Senior Financial Controller

Apify's mission is to create the global online marketplace for AI tools and web automation. We're a full-stack web scraping and browser automation platform that developers, data scientists, and businesses use to access public web data and automate workflows. Our strength lies in our unique combination of a powerful, scalable platform, and the world's largest marketplace of pre-built automation tools, our "Actors". With over 7,000 Actors in Apify Store, we're solving thousands of use cases, from market research and lead generation to providing the critical data needed to train the next generation of AI models.

What you'll be working on:

This opportunity is for an experienced candidate in financial controlling with a strong ambition to build and lead finance operations at a growing technology company in Prague. We seek an individual contributor with leadership potential to lead 3 direct reports. You will work with the CFO to build modern financial controlling operations using automation tools & AI. The successful candidate will rise to Head of Finance, who will manage the finance operations of 2 entities and 5 direct reports.

Strategic expectations:

• Continue building modern financial controlling at Apify that captures all economic transactions and provides actionable reports

• Lead a team of 3 FTE and build up capacity as necessary

• Leverage technology (incl. AI) to work smarter

Key responsibilities:

• Quality and accuracy of financial reports and budgets

• Quality of financial operations (AP, AR, tax, accounting)

• Internal controls

• Monthly financial closings

• ERP transition adoption of new productivity tools

• Productive relationships with business team-leads in the company

Day to day agenda:

• Monitor day-to-day finance operations and resolve unique, complex inquiries involving cross-functional engagement

• Manage and apply internal controls to accounts payable & receivables

• Manage our budgeting framework: budgeting tools and workflows, incl. scope, structure, format, communication, and approvals

• Organize the team's work and priorities

• Oversee data consistency in reporting (management, investor, financial, ad-hoc)

• Leverage the capabilities of our existing tech-stack to improve data quality, automation, and governance

• Actively seeks new technology and AI to work smarter

• Monitor business performance (KPI)

• Consistently apply integral controls and ensure compliance (inputs from tax and accounting)

They say there are no perfect candidates, but you might be the one if:

• You have at least 5 years of experience in financial controlling

• You have experience with technology (or working for tech startups/scaleups)

• You have advanced proficiency in reporting, finance operations

• You have a solid understanding of accounting and tax

• You are a thinker and a doer in 1 person

• You can zoom out and resolve unstructured problems

• You challenge the status quo in a pragmatic way

• You have an open mind to experiment with AI, automation tools to make your work smarter

• You can handle fast context switching among multiple agendas and priorities

• You have advanced proficiency in Czech/Slovak and English

By the end of the first 3 months, we expect you to:

• Fully understand Apify's P&L and business model

• Fully understand monthly closings (process, deadlines, bottlenecks)

• Fully understand our reporting stack

• Navigate in our financial tech (accounting software, automation apps)

• Have positive feedback from the finance team

• Have identified bottlenecks and potential improvements in our financial operations

By the end of the first 6 months, we expect you to:

• Become the master of our reporting stack

• Fully own the monthly closings

• Become an admin of our finance tech stack

• Become a recognized finance partner at Apify; i.e. a person to go to for finance-related issues

• Have implemented 3 measurable improvements in our financial operations

• Have a roadmap for the financial controlling (incl. the team)

• Have consistently received positive feedback from the finance team

Why should you work at Apify?

• Space, support, and autonomy for personal growth, with a direct impact on our success

• Full-time position in Prague at our amazing office located in Lucerna Palace, Prague, Czech Republic

• Option to work remotely

• Flexible working hours

• Nobody counts holidays as long as the work gets done

• Stock options and profit sharing

• Free Multisport card

• We welcome pets, kids, and bikes at the office

• Epic team buildings and offsites with biking, canoeing, and other adventures

• Solid education and training budget, conference tickets, internal "Eat & Learn" sessions, and the possibility to work across teams

• Generous hardware budget

• Free lunches every day when working from the office

• Unlimited supply of & and snacks

• Free entry to the wonderful Prague Zoo

• Ping-pong, chess, PS5, lightsabers, foosball league after lunch

For more details about Apify and what it is like to work with us, see our Careers page.

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