Controllership Lead GPTA, Gas

Controllership Lead GPTA, Gas Full time Location: Hungary | Budapest, Hungary

Role: The Controllership Lead owns the accurate, timely and controlled delivery of close, accounting and reporting activities for an assigned ST&S business or portfolio. The role provides technical accounting execution and issue resolution, with particular focus on derivative accounting, fair value valuation, hedge or economic relationship considerations, and management-to-accounting alignment for commodity activity. It ensures accounting requirements and controls are consistently applied, provides clear, assured actuals to Finance stakeholders, and drives standardisation, simplification, automation and continuous improvement while maintaining effective collaboration with technical accounting, Commodity Risk, Commercial Finance, auditors and service providers.

What you will do:

• Lead and coordinate monthly, quarterly and annual close activities, ensuring complete, accurate and timely financial results, reconciliations and reporting.
• Own controllership delivery for the assigned scope, including due diligence, management-to-accounting alignment, derivative accounting, fair value valuation, intercompany matters, statutory reporting support and resolution of material issues.
• Ensure financial controls are appropriately designed and operated across close, reporting, derivative accounting and valuation processes; evidence is maintained, control gaps are assessed and remediated, and material risks or issues are raised promptly.
• Lead the accounting implementation of new business activity and business change, working with technical accounting and other specialists to translate requirements into sustainable processes, data, controls and ways of working.
• Coordinate priorities across teams and locations, review sophisticated outputs, provide technical guidance and support clear accountability for quality, service and delivery.
• Drive global consistency and continuous improvement by simplifying processes, reducing manual activity, strengthening data quality and sponsoring practical automation and technology improvements.

What you will need to be successful:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in accounting, finance or related field.
• Significant experience in controllership, accounting, reporting or financial control, including complex close activities and issue resolution in a large or sophisticated organisation.
• Professional accounting qualification preferred.
• Deep practical knowledge of financial accounting, period-end close, financial reporting and internal controls within a complex trading or supply environment.
• Strong expertise in accounting for physical and financial commodity activities, including derivative accounting, fair value valuation, market data impacts and lifecycle events.
• Strong understanding of commodity trading and supply businesses, including the impact of trading activities, contracts, systems and operational events on financial results.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to exercise sound judgement on complex accounting, valuation, data and control issues and assess materiality and risk.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to provide technical guidance, challenge effectively and influence senior Finance, Risk, technical accounting and audit stakeholders across teams and locations.

Benefits

• Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements

• Life and health insurance, medical care package

• Hybrid working arrangement aligned with team arrangements and business needs

• Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop skills with wide range of learning options

• Possible participation in Global ShareMatch plan

• Family friendly workplace with extended parental leave

• Employee wellbeing programs

• Possibility to join social communities and networks

• Chill-out and collaboration spaces in Budapest offices

• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. There are accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

• Travel: No travel expected.

• Relocation: Not eligible for relocation.

• Remote: Hybrid of office/remote.