Controller

Volkswagen Group

. Preparing and analyzing management reports, budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.

Posted 4/6/2026full-timeLisbon • 🇵🇹 PortugalMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQLVBA

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Preparing and analyzing management reports, budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
Working with financial and operational data to generate insights that support decision‑making across different business areas.
Supporting month-end dosing activities (accruals, deferrals, allocations, invoicing and revenue).
Supporting Internal and External audits.
Planning of specific P&L Line Items of the business, with impact in all business units.
Collaborating closely with Finance, Accounting, and business stakeholders to ensure accuracy, consistency, and clarity of financial information.
Preparing clear, structured, and visually compelling presentations (PowerPoint) to communicate financial insights and recommendations.
Contributing to the improvement and optimization of controlling processes, tools, and reporting frameworks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A degree in Finance, Management, Economics, Management Control, or a related field.
At least 3-4 years of professional experience in Management Control, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Accounting, or a similar finance role.
Solid working knowledge of Excel, including formulas, data handling, and Pivot Tables.
Experience with SAP FICO, namely with SAP transactions for GL, Cost Center and Purchase Order data extraction.
Good command of PowerPoint, with the ability to structure messages clearly and support decision‑making.
Good understanding of accounting and financial principles.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a professional and collaborative mindset.
Analytical and structured approach to problem‑solving, with the ability to translate data into meaningful insights.
Proactive attitude, curiosity, and willingness to continuously improve processes and tools.
Basic programming knowledge (e.g. VBA, Python, SQL, or similar) (Nice to have).
Experience with SAP S/4HANA (Nice to have).
Interest in exploring digital tools and automation to improve efficiency (Nice to have).

Benefits

Comp & perks

1200€ to equip your home office
Flex allowance: 720€/year (60€ per month x12)
Performance bonus
Health insurance extendable to your household
Wellbeing program extendable to your household
Life insurance
Pension fund
Smartphone & phone data plan
Discounts on VW Group cars and special financing conditions

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial analysisbudgetingforecastingvariance analysisExcelSAP FICOPowerPointaccounting principlesVBASQL

Soft Skills

communicationinterpersonal skillsanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingcollaborationproactive attitudecuriositystructured approachdecision-makingwillingness to improve