About the Company
An international FinTech company operating in the payments industry and working across multiple markets and currencies. The company operates in a high-risk environment and is looking for an experienced Financial Controller to strengthen its Finance & Operations function and support group-level financial reporting, budgeting, and control.
About the Role
We are looking for a Financial Controller with strong hands-on experience in management reporting, budgeting, and consolidation within FinTech or Payments.
You will be responsible for group-level financial reporting, budget control, multi-entity consolidation, and analysis of financial performance. The role requires someone who can not only work confidently with complex financial data, but also understand the underlying payment flows and explain what is driving the numbers.
• Prepare and maintain group budgets, P&L and cash flow forecasts across legal entities, business lines, and cost centers.
• Perform budget vs. actual analysis, investigate variances, and prepare clear explanations for management.
• Maintain rolling forecasts and regularly update financial models based on actual performance.
• Support preparation and review of P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow reporting across the group.
• Consolidate financial results across multiple entities, including elimination of intercompany transactions and balances.
• Manage multi-currency reporting and calculate realized and unrealized FX differences.
• Monitor balances with payment providers, rolling reserves, funds in transit, security deposits, and other open positions.
• Reconcile financial balances with reconciliation and ledger data and investigate discrepancies together with Operations.
• Support monthly close and ensure reporting is delivered within established deadlines.
• Maintain data quality, allocation rules, and consistency of financial reporting across the group.
• Support external accountants and auditors with financial breakdowns, explanations, and supporting documentation.
• Improve and automate financial reporting processes, including Power Query and BI-based solutions.
• Document financial processes and develop internal control procedures.
• 3+ years of experience as a Financial Controller, FP&A Specialist, Management Reporting Specialist, or in a similar finance role.
• Experience within FinTech is required; Payments, PSP, Acquiring, or e-money experience is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience in a multi-currency and high-risk FinTech environment.
• Strong knowledge of P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow and the relationship between the three statements.
• Practical experience with multi-entity consolidation, including intercompany eliminations and different reporting currencies.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis skills.
• Understanding of payment business financial flows, including payment providers, rolling reserves, and funds in transit.
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills, including financial models, Power Query, pivot tables, XLOOKUP, and large datasets.
• Practical experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, 1C, Xero, Odoo, or similar.
• Power BI / Looker / Tableau and SQL skills will be an advantage.
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to trace financial discrepancies back to their root cause.
• Ability to work independently, build processes, and meet reporting deadlines even when input data is incomplete.
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• ACCA / CIMA / CPA / CFA certification or ongoing studies will be an advantage.
• Russian — working proficiency.
• English — B2+ for business communication with auditors, banks, and counterparties.
• Full-time, remote position.
• Competitive compensation, discussed individually.
• International FinTech and high-risk payments environment.
• High level of ownership and opportunity to improve and automate group-level financial processes.