Vice President, Global Controller

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 110.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is seeking a senior accounting and reporting leader to drive global close governance, policy development, and scalable controls across regions. You will oversee multi‑entity financial reporting, partner with auditors, and guide complex accounting matters with a pragmatic business focus.

The role requires strong leadership, CPA/CA/ACCA credentials, and extensive NetSuite expertise, with a track record of scaling finance operations in a fast‑growing environment.

Qualifikationen

• Significant accounting and financial reporting experience in a global, multi‑entity organization.
• Experience leading financial reporting, close governance, audits, reconciliations, and policy controls.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge; ability to document complex matters.
• Proven leadership of accounting/financial reporting teams.
• ERP systems knowledge; NetSuite experience preferred.

Aufgaben

• Lead global accounting, financial reporting, and controllership activities across regions and entities.
• Ensure timely, well‑supported financial results for leadership decision‑making.
• Oversee global close governance, calendars, reporting deliverables, reconciliations, and issue resolution.
• Maintain accounting policies and documentation for consistency across the business.
• Provide guidance on complex accounting matters including revenue recognition, leases, intercompany, and acquisitions.
• Strengthen scalable controls across key accounting and reporting processes.
• Support audit, tax advisors, and external teams for compliance.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders and regional Finance leaders.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Financial reporting

Close governance

ERP systems

NetSuite

Technical accounting

Auditing

Cross‑functional collaboration

Communication skills

CPA/CA/ACCA

Tools

NetSuite

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

• Lead Harbor’s global accounting, financial reporting, and controllership activities across regions and entities.
• Ensure financial results are accurate, timely, well‑supported, and useful for leadership decision‑making.
• Oversee global close governance, including close calendars, reporting deliverables, reconciliations, review standards, and issue resolution.
• Maintain and evolve accounting policies, reporting practices, and documentation to support consistency across the global business.
• Provide guidance on complex accounting matters, including revenue recognition, accruals, commissions, leases, intercompany activity, acquisitions, and other significant transactions.
• Continue to strengthen scalable controls across key accounting and reporting processes.
• Support a consistent approach to documentation, approvals, reconciliations, reviews, and audit support.
• Partner with external auditors and advisors on accounting, reporting, controls, and technical accounting matters.
• Partner with external tax advisors to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and international tax requirements while identifying opportunities to reduce tax exposure and improve tax efficiency.
• Ensure the organization is well‑prepared for audit and compliance requirements through proactive planning and strong underlying support.
• Balance control discipline with a practical, business‑oriented approach that supports efficiency and collaboration.
• Partner with Finance leaders and regional teams to ensure accounting activities are coordinated effectively across close, reporting, AR, AP, billing, payroll accounting, intercompany, and statutory requirements.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve handoffs, reduce manual work, and increase consistency across teams and geographies.
• Support system, process, and reporting improvements that make Finance more efficient, reliable, and scalable.
• Lead and optimize accounting processes within NetSuite, Harbor’s existing ERP system, ensuring effective use of system capabilities, data integrity, and scalable reporting processes.
• Lead, coach, and develop accounting and financial reporting team members across functions and regions.
• Build strong relationships across Finance and the business, creating trust through responsiveness, accuracy, sound judgment, and practical problem‑solving.
• Foster a supportive, collaborative, and accountable team culture.
• Support M&A diligence and integration activities, including accounting policy alignment, opening balance sheets, systems integration, close process integration, intercompany setup, and control considerations.
• Support acquisition integration activities, including accounting process alignment, ERP/reporting integration, opening balance sheet review, purchase accounting support, and implementation of Harbor financial controls and reporting standards.
• Translate accounting, controls, and reporting topics into clear, practical recommendations for Finance and business leaders.

Requirements

• Significant accounting, financial reporting, and controllership experience in a global, multi‑entity organization.
• Experience leading financial reporting, close governance, audit, reconciliations, accounting policy, controls, and accounting operations.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and ability to evaluate and document complex accounting matters.
• Proven track record of successfully leading, developing, and organizing accounting or financial reporting teams.
• Strong understanding of ERP systems, accounting data flows, close management, reporting processes, and internal controls.
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, and ability to balance technical accuracy with business needs.
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence through partnership, clarity, and trust.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner with senior Finance leaders, auditors, external advisors, systems teams, and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Professional accounting qualifications, such as CPA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in a private equity‑backed, acquisitive, SaaS, professional services, or global business environment (preferred).
• Experience supporting M&A diligence and integration (preferred).
• Experience with US, Canadian, and UK accounting, statutory reporting, or multi‑jurisdictional reporting environments (preferred).
• Experience helping a Finance function scale through improved processes, systems, controls, and team development (preferred).
• Experience with NetSuite strongly preferred; ability to leverage an existing ERP environment to improve accounting operations, reporting, controls, and scalability (preferred).

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in global accounting, financial reporting, and controllership, with a strong focus on compliance, process improvement, and team leadership. Proven ability to manage complex accounting matters and enhance operational efficiency through effective use of ERP systems like NetSuite.