Nextcloud develops open-source SaaS for secure content collaboration, combining self-hosted file storage and synchronization with sharing, groupware, real-time document editing, and video conferencing. Its platform serves enterprises, educational institutions, and public-sector organizations that need greater control over data, security, compliance, and remote collaboration. With a team of 51–200 employees, Nextcloud operates at the intersection of enterprise software, cloud productivity, and security.
Financial Analyst (FP&A) — German HGB, Germany Remote
Join Nextcloud as a Financial Analyst supporting FP&A, management reporting, KPI development, and scalable finance processes. The role requires German HGB expertise and German and English proficiency in a remote Germany setting.
Description
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, and financial analysis
- Build and enhance integrated models spanning the P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, liquidity, investment cases, sensitivities, and growth scenarios
- Analyze actual results against budgets and forecasts, investigate business and financial drivers, test assumptions, and recommend corrective actions
- Prepare monthly and quarterly management reports, KPI dashboards, executive analysis, and senior-management materials
- Apply German HGB accounting and reporting principles while aligning planning, analysis, and management reporting with statutory accounting
- Collaborate with Accounting across month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes to maintain dependable financial data
- Create scalable FP&A processes, reporting structures, KPI frameworks, financial controls, and planning methods
- Provide on-demand analysis for pricing, cost efficiency, investment decisions, workforce planning, and strategic initiatives
- Define and track financial and operational KPIs such as revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, and productivity
- Advance the Finance function through standardization, automation, internal controls, documentation, governance, and continuous improvement
- Partner with Accounting, Sales, and other teams to turn financial information into actionable objectives and insights
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline
- CFA, Bilanzbuchhalter, Controller certification, or a comparable professional qualification is advantageous
- Professional experience in FP&A, Controlling, Corporate Finance, Financial Analysis, or a similar finance position
- Practical command of German HGB and experience preparing or using financial statements and reporting in a German business environment
- Strong knowledge of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, management accounting, budgeting, forecasting, working capital, and financial performance management
- Advanced Excel capability, including complex financial models, sensitivity and scenario analysis, and PivotTables
- Comfort working in a scaling organization and upgrading processes that may be manual, fragmented, or not yet fit for future needs
- Sound analytical judgment with meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to interpret the commercial meaning behind financial results
- Ability to explain complex financial subjects clearly and succinctly
- Strong ownership, autonomy, execution discipline, and prioritization skills
- Fluency in German and English is essential
Benefits
- Work with a distributed, collaborative team engaged with the open-source community
- Help advance and promote technology through a product with a global user and contributor community
- Receive a competitive salary
- Enjoy flexibility designed to support a healthy work-life balance
- Have dedicated opportunities for personal development and education
- Build your skills and progress within the organization