Senior Financial Manager/Controller

About the Role

We are toogeza, a Ukrainian recruiting company that is focused on hiring talents and building teams for tech startups worldwide. People make a difference in the big game, and we may help to find the right ones.

Currently, we are looking for an experienced Senior Financial Manager/Controller to join one of toogeza’s clients.

This is a hands-on role with end-to-end responsibility for key financial processes across multiple legal entities, projects, and jurisdictions. The role covers management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cash-flow and payment management, financial controlling, payroll coordination.

The candidate will work closely with senior management, internal/external project managers and stakeholders, ensuring the accuracy and transparency of financial information and translating financial data into clear insights and recommendations for decision-making.

We are looking for someone who is comfortable taking ownership, independently managing complex financial matters, identifying potential risks, and continuously improving financial processes in a dynamic and confidential environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze management reporting across multiple entities and projects, including financial performance and variance analysis.

• Structure, reconcile, and validate financial data and maintain effective financial controls.

• Review transactions and supporting documentation and challenge unusual or insufficiently supported items.

• Lead budgeting, forecasting processes and support financial planning for new projects and business initiatives.

• Coordinate payment processes, including payment planning, approvals, execution, and payroll validation.

• Monitor financial transactions and processes, ensure compliance with internal policies and approval procedures, and identify potential control gaps and financial risks.

• Maintain and continuously improve financial controls across key finance processes.

• Coordinate financial matters with HR, Legal, Treasury, Accounting, internal and external project managers, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Support financial coordination across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.

• Identify opportunities to improve and automate financial processes, reporting, controls.

• Maintain finance-related policies, SOPs, approval workflows.

Requirements

• Professional Experience & Hard Skills

• 5+ years of relevant experience in financial management, FP&A, financial controlling, or a combination of audit/accounting and in-house finance roles.

• High level of professional skepticism and ability to challenge financial information and transactions.

• Strong practical experience in management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, and financial analysis.

• Experience working with multiple legal entities, complex financial structures, or international business operations.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets, including complex formulas, pivot tables, data reconciliation, and financial modelling.

• Practical experience with Power Query and handling large datasets.

• Solid understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and financial controls.

• Ability to independently structure, analyze, and interpret complex financial information.

• English: Intermediate (B1) or above, both written and spoken.

• Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability.

• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple responsibilities.

• Proactive approach, initiative, and ability to identify issues before they escalate.

• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.

• Strong organizational and communication skills.

• Clear and effective communication with both financial and non-financial stakeholders

• High level of integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.

• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.

• If this role sounds like a fit — we’d love to hear from you! Just send over your CV and anything else you’d like us to consider.

• We’ll review everything within five working days, and if your background matches what we’re looking for, we’ll get in touch to set up a call and get to know each other better.