Head of Financial Controller

Overview

The organization is seeking a Head of Financial Controller to own the full accounting function across its entities. This role includes revenue recognition, consolidation, monthly and year-end close, and internal controls. The position also serves as the finance function’s technical backbone—building the infrastructure, controls, and processes needed for a fast-scaling, multi-entity, international organization.

Reporting line: VP of Finance. The team is small, so the role requires both strategic ownership and hands-on execution.

Responsibilities

General Accounting Operations

• Own the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of all financial transactions across the organization’s entities
• Continuously improve a scalable monthly/quarterly close process
• Ensure revenue recognition is correctly applied and documented

Multi-Entity Oversight

• Lead consolidation across the organization’s growing international entity structure, including new entity set-ups as the organization expands
• Partner with the VP of Finance on transfer pricing, intercompany transactions, and cross-border compliance matters

Controls, Risk & Governance

• Perform ongoing gap analyses of accounting processes and proactively design and implement internal controls and policies
• Manage the yearly financial audit end-to-end, acting as the primary point of contact for auditors
• Own the relationship with the external accounting firm, ensuring high standards for accuracy and responsiveness

Systems & Scalability

• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline accounting workflows
• Build documentation that makes the accounting function auditable and transferable

Leadership & Cross-Functional Support

• Serve as a thought partner to the VP of Finance on technical accounting matters and process design
• Manage a team of 3 general accountants
• Grow the team to support scalability and growth
• Support ad hoc business requests, including accounting-adjacent finance topics (e.g., payroll coordination)

Requirements

• 10+ years in accounting roles, including senior/lead or controller-level experience
• Strong knowledge of French accounting standards; exposure to multi-GAAP/consolidation environments is a strong plus
• Proven ability to build processes and internal controls from scratch in a fast-growing or scaling environment
• Comfortable operating with high autonomy and ambiguity; adapts quickly to change
• Prior people management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to multi-GAAP/consolidation environments

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity
• Remote-first flexibility (work from wherever you’re based)
• 25 days PTO baseline
• Volunteer days (paid time to contribute to causes that matter to you)
• Equipment setup for success, with additional support for remote work and development needs as programs evolve
• Two annual in-person get-togethers: one global company get-together and one team get-together

Location

• Remote-first environment; collaboration across Europe, North America, APJ and beyond.