Financial Controller (Copenhagen)

Are you looking for a big challenge and opportunity and want to invest heavily in the development of our finance team and to scale our finance operations? Do you want to be a part of a team working with development, design and improvement of processes? And also get the chance to work in startup in hyper-growth? If so, keep on reading!

The opportunity and what we offer

Formalize is on a scaling journey with significant traction across Europe. As our new Financial Controller, you'll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and tackle significant challenges to make a meaningful impact in the finance team. You will have the chance to actively contribute to shaping Formalize’s financial processes in our scaling business.

• Be part of a fast-growing international SaaS company
• High level of trust and autonomy
• Be part of a social, diverse and international team

Responsibilities

You will be joining our team of +120 people in rapid growth. We are on a venture journey and you will have a huge impact in the organisation from the start.

• Own the month-end closing & reporting
• Work with our external finance consultants to improve and optimize our current setup around book keeping, accounting, payroll and management reporting
• Manage our billing and collections process from end to end to improve our cash collection cycle
• Consistently automate manual day-to-day finance tasks
• Liaise with auditors and third-party advisors to deliver tax returns, global tax compliance and complete our annual reports
• Run special projects such as opening local subsidiaries, automate processes and much more

Qualifications and about you

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Proven experience in billing, payments and accounts receivables management, preferably with experience in book keeping / accounting.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in financial data management.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbally.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve customer issues in a timely manner.
• Familiarity with tools similar to our tech stack (E-conomics, HubSport, ChargeBee) is a plus.
• Growth mindset, eagerness to learn and strong curiosity with a detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• You are able to work from Copenhagen.

About Formalize

Formalize is a tech company founded in 2021 with offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Milan and Madrid. Currently we are a team of +120 people from 13 nationalities operating in multiple European markets and are one of the fastest growing SaaS scale-ups.

Our journey started within the whistleblowing compliance sector, highlighted by the award-winning Whistleblower Software by Formalize, laying the foundation of our success story.

This initial chapter has been within whistleblowing compliance and meeting those regulations. Along the way we established strong partnerships and a base of satisfied customers. Our commitment was recognised through the best customer support, which earned us reputation as a customer-centric pioneer. But now, we extended our expertise to a larger compliance universe including data compliance, risk and privacy.

Formalize helps companies to effortlessly navigate and stay ahead in the ever-changing landscape of compliance. Our platform adapts to regulatory changes, continuously adapting to meet, and foresee, the evolving needs of our users - ensuring businesses remain compliant and confident in their operations.

Traits that describe our culture and employees:

• We are all very goal orienteered and hardworking
• We are responsible, and we like accountability
• We are connecting, and we like to build meaningful relationships
• We are optimistic and like to laugh and have a positive atmosphere
• We like to dream big and to have clear visions for the future

Test in the recruitment process

In the recruitment process, we use talent profiles. You will therefore receive a link to the test after sending your application.

Experience shows that it provides the best experience for both candidates and us as a company. It's not about answering right or wrong, but whether one's talents match the context you will work in. We want to hire a colleague who really thrives and flourishes with us, and therefore we are looking for the employee who will be a good fit with Whistleblower Software in relation to

• Fit between the person and work tasks
• Fit between the person and the colleagues in the team
• Fit between the person and the role

We know that when this is staged optimally, you thrive and succeed much better in your job.

Recruitment Process

• Send application and upload relevant information
• Completion of Personal Talent test
• 15 minutes online interview with our Talent Acquisition team
• 30 minutes online interview with our hiring manager, Head of Finance
• Case preparation for last interview (Expected 2 hours prep)
• 60 minutes in-person final interview with Head of Finance and our FP&A Manager

Apply by attaching your resume and other relevant information and you will hear from us soon!

We will hold interviews and hire on an ongoing basis. For more information or questions please contact the responsible recruiter in the Talent team.