Internal Controls Business Partner

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Company

Nebius builds a full-stack AI cloud platform for the global AI economy.

What you will do

• Act as the primary risk and controls partner for assigned functions (initially Tax, Treasury, HR), owning risk/control partnership activities.
• Lead process risk assessments and maintain risk and control matrices, process narratives, control descriptions and ownership documentation.
• Design practical controls with process owners, guide control execution and evidence/documentation requirements, and ensure first-line accountability.
• Lead SOX walkthroughs and audit-readiness activities, coordinating evidence and evaluating control design and operating effectiveness.
• Identify control deficiencies, facilitate root-cause analysis, and drive sustainable remediation plans with clear reporting on control health and overdue actions.
• Partner with IT Controls and support transformations (new systems, process redesigns, acquisitions) from a risk and controls perspective, including opportunities for automation and continuous monitoring.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant experience in internal controls, SOX compliance, financial risk, business-process controls, finance transformation, or a combination of these.
• Strong practical knowledge of SOX 404, ICFR, COSO, risk and control matrices, process walkthroughs, control design, operating effectiveness, and deficiency remediation.
• Meaningful in-house experience required; experience exclusively in external audit/advisory is unlikely to fit.
• Experience working in a first-line business role or as an embedded in-house risk and controls partner supporting process owners.
• Experience supporting corporate processes such as Tax, Treasury, HR/payroll, OPEX, Financial Reporting, or other finance-related areas.
• Strong written and verbal English.

Nice to have

• Professional qualification (CPA, ACCA, Dutch RA or RC, CIA, CISA or equivalent).
• Experience in a listed, multinational or SOX-regulated company; combination of Big Four and subsequent in-house ownership.
• Experience with US GAAP or IFRS financial reporting; ERP/treasury/HRIS/CRM implementations.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, carve-outs, integrations, or major control-transformation programs.
• Hands-on use of data analytics, continuous monitoring, automation or AI tools in internal controls work.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and career growth/learning opportunities.
• Flexibility and ownership in day-to-day work.
• Collaborative and innovative culture.
• Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects in an international environment.