Finance Manager

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Finance

Job Summary

Job Description

Miniclip seeks a Finance Manager to oversee financial operations, reporting, and controlling for its newly acquired studio, Lessmore. This role is fully remote (most EU countries & UK) and involves shaping financial processes, managing statutory (German GAAP) and IFRS reporting, leading budgeting/forecasting, overseeing finance operations, and ensuring strong governance and control. Responsibilities include managing relationships with external accounting firms, auditors, and financial institutions; developing in-house finance processes; managing Lessmore's liquidity; and providing financial insights to drive growth. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with at least 5 years' experience in a senior finance role, excellent understanding of German GAAP, and strong analytical skills. Experience in gaming or tech is preferred.
Must have:
  • Qualified Accountant (5+ years exp.)
  • German GAAP (HGB) expertise
  • IFRS reporting knowledge
  • Budgeting & forecasting skills
  • Strong analytical abilities
  • Fluent in German & English
Good to have:
  • Experience in gaming/tech
  • Tax management expertise

Job Details

Miniclip is looking for a Finance Manager to oversee the financial operations, reporting and controlling functions for one of it's newest studio acquisitions, Lessmore.

Lessmore is a vibrant new mobile games studio that operates fully remotely across Europe with an ambitious growth plan having recently been acquired by Miniclip.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a global leader in digital games and entertainment within the Miniclip group, with a mission of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’. Miniclip develops, publishes and distributes over 60 games, which reach over 400 million players each month across the world.
 
ROLE


The Finance Manager takes over and leads the finance functions at Lessmore. The ideal candidate truly shapes the financial processes and controls of the company hands-on from the ground up. This role is critical to the ongoing management and growth of the studio; and provides the opportunity to bring real finance process improvement and insights into its business performance.
The role is based fully remotely from most EU countries, as well as the UK (right to work and residency required).
Reporting to Lessmore’s Head of Operations and working alongside the Miniclip Group CFO and finance teams, the Finance Manager is accountable for German GAAP (HGB) Statutory accounting support and IFRS group reporting, yearly budgeting and forecasting, general finance operations, internal Management Accounts ownership,
controlling and governance - as follows:


1. STATUTORY (GERMAN GAAP) AND IFRS REPORTING

  • Lead the relationship with the external accounting firm, Statutory auditors, financial institutions (such as the German Finanzamt, or UK HMRC) and Miniclip’s accounting and control teams.
  • Assess the current processes and support with the statutory German GAAP accounting and year end procedures, potentially taking over multiple functions from the existing external accounting firm. This may include tax filings in multiple jurisdictions as appropriate.
  • Establish a first-time process to timely and accurate prepare the monthly IFRS management reporting to Miniclip. Manage the IFRS technical accounting for complex items and the group’s accounting policies and judgements.
  • Manage Lessmore’s liquidity position and concentration risk, adhering to Miniclip group treasury policies.


2. PORTFOLIO FINANCIAL BUDGET AND FORECASTING

  • Lead the annual budgeting and periodic reforecast process.
  • Manage operating and capital expenditure and understand revenue and profitability data and trends.
  • Identify and support actioning revenue opportunities based on the financial data set at hand.
  • Provide guidance and insight into Lessmore’s financial performance and position, business partnering with the leadership team and Miniclip to drive value and growth throughout the business.

 
3. FINANCE OPERATIONS

  • Together with the Miniclip shared service centre, develop an in-house finance process to ensure smooth finance operations and a strong control environment around the purchase-to-pay process, to support the growth of Lessmore in abcontrolled and cost-efficient manner.
  • Ensure timely supplier payments for expenditure and timely cash collection for revenue transactions is achieved.
  • Provide adequate financial information to external stakeholders, including banks and suppliers.

 

4. GOVERNANCE & FINANCIAL CONTROL

  • Be accountable for the appropriateness of Lessmore’s governance and the internal control environment.
  • Develop a risk assessment approach for Lessmore to identify the principal risks of the organisation and implement adequate remediation controls.
  • Together with the Miniclip finance team, identify and implement an adequate finance system to support the future growth of Lessmore.
  • Manage relationships with key external stakeholders in the finance sector, including financial authorities, auditors and external accountants, as well as the relevant local municipality.


SKILLS & EXPERIENCE


In addition to the requirements of the role detailed above, the successful candidate
will be able to demonstrate:

  • Qualified accountant (preferably qualified in a professional services firm as an auditor or similar) with at-least 5 years’ of working in a senior finance role
  • Excellent understanding of German GAAP (HGB) and statutory requirements, including tax management and Federal Bank reportings
  • A hands-on problem solver, able to build new processes and constantly adapt the finance function to remain relevant to needs of the fast-growing studio
  • High level of ownership and ability to work fully independently
  • Excellent analytical and numerical skillset, in-depth Excel knowledge a plus
  • Native German language (or C2), written and spoken, including German GAAP (HGB) terminologies
  • Fluent in English written and spoken (company primary language is English)
  • Previous experience in a gaming or tech company preferred

 

ABOUT LESSMORE


Founded in March 2021, Lessmore is a mobile gaming studio founded in Germany, focused on hybrid casual games. The Studio currently has three active titles, two of which, Eatventure and We Are Warriors!, have fast become leaders in their respective ‘idle’ and ‘real-time strategy’ genres and generate combined monthly downloads of 3.5million.

The Studio is fully remote and has a team of 33 professionals located across Europe. They meet together on a regular basis.


ABOUT MINICLIP


Miniclip is a global leader in digital games and one of the world's biggest developers and publishers of mobile games, with a mission of unleashing the gamer in everyone. It distributes highly engaging games to a global audience of over 400 million monthly and 65 million daily active users across mobile, PC, console, social, and online platforms.
Operating in 12 countries, Miniclip develops and launches games in multiple categories across its 20 studios. Founded in 2001 with an internationally recognised brand name, Miniclip has successfully grown a global audience across 195 countries and six continents. It has a unique understanding of the digital games space, developing and distributing a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games globally. To date, Miniclip’s studios and companies, which have generated more than 10 billion downloads, include the following digital games: 8 Ball Pool™, Subway Surfers™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™, Carrom Pool™, OSM - Online Soccer Manager™, Football Rivals ™, Pure Sniper ™, Puzzle Page ™, Head Ball 2™, Motorsport Manager™, Darts of Fury™, Ultimate Golf™, Mini Football ™, Triple Match 3D ™, Agar.io™ and PowerWash
Simulator ™.
For more information, visit https://miniclip.com/ #LI-AC1

 

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About The Company

Miniclip is a global leader in digital games with a mission of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’. We develop, publish, and distribute highly engaging games to an audience of over 400 million monthly active users across mobile, social and online platforms. We operate in 10 countries, with a global workforce of over 1000 people across 16 locations.

Founded in 2001, the Company has successfully grown a huge global audience in over 195 countries and across six continents. We have a unique understanding of the digital games space and have developed a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games, extensive worldwide distribution, and an internationally recognised brand name. To date, Miniclip's digital games, which also include the franchises 8 Ball Pool™, Subway Surfers™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™, Carrom Pool™, and Agar.io™ have generated more than 7 billion downloads. Miniclip has more than 70 million daily active players reaching people across the world in the pursuit of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’.

In the past three years, as part of our ambitious growth plans, Miniclip has been delighted to welcome the teams from Playsport (famous for Motorsport Manager), Yakuto (creators of Darts of Fury), Masomo (home of Head Ball 2), Ilyon (designers of Bubble Shooter), Eight Pixels Square (Sniper Strike) operating as Miniclip Derby, Gamebasics (creators of OSM Online Soccer Manager) now operating as Miniclip Netherlands, Green Horse Games (home of Football Rivals), Supersonic Software Ltd., trading as Puzzling.com (the team behind the highly successful Puzzle Page and Picture Cross), and most recently Sybo (famous for Subway Surfers).

For more information, visit https://miniclip.com/

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