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JAKALA

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1001 - 5000 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💸 Finance

🛒 Retail

Artificial Intelligence • Finance • Retail

JAKALA is a data, AI, and experiences company that creates meaningful and lasting impact globally. It combines strategy, technology, creativity, and operations to deliver tailored experiences and transformative solutions with data and AI at the heart. JAKALA operates across multiple industries including finance, retail, and healthcare, focusing on integrating sustainability and creating value for stakeholders.

📋 Description

• You are responsible for the entire finance function of JAKALA Germany, including accounting, controlling, forecasting, cash management, reporting and compliance. • You ensure the timely preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements in accordance with HGB (German GAAP) and reporting to the international group. • You develop transparent, robust financial management including budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management and variance analysis in collaboration with the central finance team at the headquarters in Italy. • You produce meaningful financial reports, analyses and financial models as a basis for strategic and operational decisions. • You act as a sparring partner for management on financial matters relating to pricing, investments, profitability, cost structures and growth initiatives. • You identify financial risks, establish effective internal controls and ensure compliance with legal, tax and group-wide requirements. • You optimize and harmonize existing finance processes and systems, particularly in the post-merger phase and in coordination with HQ. • You drive efficiency, scalability and automation within the finance organization, including the deployment of modern tools and AI. • You work closely with international finance teams to implement group-wide standards and processes. • You manage relationships with external partners such as tax advisors, auditors, banks, investors and authorities. • You lead, develop and further build a high-performing finance team both technically and strategically.

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive experience in finance (ideally 8–10+ years), including initial leadership responsibility. • Solid knowledge of accounting (HGB), controlling and financial planning. • Experience in growth-driven, project-based or consulting-adjacent organizations (e.g., agency, consulting, tech, SaaS). • Confident use of DATEV as well as SAP; ideally experience with SAP implementation. • Strong commercial mindset, understanding of business contexts and the ability to translate numbers into clear recommendations for action. • Strategic foresight and a hands-on mentality, with willingness to pragmatically resolve operational issues. • Experience building and developing finance structures and teams. • Data-driven working style and a strong affinity for systems, tools and automation. • Clear and persuasive communication at all levels (team, management, international stakeholders) in German and English.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model in Hamburg or Berlin. • Responsibility and scope for shaping your role within an international company. • Support for your mobility (Deutschlandticket), health (Urban Sports Club) and sustainable commuting (company bike leasing). • Regular team formats such as shared breakfasts/lunches that focus on exchange and collaboration. • If you want: the opportunity to join our Hamburg band (drummer wanted).