Senior Director, Accounting

Overview

This role partners closely with Finance, FP&A, Revenue Operations, and leadership to drive accurate financial reporting, effective close processes, and scalable financial systems. You will help manage monthly and annual reporting requirements, support audit and statutory filings across multiple jurisdictions, and contribute to process improvements through automation and AI.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted, collaborative partner with key finance functions and leadership.
• Manage the monthly close process across teams including GL, AR, AP, Cash, Payroll, Banking, Inter-Company, and Allocations; ensure G/L reconciliations are complete and variances are actively managed.
• Manage corporate reporting requirements to meet lender and PE firm requirements.
• Participate in year-end consolidated and statutory audits and complete required statutory filings across a variety of jurisdictions, with a specific focus on local GAAP for the Netherlands.
• Partner on maintaining best-of-breed systems (ERP) and underlying policies to provide critical financial information to Senior Leadership and Executive Leadership for decision-making.
• Drive transformational changes to gain efficiencies through automation and AI.
• Participate in M&A activities, including purchase price accounting, change management, and financial system integrations.
• Own ASC 606 compliant Deferred Revenue monthly reporting, collaborating with FP&A on walk from GAAP to First Year Values (FYV) and monthly tie out of all Payroll costs.
• Oversee inter-company balances and manage the transfer pricing calculation and remittance process.
• Support financial management practices and KPI metrics to drive profitable growth.
• Build, mentor, and lead a talented, customer-obsessed team focused on business goals.

Requirements

• 15+ years of financial leadership experience, ideally in a complex, international, fast-paced, high-growth software or technology company.
• University degree (and/or an MBA) in finance or business with an accounting designation (CPA, CMA, CGA).
• 3–5 years of both Workday Financial G/L System experience and Salesforce experience.
• Experience with companies over $200M revenue and growing.
• Strong US GAAP knowledge, including SaaS metrics, inter-company charges, and transfer pricing.
• Strong understanding of recurring revenue and ASC 606 Revenue Recognition for Contracts.
• M&A integration experience.
• Overall experience with both direct and indirect tax is a plus.
• Experience with the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, India, and Canada is a plus.
• Self-starter who can drive results and take on a prominent role in an entrepreneurial, growth-oriented environment.
• Intellectually curious; able to analyze and present business solutions with qualitative and quantitative depth.
• Strong communication skills with a focus on an ethical, open, transparent, and respectful environment.
• High resiliency and motivation in a fast-paced, dynamic, growth-oriented setting.
• Ability to translate functional business needs into technical requirements and business process design; facilitate meetings and decision-making with business owners.
• Proficient with Workday Financial General Ledger, Salesforce, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Slack.
• Understand what is needed to continuously improve the organization’s financial acumen and processes.
• Makes sound decisions with clear, explicit decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications

• Consultative and collaborative working style; strong ability to build internal and external relationships.
• Strategic mindset and ability to drive change effectively.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified.

Location

Not specified.