Business Unit Controller

Verve For Advertisers is a technology company that empowers brands and agencies to target audiences based on declared intent, following them from initial curiosity to ultimate decisioning, to drive measurable outcomes.

As Business Unit Controller you take full financial ownership of the Marketplace Business— from revenue and cost of sales through to EBITDA. You are the finance counterpart to business unit leadership: you explain what happened, forecast what is coming, and flag what needs to change.

You will join at a point where the finance function is moving from reporting-focused controlling towards forward-looking planning and analysis. This is a hands-on role with high visibility: you will work directly with business unit leads and Group Accounting, and you will have real influence over how performance is measured and understood across the group.

What You Will Do

Own the business unit P&L, end to end

Take ownership of the full P&L for your assigned business units: gross revenue, cost of sales, net revenue margin, personnel costs, external costs and all SG&A lines

Understand and challenge the operational drivers behind each line

Safeguard cost center and account-level integrity, ensuring spend is recorded in the correct entity, business unit and cost line

Manage intercompany recharges and eliminations relevant to your business units

Support the month-end close

Prepare and review accruals, prepayments and manual adjustments within close deadlines

Reconcile ledger data to consolidated actuals and resolve differences before reporting

Produce variance analysis (month-on-month, budget-versus-actual, year-on-year) with clear root-cause commentary traceable to source data

Contribute to close quality improvements — fewer late adjustments and cleaner first-pass numbers

Present the numbers to stakeholders

Present monthly performance to business unit leads and Group leadership

Translate financial movements into a clear business narrative rather than a list of variances

Own the recurring reporting pack for your business units and stand behind the detail

Drive budgeting, forecasting and modelling

Run the annual budget and rolling forecast cycles for your business units together with operational stakeholders, in support of the Director of FP&A

Build and maintain driver-based financial models at the appropriate level of detail

Track forecast accuracy over time and explain deviations

Support ad-hoc modelling: scenario analysis, business cases, and margin and profitability deep dives

What You Will Bring

5+ years of experience in controlling or audit, ideally in a multi-entity environment

Experience in adtech, SaaS or another platform business

Demonstrated P&L ownership and confident financial modelling skills in Excel

Comfort working with large ledger data sets and reconciling data across multiple systems

The ability to present to, and constructively challenge, senior non-finance stakeholders

Structured, accuracy-focused working style and the ability to meet close deadlines

Fluent business English

Nice To Have

Hands-on experience with LucaNet and NetSuite

Working knowledge of IFRS in a consolidated group

Experience in a listed company reporting environment

Basic SQL literacy

What We Offer

Some company benefits include:

Health, dental, and vision insurance, plus mental health resources

401(k) match and generous PTO

Pre-tax FSA and HSA plans for Healthcare, Dependent care, and Commuting

Paid Parental Leave for life’s important milestones

Hybrid work environment (NYC office)

Free lunch for onsite team members in NYC

Communications regarding your application will only come from @jungroup.com or @verve.com email addresses.

Salary Range

$120,000—$150,000 USD