Welcome to Betnation!

Betnation.nl is more than an online casino. We're a community where excitement, fun, and integrity come together. Since our launch in October 2022, we've grown into one of the top-rated casinos in the Netherlands, offering nearly 3,000 games and a full sportsbook. Our core values are professionalism, transparency, honesty, and authenticity, and we promote safe and responsible gaming every day: "A winner knows when to stop." "Be smart. Play responsibly."

At Betnation, you'll be part of a driven team working together to build a strong, reliable, and attractive brand within a regulated market.

About the Role

If you're an experienced Financial Controller with the drive and ambition to grow into a CFO role within 6 to 12 months, this is the role for you. You will start by building a solid financial foundation, after which the focus shifts to finance leadership, strategic planning, and stakeholder management. The more hands-on tasks will then be transferred to a successor controller.

We are looking for an analytically strong, hands-on Financial Controller who takes ownership of the financial operation: data quality, the setup of control processes, and the professionalisation of finance within a regulated casino and sportsbook environment.

The organisation wants to develop finance further towards a demonstrably audit-ready level. Think tighter processes, reliable management information, structural controls, and a clean month-end close. This role is designed to make that happen.

What You Will Do

Financial control and month-end close

Set up and execute monthly and quarterly closings
Review and follow up on the work of the bookkeeper
Control general ledger, balance sheet positions, accruals, prepayments, and intercompany accounts
Prepare reports for the CFO, CEO, and management
Reconcile administration, bank, PSPs, platform providers, and internal systems

PSP, platform, and bank controls

Set up and perform monthly PSP checks, including Adyen
Reconciliation controls between payment flows, back-office data, and financial records
Analysis of differences, timing differences, chargebacks, fees, and settlements
Periodic analysis of provider costs, volumes, margins, and variances

Budget monitoring, forecasting, and business control

Monthly review of actuals versus budget and forecast
Monitor whether budget holders stay within their budgets
Specifically control marketing budgets and affiliate spend
Identify and follow up on variances between forecast and actual business developments
Provide input for rolling forecast, budget process, and cash flow planning

Internal controls and compliance

Set up an internal control framework for finance
Document controls, review points, and sign-offs
Review invoices, costs, contracts, payment flows, and authorisations
Support audits, annual accounts, VAT, tax, and regulatory obligations
Collaborate with accountants, auditors, tax advisors, and external consultants

Management reporting and data ownership

Set up monthly management reports
Verify reported figures against actuals
Provide insight into revenue, margin, costs, cash flow, marketing spend, and platform costs
Structure finance dashboards and reporting formats
Translate figures into concrete management insights

What You Bring

Minimum 3 to 4 years of experience as a financial controller, business controller, or senior finance professional
Demonstrable knowledge of month-end closings, reporting, cash flow, budgeting, and internal controls
Strong in data analysis and reconciliation controls
Critical, precise, and not afraid to ask questions
Ownership mentality: you do not wait for someone else to solve a problem
Comfortable in a dynamic environment where not everything is perfectly set up yet
Affinity with regulated sectors such as gaming, fintech, payments, e-commerce, or platform businesses
Living in Malta or willing to relocate to Malta in the short term
Ambition to grow towards CFO level

Growth Path

The role starts as Financial Controller with broad responsibility. After approximately 6 to 12 months, the focus shifts from hands-on financial control to finance leadership, strategic planning, stakeholder management, budget and forecast processes, investor and M&A support, and managing the bookkeeping function and future finance hires.

What We Offer

A fulltime position with a clear growth path towards CFO within 6 to 12 months
Fully remote from Malta, occasionally in office on request
Direct collaboration with the CEO, COO, interim CFO and Country Manager
A role with real impact in a growing, regulated iGaming environment
A dynamic team in an international working environment

Interested?

Send us your CV and a short motivation. We look forward to getting to know you.

Financial Controller – CFO Track (Malta Based – Remote/Hybrid)

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