Group system controller

Werkgever:
Azerion
Regio:
Amsterdam
 
Functieomschrijving

Founded in 2014, Azerion (EURONEXT: AZRN) is one of Europe’s largest digital advertising and entertainment media platforms. Azerion brings global scaled audiences to advertisers in an easy and cost-effective way, delivered through our proprietary technology, in a safe, engaging, and high quality environment, utilizing our strategic portfolio of owned and operated content with entertainment and other digital publishing partners.Having its roots in Europe and with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Azerion has commercial teams based in 21 cities around the world to closely support our clients and partners to find and execute creative ways to make a real impact through advertising.


Job description


We are looking for a Group System Controller/Analyst in our Finance System Department to be located in our office in Amsterdam or Paris.


As a member of the the finance system department (team of 4), you will also workingcross

functionally tasks with group controlling, consolidation, finance holding and local subsidiary accounting teams (Netherland, Nordics, UK, US, Belgium, Spain, Germain, France)


Your tasks will cover the following areas and tasks here below.


  • Revenue automation - Business day 1 to day 5 [target deadline date]
  • Coordinate/maintain/reconcile revenue integrations between tools (automated and non-automated integrations)
  • Participate in projects aimed to automate the order to cash process across the CRM and the ERP includes
  • Act as a revenue transition lead during when M&A operations occur or during ERP onboarding phases


Intercompany reconciliation - Business Day 6 to business day 12 [target deadline date]

  • Follow up IC invoicing process and counterparty mirroring by providing support for users
  • Update IC positions in the consolidation tool and reconciliation reports in the BI tool
  • Update IC positions across the group when M&A operations occur
  • Provide clear guidance and documentation to the users regarding intercompany processes
  • In general monitor IC variance across subsidiaries and across systems (ERP vs consolidated system)
  • Coordinate updates on active entity list in Azerion with the tax/M&A team



Other financial closing tasks - Business Day 6 to business day 12 [target deadline date]

  • Ensure all tasks are performed in the ERP / in charge of the accounting management close checklists
  • Ensuring account mapping integration between ERP and consolidation financial reports
  • Develop adjustment book entries functionality to close gaps between local ERP accounting and consolidation reporting
  • Develop and maintain cost/segment accounting to support managerial KPIs and automate integrations with the consolidation (process flows) and treasury tool (AP, AR and actuals categorization)
  • Support users to upload financial statements from the ERP (or local accounting software) to the consolidation tool


Other tasks

  • Provisioning and deprovisioning of financials users in the various finance systems (ERP, TMS, Consolidation and Employee expense tool)
  • Provide users assistance for various tasks to perform in ERP such as CSV imports.
  • Receive and coordinate among the finance team users support tickets
  • Standardize roles configuration in the ERP
  • Create user assistances in the user adoption tool for key finance functionalities
  • Act the key person across tools (CRM, ERP, Employee expense, Consolidation) to ensure data integrity for masterdata (subsidiaries, chart of accounts, customer, vendors, employees) by making sure minimum required fields are completed and synchronized across tools and acting duplicate records detected
  • Participation in parts of subsidiary or functionality implementation in the ERP (e.g. masterdata to import or update in a pre-implementation phase, fixed asset/prepaid expenses functionality roll-out…)
  • In general, act as the key person to troubleshoot/reconcile data integrations between various tools.
  • Configure reports for users in Netsuite locally or centrally in the ERP (P&Ls, lists, reminders,etc….)


Skills required

  • Strong command of mid-market ERP systems (exposure to Netsuite preferred)
  • Must be fluent in English. Speaking French is a nice to have
  • Understanding of group consolidation/intercompany implication in a multi-subsidiary environment for publicly traded company
  • Advanced Excel (pivot tables, financial modeling) and BI tools (Tableau preferred).
  • Reconciliation expertise – especially intercompany and sales revenue.
  • Multi-entity / multi-currency reporting – handling group-level closings under strict deadlines in the ERP
  • Process mapping – ability to break down the monthly close into tasks with clear ownership.
  • Deadline management – ensuring local teams deliver their figures on time.
  • Follow-up discipline – monitoring progress and escalating bottlenecks quickly.
  • Checklists & closing calendar – help local finance managers setting up structured routines across entities/departments.
  • Automation mindset – pushing for tools and reports that reduce manual tasks.
  • Clear written communication – instructions, cut-off policies, closing memos.
  • Influencing skills – ensuring subsidiaries/teams respect deadlines without direct authority.
  • Continuous improvement mindset – not just “closing the books,” but shortening the cycle each month.
  • Detail orientation with a big-picture view – spotting anomalies but also ensuring consolidated accuracy.