The posting
You've probably walked past our lockers on the streets of your city. That's where it starts — but we're building something much bigger: the infrastructure layer for how Europe receives parcels.
We've scaled past €100M in revenue across 9 countries in under four years, with tens of millions of people using our products every month. We're one of the fastest growing tech scale-ups in Europe.
We are in search of a Senior Financial Controller — Industrial Operations to join our team as our new #bloqstar. We design and manufacture our own hardware — smart locker systems deployed across Europe — and we've scaled production faster than most hardware companies ever do. What hasn't scaled as fast is the financial controlling layer around it. We need someone who owns the full cost picture: what it costs to build every product we make, why that cost changed, and what it means for the business.
You'll embed directly into our Operations team, and be the financial partner to the Operations and supply chain leadership, owning COGS, gross margins, procurement economics, and production cost visibility.
Fair warning: production volumes, supplier complexity, and product mix have moved faster than the financial instrumentation around them. You're not inheriting a mature controlling function — you're building it alongside an operations team that's moving at speed. If you need everything clean before it can be useful, this isn't the right fit.
What you'll be doing:
- Own the COGS buildup by product line — full bill of materials, labour, overhead allocation — and keep it current as products evolve and suppliers change;
- Track and report gross margin by product and by customer, connecting commercial pricing to actual production cost so the business knows where it's making money and where it isn't;
- Monitor procurement costs against budget: material price variances (steel, electronics, packaging), supplier performance, and volume-driven cost shifts;
- Build production cost-per-unit trending — track how unit economics evolve across production batches and identify what's driving changes (scale, supplier, design iteration, quality issues);
- Own the rolling operations forecast: procurement commitments, production pipeline, and their cash impact, timed against actual delivery schedules;
- Provide inventory carrying cost visibility — what we're holding, what it costs us, and where stock levels don't match demand patterns;
- Run financial reviews with the Operations and Finance Leadership — budget vs actual, variance analysis, and forward-looking cost risks. Make the numbers decision-ready, not just reporting-ready.
What you'll bring to the table:
- 5-8 years in financial controlling, cost accounting, or industrial FP&A — ideally in manufacturing, industrial, or hardware companies where you've worked with BOMs, production variance, and procurement cycles;
- Deep understanding of cost accounting: standard costing, variance analysis, overhead allocation, activity-based costing. You know the difference between what a product should cost and what it does cost, and you can explain why;
- Strong in Excel/Google Sheets — you build models, you don't just maintain them. Comfortable with complex SUMIFS, scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis, and multi-tab linked workbooks;
- Able to pull your own data from ERP systems and BI tools rather than depending on someone else to extract it;
- You can communicate financial insights to operational leaders who think in units, lead times, and quality rates — not in journal entries. Translating cost data into actionable operational language is a core part of the job;
- Comfortable working with evolving data quality. You'll improve the instrumentation as you go, but you need to be useful today with what exists today;
- Fluent in English — all financial and cross-functional communication is in English.
It would be great if you would also have:
- Experience in a scaling company where production volumes grew significantly during your tenure — you've seen what happens to unit economics when a company goes from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands of units;
- Familiarity with procurement in European supply chains, particularly steel, electronics components, and contract manufacturing;
- Working knowledge of Python or SQL for pulling and manipulating larger datasets.
- Background in or exposure to hardware certification costs, tooling amortisation, or new product introduction economics.
Why join us?
- You'll own the financial lens on how a European hardware company at scale actually produces its product — from steel to finished smart locker, across multiple product lines and evolving designs;
- A dynamic and fast-paced work environment with a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning;
- Competitive salary and flexible benefits package, tailored to your experience and skills;
- Access to a stock option package — you'll have skin in the game as Bloq.it continues to grow;
- Performance-based bonus, tied to your results and designed to reward your impact;
- Work how you work best — we offer a remote-friendly policy and flexible hours so you can stay productive and keep life balanced;
- Portuguese Health Insurance including mental health;
- Flexible Sports and Wellness membership covering multiple gyms and studios.
Bloq.it is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are based on merit, competence, and qualifications — not on race, gender, nationality, or any other personal characteristic.
If you require any special arrangements during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can accommodate you in the best possible way.
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