international economics consultancy that is composed of a diverse mix of highly skilled economists who work together to deliver hard facts as clear stories. Trusted around the world for our unsurpassed technical abilities, we thrive on complex cases and offer unbiased, trustworthy analyses valued the world over for their insight and thoroughness. We prioritise service and strive to cultivate a deep understanding of our client’s needs from the first meeting.
Today, more than 100 talented individuals work at CE. Our core business comprises more than 80 consultants from students to senior specialists, located in four offices in Brussels, Copenhagen, Helsinki, and Stockholm. We support clients globally concerning, for example, dispute support, competition, and regulatory economics across various sectors, climate and sustainability, intellectual property, and transfer pricing. The 20-member business support team (BST), of which you will be a part, work with human resources, communications, finance, and office management. Tasked with delivering high-quality strategic support across the company, the BST is spread across our four locations and collaborates actively to maximise our resources and find more streamlined ways of working.
Ensuring that our employees have the best possible skills (both technical and soft skills) is critical in our line of work, where we advise on high-stake projects for large clients across the globe. We, therefore, strive to offer timely learning content to our colleagues throughout their careers. In addition to learning activities, we ensure that all co-workers have ongoing dialogues related to their development throughout the year. As our learning and development specialist, you will take ownership of our performance management cycle, with the opportunity to further develop our learning area in collaboration with your colleagues and the business.
Being part of CE means being part of a dynamic and international team. We pride ourselves on providing a professional working environment with an atmosphere of cooperation and good humour. We have an informal approach and put great emphasis on having a challenging and rewarding working day.
The senior financial controller’s duties will include managing accounting records, evaluating, and managing risk, ensuring compliance with regulations, publishing financial statements, overseeing accounting operations, analysing financial data, monitoring expenditure, forecasting revenue, coordinating auditing processes, and ensuring the accuracy of financial information.
Your strategic planning and exceptional numerical proficiency as a financial controller will aid our organisation in maintaining positive revenue and financial growth, implementing proper internal controls, and developing financial plans that support our organisational strategies.
The ideal candidate should possess strong analytical skills, exceptional problem-solving skills, and organisational skills, and should have a flair for numbers. The financial controller should streamline our accounting functions and operations and provide financial analysis and reports.
The senior financial controller reports to the chief financial officer and will be a part of a finance team with four experienced colleagues.
Please submit your application, including your CV, cover letter, academic transcripts, and other relevant material no later than 21 February 2023. In your motivational letter, please elaborate on why you would like to work with us and why you believe you would be a good fit for the role and our team (maximum 500 words). As a company, we are committed to responding to all applicants, no matter the result, and successful candidates will be informed and invited for interviews after the deadline.
If you have questions, you are welcome to contact Gert Bendsen via email at gbe@copenhageneconomics.com. We look forward to receiving your application!
