Head of Controlling

Vilgain makes high-quality food - clean, functional ingredients, no shortcuts, no filler additives.

We're 700+ people across Prague, Brno and London, already selling in 12+ markets across Europe, the UK, the US and beyond.
We're on a mission to change how people think about food, and we're growing fast to do it - expanding internationally and building a company where people have a real say in what we make and how we make it, not just a seat at the table.

Your mission 🎯

You'll build a scalable, business-oriented controlling function that gives leadership a clear view of performance, profitability, costs and their key drivers. You'll own reporting, budgeting, forecasting and profitability analysis, transforming controlling into a strategic business partner that challenges decisions with data, drives better business outcomes and supports growth across markets.

What will you do?

• Lead the controlling team: set ownership, priorities and standards, and develop people around accuracy, speed and business impact

• Own management reporting and dashboards for leadership and key teams, and make them clearer, faster and more useful

• Own budgets, forecasts and planning cycles, and explain variances against budget, forecast and previous periods

• Give visibility into profitability by market, channel, category, SKU and business unit, and track the key drivers across e-commerce, retail, marketplaces, production and logistics

• Partner with teams on costs, margins and resource allocation, build financial models, and support pricing, promotion, product and channel decisions

• Make sure data and accounting hold up: correct allocations, cost centre structure and reporting standards, working with Accounting, Data Engineering and BI

• Remove manual work with automation and AI: use LLMs, AI agents and AI FP&A/BI tools hands-on and prototype solutions before handing them to IT/BI, and scale controlling as we expand internationally

What do we expect from you?

• Senior experience in controlling, FP&A or finance business partnering, with proven experience leading and developing a team

• Ability to bring structure to a fast-moving business without slowing it down

• Strong track record in management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis

• Proven experience building controlling processes, dashboards and financial models from scratch or improving existing setups

• Hands-on experience automating workflows and improving processes using AI tools

• Deep understanding of P&L, margins, cost structures, unit economics, cost allocation and channel or product profitability

• Strong Excel / Google Sheets and BI tool skills

• Ability to translate financial data into business decisions and challenge leadership with clear arguments

• Experience in e-commerce, retail, FMCG or manufacturing is preferred

• Fluency in both Czech and English

Your first 3 months

By the end of your first three months, we expect you to know our P&L and cost structure across markets and channels, have mapped and prioritised the gaps in reporting, planning and data, and have delivered the first improvements to management reporting and the forecasting process.

What we offer:

You'll get real ownership from day one, not just a seat at the table. We're a fast-growing, international company where good work gets seen and good decisions carry weight. We're building something that matters, and you'll feel that from your first week.

Sound like you? We'd love to hear from you.