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“Director, Controller. Skills: financial statements, internal controls, audit management, accounting team. Establish and enforce internal controls. Design and implement internal controls framework”
What You'll Achieve.
own the integrity of the company's financial statements; establish the controls, processes, and governance needed for audit readiness and operational excellence; strengthening the team, improving processes, and building the reporting infrastructure that leadership and investors require; Ensure timely, accurate financial statements that meet GAAP standards and support both internal decision-making and external reporting to investors and the Board; Provide accurate cost reporting by department, hub, and function; Support the C-suite with visibility into operating margins, cash flow, and spend trends
Industry & Context.
Resolve errors and build processes that prevent recurrence; keenly detecting errors and promptly making corrections; eliminate manual workarounds and formula errors in financial models; Flag risks and opportunities proactively
Periodic travel for quarterly leadership offsites, Remote (US-based)
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years of progressive accounting experience, at least 5 years in a Controller & leadership role, Experience at a high-growth, scaled services or technology enabled company ($75M–$500M revenue range) with multi-entity, multi-country operations, Deep expertise in GAAP, internal controls, audit management, Proven ability to build or significantly improve accounting functions, processes, and controls in fast-moving environments, Experience preparing and managing general ledger, balance sheets and income statements, keenly detecting errors and promptly making corrections, command of financial systems (ERP, expense management, payment platforms), Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, CPA
Nice to Have
Experience in service-based business models, Familiarity with Workday, RAMP, Tipalti, Procurify, Stripe, or HubSpot, Big Four audit experience, Experience with EOR-to-entity transitions, multi-currency accounting, Prior experience reducing reliance on external accounting firms and building in-house capability
What You'll Do.
Establish and enforce internal controls
Design and implement internal controls framework
Ensure proper segregation of duties
Fix and scale GL accounting
Scale balance sheet functions
Centralize processing into finance function
Lead audit readiness and compliance
Manage external audit process
Oversee tax compliance
Manage and develop accounting team
and build accounting team
Optimize systems and tools
Drive improvements across financial technology stack
Own reporting and month-end close
accurate financial statements
Partner with leadership on cost management
Provide accurate cost reporting
Support C-suite with visibility
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work closely with FP&A, Operations, Legal, and Technology; Partner with leadership on cost management; Support the C-suite with visibility
Process & Methodology
Manage the external audit process end-to-end, Build the documentation, schedules, and governance needed to pass audits cleanly
Full Job Description
The Controller will own the integrity of the company's financial statements, lead the accounting team, and establish the controls, processes, and governance needed for audit readiness and operational excellence. This role reports to the CFO and will work closely with FP&A, Operations, Legal, and Technology to ensure that our accounting & financial foundation is as strong as its growth ambitions. You will bring order to a finance function that is early in its maturity –strengthening the team, improving processes, and building the reporting infrastructure that leadership and investors require. **Responsibilities** * **Establish and enforce internal controls. **Design and implement an internal controls framework appropriate for the scale and complexity of a 4k-5k (and rapidly growing) FTE global organization. Ensure proper segregation of duties, approval thresholds, and documentation across all financial processes. * **Fix and scale the GL accounting and balance sheet functions. **Centralize processing into a proper finance function – moving it from a scattered, department-driven process to a controlled, efficient operation. Resolve errors and build processes that prevent recurrence. * **Lead audit readiness and compliance. **Manage the external audit process end-to-end. Build the documentation, schedules, and governance needed to pass audits cleanly. Oversee tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions around the world (e.g. US, Asia, Africa). * **Manage and develop the accounting team. **Lead, mentor, and build the accounting and finance operations team. Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and performance standards. Reduce reliance on external professional services by building internal capability. * **Optimize systems and tools. **Drive improvements across the financial technology stack including RAMP, Tipalti, Workday, Procurify, and Stripe. Ensure clean data flows between systems and eliminate manual workarounds and formula errors in financial models. * **Own
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