Specialist Cost Planner

Location: Madrid, Spain; hybrid work model with up to 20 days per year of 100% remote work from other locations.

Company

hirify.global is a global telecommunications company focused on connecting people, businesses, and communities through technology.

What you’ll do

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, month-end financial activities, and financial planning across multiple technology and business portfolios.
• Manage Capex, Opex, capitalised overheads, resource costs, project funding, purchase orders, accruals, and investment tracking.
• Monitor spend against budgets and forecasts, analyse variances and cost drivers, and recommend corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, financial policies, capitalisation rules, and governance requirements.
• Produce dashboards, reports, and executive presentations while improving reporting automation and data quality.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Delivery, Finance, Procurement, and Portfolio teams; mentor and guide other Cost Planners.

Requirements

• Strong experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and cost management.
• Good understanding of Capex, Opex, capitalisation, and financial governance.
• Experience supporting large technology, engineering, transformation, IT, or telecommunications portfolios.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills, including presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Experience with accounting systems such as SAP or Oracle, reporting tools, financial dashboards, and process automation.
• Excellent written and spoken English required. CIMA/ACCA qualification, a finance-related degree, or significant IT project accounting experience is expected.

Nice to have

• Experience managing budgets exceeding £50 million.
• Business Intelligence and reporting expertise.
• Knowledge of Agile, Lean Portfolio Management, PRINCE2, or P3O.
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma or other process improvement methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model with flexible working hours Monday to Thursday and an intensive Friday schedule.
• Intensive summer schedule during July and August.
• Bonus, meal voucher, private health and life insurance, and optional pension plan.
• 25 vacation days plus December 24 and 31 off.
• Online learning platform and continuous training opportunities.