Senior Financial Controller (Tender Process)

‍Location: Cyprus\Larnaca, office Type of work: Full-time Smarter is a management company responsible for defining the overall strategy of investment activities and ensuring optimal management and development strategies for each business unit within the group. The main areas of activity and focus of our company include the international fintech community SFORS (https://sfors.com), the brokerage company Statok (https://statok.global), and the product company Pine Software (https://pinesoftware.com.cy) We are looking for an experienced Senior Financial Controller (Tender Process) to oversee budget control across all Group procurement processes and serve as Secretary of the Tender Committee. Responsibilities: - Budget control of every purchase request in 8 business units of the Group: budget line availability, check of the forecast annual turnover per counterparty, written conclusion on budget coverage - Independent alternative market analysis in both flows (invoice analysis and tender): finding alternative suppliers, indicative market price range, written conclusion on whether prices are at market level; for complex tenders - review of cost estimates - Secretary of the Tender Committee (non-voting): confirmation of the tender type, approval of the accelerated procedure, completeness check of materials, organisation of Committee reviews (meeting or written procedure), vote counting, electronic minutes - Monitoring of standard lead times at every stage of the process; reminders and escalation - Maintaining the purchase register and the list of suppliers with a framework justification (annual review of each supplier) - Quarterly process report to the Tender Committee Chair, then to the Executive Committee and CEO Smarter - Daily work in Jira (tender project): statuses, checklists, Alternative Vendor subtasks What do we expect from you in the first 90 Days? - Running all stages of the role independently - Having a source base for alternative market analysis for the main purchase categories of the Group - Keeping the purchase register up to date - Preparing the first quarterly report (Q4 2026, due in January 2027)