Financial Controller

About the role

Pandas is looking for a Financial Controller to own and shape the finance function across its international operations. You will be responsible for accurate reporting, budgeting, cash management, and compliance while partnering closely with BI, Customer Success, and the executive team.

Key responsibilities

• Own the annual budget, long‑term financial plan and work with department heads to build and monitor their budgets.
• Run scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis and turn insights into strategic recommendations.
• Produce monthly and quarterly reports for investors and the board, collaborating with Data & BI on dashboards.
• Track burn rate, runway and flag financial risks early.
• Build and maintain short‑ and long‑term cash‑flow forecasts, manage collections and treasury across entities.
• Maintain the cap table, support equity and investor matters, and prepare finance for future fundraising rounds.
• Own multi‑entity finance, intercompany transactions, reconciliations and transfer pricing; prepare consolidated group reporting.
• Design and run internal financial controls, handle tax, payroll and statutory compliance in each jurisdiction.
• Manage international payroll, AP/AR, invoice payments, reconciliations and employee reimbursements.
• Evaluate and implement AI‑powered tools for invoicing, expense management and consolidation.

Required profile

• 5–8 years of experience in finance, accounting or FP&A.
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.
• Strong knowledge of Greek and UK tax, payroll and accounting standards.
• Proven experience managing finance for multiple international entities, including intercompany accounting and consolidation.
• Hands‑on experience with international payroll across several countries.
• Comfortable working in a lean startup or scale‑up environment.
• High integrity, dependable and strong ownership mindset.

Required skills