Financial Controller at Pandas

Financial Controller

Pandas  |  Athens, Greece (hybrid)

Pandas is the AI-powered experience layer in device circularity. Our KYD™ platform does for devices what KYC did for banks: specialist AI agents grade every component, delivering the same result every time. We power customer-led journeys across retail, web, and in-app for trade-in, device protection, and claim validation, with no queues, no friction, and no app downloads. Our platform is deployed with tier-1 mobile operators and major retailers across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia.

We’re hiring a Financial Controller to own finance at Pandas. You’ll decide how the function runs, keep it accurate and compliant, and work closely with our BI, Customer Success, and C-level teams. You’ll have a seat in the decisions that matter: where Pandas spends, where it grows, and what the numbers say we should do next. This is a role with real ownership and real influence.

The role

Planning, reporting, and insight

• Own the annual budget and long-term financial plan
• Work with department heads to build their budgets and keep them on track through the year
• Run scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis, turn the results into strategic recommendations
• Produce monthly and quarterly reporting for investors and the board, partnering with Data & BI on dashboards
• Track burn rate and runway, flag problems early
• Use AI-driven tools to improve forecasting and spot trends

Cash, treasury, and capital

• Build and maintain short- and long-term cash flow forecasts
• Run collections and treasury across entities: liquidity planning, cash optimisation
• Maintain the cap table and support equity and investor matters, including option grants, investor reporting, and finance readiness for future raises

Multi-entity finance and compliance

• Own finance across the group’s international entities, keep each one accurate and audit-ready
• Manage intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and transfer pricing
• Prepare consolidated group reporting
• Design and run internal financial controls
• Handle tax, payroll, and statutory compliance in every jurisdiction, working with external auditors and tax advisors
• Be the internal point of contact on finance-related legal, contractual, and vendor matters

International payroll and daily operations

• Run payroll across multiple countries: accurate, on time, compliant, with local providers managed
• Own AP and AR, invoice payments, reconciliations, and employee reimbursements
• Evaluate and bring in AI-powered tools for invoicing, expense management, and consolidation

Who this is for

• 5–8 years in finance, accounting, or FP&A
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics
• Strong command of Greek and UK tax, payroll, and accounting standards
• Experience owning finance across multiple international entities, including intercompany accounting and consolidation
• Hands-on international payroll experience across multiple countries
• Comfortable in a lean startup or scale-up environment
• Fluent with AI-powered finance tools and keen to adopt new ones
• High integrity, dependable, strong ownership mindset. Someone Pandas can trust to run finance independently
• Clear communicator, comfortable with senior stakeholders and the investor community

Nice to have

• CPA/ACCA, or a Master’s in a relevant field
• Experience through a funding round, audit, or standing up finance in a scaling company
• Track record implementing finance systems or process automation

Setup

• Based in Athens, Greece. Hybrid: mix of home and our Athens office
• Pandas is headquartered in London, UK and Athens, Greece
• Competitive base plus performance incentive and long-term growth potential
• Reports to the COO