Head of Controlling (REF5366R)

Company Description

As Hungary’s most attractive employer in 2025 (according to Randstad’s representative survey), Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions is a subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group. The company provides a wide portfolio of IT and telecommunications services with more than 5300 employees. We have hundreds of large customers, corporations in Germany and in other European countries.

DT-ITS recieved the Best in Educational Cooperation award from HIPA in 2019, acknowledged as the the Most Ethical Multinational Company in 2019. The company continuously develops its four sites in Budapest, Debrecen, Pécs and Szeged and is looking for skilled IT professionals to join its team.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced, strategically minded Head of Controlling for a subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group. The role plays a key part in financial management and actively supports the achievement of business objectives in an international, innovative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic design, development, and operation of the company’s controlling system
• Professional and people leadership of a 10-person controlling team, including motivation and development of team members
• Full coordination and management of financial planning processes (budgeting, planning, and forecasting), ensuring clear ownership of responsibilities
• Preparation and presentation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closings and reports to senior management and stakeholders
• Understanding, aligning, and representing business needs within the organization
• Ensuring  and driving effective communication across different levels (management, departments, partners)
• Responsibility for comprehensive financial performance analysis and development of business decision-support proposals
• Proactive leadership and end-to-end ownership of cost management and efficiency improvement initiatives
• Driving and owning the implementation of group-level controlling guidelines, while continuously developing and enhancing local controlling processes with a strong focus on digitalization and automation

Qualifications

• University degree in economics or finance
• Minimum 8–10 years of relevant controlling experience, including several years in a leadership role in a multinational environment
• Excellent people management skills, with the ability to strengthen team cohesion and maintain a collaborative, supportive, and motivating work environment
• Business-level English language skills
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills in an international environment
• Openness to IT solutions in controlling, especially data-driven, digitalized, and automated processes
• Strong analytical skills and business mindset
• Proactive, results-oriented approach and structured way of thinking
• Strong prioritization skills and ability to manage multiple parallel processes effectively

Advantages

• German language skills
• Experience in the telecommunications or IT sector
• In-depth knowledge of SAP or other ERP systems
• Experience in international projects

Additional Information

Place of work: Budapest, with a flexible hybrid work model

* Please be informed that our remote working possibility is only available within Hungary due to European taxation regulation.