We are looking for a Financial Controller to join our Team in the heart of buzzing Berlin!
You will:
- Be a trusted business partner for our Product & Tech teams
- Support both operational and strategic discussions with financial analysis and focus on value creation
- Continuously improve business KPIs and processes in line with our company steering approach
- Identify trends, risks and opportunities to our business to support senior management
- Guide the business teams in the budget planning & forecasting process
- Engage in monthly closing & reporting activities and ensure accuracy
You are
- Analytically strong with the attention to detail and able to draw conclusions and insights from data
- Communicative and skilled in facilitating performance dialogs with business units and senior management
- An expert in Excel, BI Tools and performance analysis
- Interested in working in an international environment as well as cross-departmentally
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced tech environment
You have
- A degree (Bachelor/ Master) in Economics, Business Administration, or equivalent and
- 2-3 years experience in working in a similar position
- Experience with business partnering and cross functional projects
- A proactive mindset when it comes to solution finding and delivering results in an efficient manner
- A hands-on mentality with the ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workloads
- Fluency in written and spoken English
Nice to have:
- Experience in working with Product and/or Tech teams
- Knowledge about Product and Tech KPIs for financial steering
Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:
- Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3-month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
- Decide how, when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms.
- Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
- Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership.
- Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers, DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups), attend cultural and regular social events.
Diversity at Babbel
As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.
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What We Do
Babbel is the top-selling language learning platform.
Driven by our purpose – to create mutual understanding through language – we build products that help people connect and communicate across cultures. Through self-study lessons with Babbel, instructor-led live classes with Babbel Live, Babbel for Business, our own podcast series, and our magazine, our users can focus on using a new language in real situations with real people. And it works: studies with Yale University, City University of New York, and Michigan State University prove that Babbel gets users to speak with confidence.
The key is a blend of humanity and technology. More than 60,000 lessons in 15 languages are hand-crafted by more than 200 linguists, and user behaviour is constantly analysed to shape and improve the learner experience.
The Babbel team is as diverse as our content. Based in Berlin, Germany, and New York, USA, 1,000+ Babbelonians from over 80 nationalities represent the diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and perspectives that make each person unique. Building genuine connections with our users is what sets Babbel apart, making it the world's leading language-learning platform with more than 16 million subscriptions sold.
Founded in 2007 as the pioneering online language learning platform, we've grown steadily over the years. In 2023, Babbel was honoured with a place on Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies, ranking 4th in the Education category
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