Deputy Financial Controller / Financial Controller

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Financial Leadership:

• Partner with senior leaders across Projects, Engineering, Procurement, and Commercial teams to drive strategic financial decisions.

• Shape the company’s long-term financial strategy and ensure it aligns with the broader business goals.

• Lead the financial planning, capital structuring, and growth initiatives to support Alstern Technologies’ aggressive scale-up plans.

• Manage the execution of real-time financial dashboards to track key performance metrics and financial visibility across business units.

2. Financial Planning & Analysis:

• Own the annual and multi-year financial planning processes, ensuring clear alignment with company goals.

• Develop robust financial models and forecasts, including cash flow, profitability, and capital expenditure.

• Conduct variance analysis to provide meaningful insights on performance and drive cost management and operational efficiency.

• Work with leadership to monitor margins and enforce discipline in billing and pricing strategies.

3. Performance Monitoring & Reporting:

• Ensure real-time financial reporting across the organization, leveraging financial automation and ERP systems.

• Establish and maintain key financial metrics and KPIs to measure business performance and inform decision-making.

• Oversee preparation of board-level financial reports, ensuring clarity and actionable insights for executives.

• Review and improve processes to ensure timely and accurate reporting.

4. Capital Structuring & Funding:

• Lead efforts to secure growth capital, managing relationships with investors, banks, and funding partners.

• Advise on and implement the company’s capital structure, debt, and equity financing strategies.

• Develop and maintain financial models for capital raising and manage the negotiation of funding terms.

5. Governance & Compliance:

• Ensure strong financial governance across the organization, particularly with respect to cost control, billing discipline, and internal controls.

• Oversee regulatory compliance and audit processes, ensuring adherence to local and international financial standards and regulations.

• Implement best practices in financial processes and controls across regional operations.

6. Team Leadership & Development:

• Build, mentor, and lead a growing finance team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.

• Ensure the finance team is equipped with the tools and training needed to execute day-to-day operations efficiently while supporting long-term strategic objectives.

• Foster a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on financial goals and execution.

7. ERP & Financial Systems Automation:

• Lead the optimization of ERP systems to enable greater financial automation, reporting accuracy, and operational efficiency.

• Implement financial systems that ensure seamless financial data flow and reporting across the business.

Key Requirements:

• Education: Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field. Professional qualifications (CPA, CFA, ACCA, etc.) are highly desirable.

• Experience: Minimum of 7-10 years of financial leadership experience, ideally within a fast-growth technology or engineering company.

• Strong track record of leading financial planning, capital structuring, and operational governance in dynamic environments.

• Hands-on experience in designing and implementing financial dashboards, ERP systems, and performance monitoring processes.

• Proven ability to secure and manage growth capital, with a deep understanding of funding relationships and financial markets.

• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, compliance, and governance, with the ability to manage audits and regulatory requirements.

Desired Skills & Attributes:

• Strategic thinker with a passion for driving financial transformation and creating competitive advantage.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and team-building skills.

• Ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution and attention to detail.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights.

• Experience in managing financial teams, ensuring their alignment with organizational goals and fostering continuous growth.
  

If you are an ambitious, forward-thinking finance leader with the ability to drive change, build teams, and elevate finance as a strategic advantage, we would love to hear from you!