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Senior Manager, Business Finance

Reporting to Chief Financial Officer

Location:   Czech Republic 

Publication Date:  17/08/2026

If you apply, please include your CV.

 The Senior Manager, Business Finance is responsible for providing timely and accurately financial support to the business area in charge of. The role provides key financial information, performance indicators as well as forward-looking business analysis to support the Business Unit or Solution Line long-term's strategy and growth. The role promotes financial excellence in serving the business by proactively engaging with Business Finance, Corporate Control and Corporate Finance colleagues, seeking and providing guidance / advice on relevant matters.

Responsibilities:

  • Manages the financial support to the relevant business team by: Managing and controlling the period financial results (process, timelines, content); Delivering best-in-class suites for financial reports to the business; Managing the financial control and support of projects; Participating in monthly reviews with P&L and/or cost budget owners; Completing the monthly/quarterly forecast (at required level of granularity); Completing the budgeting process including the settlement of interlock reviews with relevant business owners and finance stakeholders; Actively participating in the 3 Year Business Plan and Product Portfolio preparation; Providing input for the quarterly board financial reporting - where applicable.
  • Plays an active role in the revenue and/or expense management activities by: Signing-off the monthly revenue and expenses - for the applicable business area; Supporting the monthly/quarterly standard financial process related to revenue and expenses, in conjunction with Corporate and Regional finance functions ( i.e. Peoplesoft, HFM, accounting process).
  • Performs Capital expenditure analysis and follow-up with the Business owners throughout the organisation.
  • Confirm and validate the data integrity of the financial results by: Ensuring alignment between Statutory reporting and Management reporting results; Confirming IFRS and accounting policies compliance; Supporting the Audit activity; Playing an active role in the Balance Sheet control activity; Control of the depreciation bookings as established by Controlling.
  • Plays an active role in the BAB process by: Participating in BAB submissions ensuring adherence to corporate governance; Providing input for the preparation of business cases; For centrally managed solution lines accountable for the preparation of business cases and validation of the financial profitability of the business cases to be presented; Providing financial modeling and pricing support during the preparation process of new contract proposal.
  • Plays an active role in the product development and product profitability by providing financial support from evaluation to approval board for new product launch and confirming product profitability. Same applies for internal projects, services or solutions which trigger material expenses for the company.
  • Is actively involved in the financial control activities including costs analysis ensuring alignment with capitalization best practices, with tax compliance activities, with corporate practices and standards.
  • Provides support on key corporate and strategic programs (such as the Rome Initiative).
  • Defines, project-manages and delivers improvement plans or special projects to increase the overall quality of the business finance function.

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: 

  • Management Accounting
  • Financial and Budget Control experience
  • Proficient knowledge of Financial Systems (Competence in Excel, Access and Essbase are mandatory)
  • Knowledge of International Accounting standards - Quality control skills
  • Ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
  • High quality results orientation
  • Strong presentation skills, both written and verbal

 

Education & Experience:

  • Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Business Management
  • MBA or equivalent qualification is desirable
  • Membership of a relevant Finance/Accounting accreditation body is desirable
  • 7 to 10 years of combined business finance, FP&A or controlling experience, preferably within a large international company with a matrix business structure
  • People management in an international environment
  • Interacting at senior management level
  • Experience in delegation in particular exercising good judgement between personal involvement and delegation (zoom in/out)
  • Ability to challenge and make recommendations for improvements



The selected candidate may be subject to the provision of an up-to-date (not older than 3 months)  criminal record certificate.

Our culture and values

We believe happy employees create thriving work environments. With over 500 team members from 32 countries, speaking over 30 languages, CHAMP is a uniquely diverse and welcoming place to work. Our globally minded staff collaborates with clients and vendors worldwide from our offices in London, Zürich, Manila, Atlanta, Singapore, and our Headquarters in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Security: the successful candidate will have to comply with CHAMP Security Requirements (including but not limited to CHAMP’s IT Security Policies, especially the ISMS Policy and the Acceptable Use Policy, mandatory courses, confidentiality and data protection, use of company assets, and incident reporting).

  

CHAMP Cargosystems is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, ethnic background, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Please note that any personal data that you submit along with your application will be processed by CHAMP and may be processed by any of its global entities as necessary. These data will be treated in strict compliance with the applicable data protection legislation (i.e. the Law of 2 August 2002 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, as amended, and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, - the GDPR -, which entered into force on 25 May 2018, as well as any other subsequent regulation).Please follow the link to the CHAMP Candidates Privacy Notice for further information.