Come2Indonesia is an Indonesia-based travel company operating in the international travel and tourism business environment.
We are seeking a highly analytical, detail-oriented, and trustworthy Financial Controller & Business Analyst to work closely with the CEO and help strengthen the company's financial controls, profitability, and business performance. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys going beyond traditional accounting.
You will review financial and sales data, verify commissions, analyse profitability, identify potential risks or irregularities, and provide management with clear recommendations to improve the company's financial results. You will act as an independent financial control and analysis function, working across Accounting, Sales, Operations, and Management.
Key Responsibilities
- Review monthly Profit & Loss statements, revenue, gross profit, margins, and operating expenses.
- Analyse financial performance and explain key variances to management.
- Compare actual financial results against budgets, targets, and previous periods.
- Review accounting records and supporting documentation for accuracy.
- Conduct random checks of invoices, supplier payments, airline tickets, reimbursements, expenses, and other transactions.
- Identify unusual transactions, duplicate payments, inconsistencies, errors, or potential financial irregularities.
- Recommend and implement stronger internal financial controls.
- Ensure financial information reported to management is accurate and reliable.
- Review and verify monthly sales commission calculations.
- Reconcile sales team reports with Odoo and accounting records.
- Investigate discrepancies between reported sales, actual bookings, payments, and commissions.
- Ensure commissions are calculated according to approved company policies.
- Support management in developing effective and sustainable commission structures.
- Monitor sales performance against individual and company targets.
Business & Profitability Analysis
- Analyse profitability by salesperson, product, destination, market, and sales channel.
- Identify products or services with low margins.
- Analyse areas where the company may be overspending.
- Identify opportunities to reduce costs without affecting service quality.
- Review business trends and highlight areas of financial concern or opportunity.
- Provide recommendations to increase gross profit and overall company profitability.
- Support management with financial scenarios and business decision-making.
Sales Targets & Business Performance
- Support the CEO and Sales Management in defining realistic sales targets.
- Analyse sales performance, revenue, gross profit, and margins.
- Review sales targets based on historical performance, seasonality, and company objectives.
- Help develop performance KPIs for the sales team.
- Identify underperformance and recommend corrective actions.
Management Reporting
Prepare clear and concise management reports covering areas such as:
- Revenue
- Gross Profit
- Gross Margin %
- Operating Expenses
- Net Profit
- Cash Position
- Profitability by Department / Product / Salesperson
- Cost-Saving Opportunities
- Financial Risks or Irregularities
- Key Business Recommendations
What do the numbers mean, why are they changing, and what should the company do next?
About you:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
- Indonesian citizen with a minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience
- Previous experience in financial control, financial analysis, internal audit, FP&A, accounting, or business analysis
- Strong understanding of Profit & Loss, margins, budgeting, and financial reporting
- Strong Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets skills
- Experience using ERP or accounting systems; experience with Odoo is a strong advantage
- Experience with reconciliations, internal controls, and financial reviews
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with excellent attention to detail
- High level of integrity, discretion, and confidentiality
- Able to identify inconsistencies and investigate their causes, comfortable questioning data and challenging assumptions
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance managers
- Independent and proactive working style with strong organisational and reporting skills
- Professional proficiency in English and ability to work directly with senior management
- Strong analytical and numerical skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- High level of integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.
- Able to identify inconsistencies and investigate the reasons.
- Comfortable questioning data and challenging assumptions.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance managers.
- Independent and proactive working style.
- Strong organisational and reporting skills.
- Good written and spoken English.
- Ability to work directly with senior management.
- A key role working directly with the CEO
- Exposure to different areas of the business
- Opportunity to influence company strategy and profitability
- International travel and tourism business environment
- Professional growth within a growing Indonesia-based travel company