Senior Financial Controller

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At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered. 

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Why this role is important to us 

The Financial Controlling function is a part of the Global Finance Management organization. Together, we are responsible for accounting, financial controlling, consolidation, tax and transfer-pricing. 

As a Senior Financial Controller, you will manage the financial reporting and controlling activities for entities located in Latin America region, ensuring compliance with IFRS and local accounting standards.  

What you will be responsible for 

• Using your Spanish language skills (minimum B2 level) to effectively collaborate with local stakeholders, navigate country-specific financial regulations, and support accurate and timely reporting

• Ensuring financial reporting in accordance with IFRS, Group accounting requirements and local accounting principles, if applicable 

• Participating in financial month-end closing, preparation of year-end reporting to parent company and being responsible for key areas of accounting  

• Performing analytical reviews of reported results, following up on conclusions and taking ownership in controlling activities 

• Ensuring good internal controls in global financial processes and optimizations using analyses and systems  

• Performing controlling reviews of accounting journal entries 

• Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations 

• Reviewing entries regarding setup of new contracts or new business assets 

• Control over local tax and VAT reporting 

• Supporting the Group and local audit including preparing documentation for the audit  

• Preparation of local annual accounts in cooperation with external advisors 

• Communicating and collaborating with colleagues throughout SimCorp’s Global Finance Management organization  

• Participating in various finance projects and ad hoc tasks (incl. financial system amendments related to legislation requirements, e.g., e-invoicing) 

What we value 

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest: 

• A good command of Spanish and English, at minimum B2 level 

• Be eager to work with monthly, quarterly and annual closings and financial reporting in an international company  

• Have a minimum 5 years of experience with financial controlling 

• It is beneficial if you have experience as an auditor from an international company 

• Have solid IFRS knowledge and be familiar with annual reporting under IFRS  

• Thrive in a busy environment with focus on meeting deadlines  

• Be able to work with ERP a system and to be an experienced user of Excel  

• Experience with SAP, Workday, Adaptive Planning is beneficial, but not a requirement  

On a personal level, you can keep a sense of perspective, have a positive mindset and are familiar with solving both complex issues and daily “hands-on” tasks with high quality. You like to work in a structured and independent manner with attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness. In addition, you are service-minded and team-oriented and both engaged and committed.

Quarterly and yearly financial reporting are peak times for us, and some overtime should be expected. Work-life balance is important, and we offer flexibility in reconciling work and private life.  

Next steps 

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. 

Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed.  

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