Senior Business Controller - NYC

Legora AB • New York, NY

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As Senior Business Controller at Legora, you will be the finance partner to our leadership and teams across the organization. You play a central role in how we plan, measure, and steer the company as we scale – across budgeting, forecasting, unit economics, reporting, and decision support. Your task is simple: make the business legible. You turn complexity into numbers we trust, insights we act on, and decisions we’re confident in. You ensure we understand what drives performance in each area, where we are winning, where we need to improve, and what that means for what we do next. This is a high-leverage role. How we plan and measure will directly shape our priorities, investments, and ability to remain exceptionally lean while growing fast.

Requirements

• 5–10+ years in Business Controlling, FP&A, Strategic Finance, or similar roles in high-growth or complex environments
• Strong financial modeling skills and a track record of building budgets and forecasts leaders trust
• Practical experience using SQL for data analysis and reporting
• Proven ability to partner with non-finance stakeholders and influence decision-making
• Excellent analytical judgment and attention to detail, without losing business context
• Clear and confident communicator who turns numbers into action
• You are analytical, structured, and commercially minded. You want to be close to the business and focused on building systems that scale — not just producing reports.
• You thrive in fast-moving environments, handle ambiguity well, and bring structure to messy realities. You go beyond understanding what happened and push for why it happened, what it means, and what we should do about it. You’re comfortable challenging assumptions and owning outcomes end-to-end.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SaaS business models is a plus

Responsibilities

• Be part of company-wide budgeting and rolling forecasts across revenue, cost, and headcount
• Build financial models that are simple, robust, and reflect how the business actually works
• Track performance versus plan, surface risks early, and recommend concrete actions
• Partner with leaders on key decisions such as hiring, pricing, product investments, and market expansion
• Translate financial data into clear narratives that align teams and drive the right trade-offs
• Design and maintain KPI frameworks and dashboards that support a truly data-driven culture
• Ensure strong financial data quality, cost allocation, and internal controls as the company scales
• Drive automation across forecasting, reporting, and close-related workflows

Benefits

• Hypergrowth: You’ll shape the systems that scale our Customer Success function during a period of rapid expansion.
• Impact: Your work will directly influence customer adoption, retention, and expansion outcomes.
• Innovation: Partner with world-class AI researchers, engineers, and legal experts in a space undergoing massive transformation.
• Global collaboration: Partner with teams and clients across Stockholm, New York, London, and Sydney.
• Competitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.
• Meaningful work: Your efforts shape how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.
• In-person environment: Union Square NYC office designed for ambitious builders.
• U.S. employees receive medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible paid time off plus company holidays, and a 401(k) with company match and automatic enrollment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed