Finance Business Controller, Europe

Financial Business Controller, Europe

Location : Budapest, Hungary

Love working with data to drive decisions & results?

Can’t stop thinking of ways to harmonise & improve processes?

Natural relationship builder that thrives of working with people for a collective purpose?

If you answered ‘YES’ to all the above… we have an enormously exciting opportunity for you.

As a Business Controller at Sony, you’ll play a critical role in driving financial performance and strategic decision-making . This position sits at the intersection of finance and commercial operations, giving you the opportunity to directly influence how we invest, grow, and partner with key retailers across the region.

You'll be a trusted Business Partner to our Sales and Marketing teams— turning insights into action, optimising profitability, and ensuring that our commercial investments & decisions deliver real business impact.

Essentially, if you’re looking to combine your analytical strengths & experience with business partnering in a high-impact, collaborative environment, this is the role and we are the company, for you!

What will you do?

Support all financial aspects of the Commercial Operations in relation to Channel Marketing and Sales, including actual v forecast analysis, variance analysis, budgeting, and P&L analysis

Take accountability for the forecast management of Customer Tactical Commercial Investment and rebates

Be a financial business partner to local management and liaise with all relevant parties (Channel Heads, Sales Teams, Category Teams, Sales Support, Branch Management, and European Platforms) to implement actions that optimise results

Drive the implementation of best practices across the regional clusters together with the other In-Country business controllers.

Manage customer profitability analysis & budgeting

Support the monthly and yearly forecasting & budgeting process and ensure accuracy of the planning.

Provide day-to-day business support to facilitate the realization of financial targets by maintaining clear understanding of all variances for actual, budget and forecast, in context of key performance indicators (KPI’s)

What do you need to bring?

Essential

Significant and proven experience in Controlling & Business Partnering

Experience working with core finance processes e.g. Budgeting, Forecasting, Profitability Analysis etc.

English language (written and spoken)

Commercial reporting & analysis expertise & experience

Desirable

Experience of working across a European business within multi-cultural working environment

Working knowledge of SAP

Your new office

Budapest

Based at the Budapest office, you will enjoy a modern, vibrant and diverse working environment with lots of social and charity events to be part of and enjoy a sense of belonging. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of healthy options, a café, and free coffee / tea in the office kitchens. The office is easily reachable by public transportation. You can enjoy your lunchbreak outside in the garden or have a walk by the Danube. If you like to ride, we have bike storage in the building with a changing room and we also have a MOL BUBI bike docking station in front of the office building.

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing . We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at or by mail to : Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.