Controller Director

EyeBio; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 120.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

EyeBio in Spain seeks a Controller Director to ensure financial integrity across Spanish entities, aligned with US GAAP and local regulations. You will lead a ~10-person controllership team, drive strategic priorities, and partner with Finance Lead to support growth.

You will oversee statutory reporting, close, taxes, and external disclosures, while pursuing continuous process improvements and strong internal controls in a multinational setting.

Formación

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Typically 10+ years in accounting, finance, or controllership in a multinational.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and local statutory accounting requirements.
• Big Four or similar experience is a strong advantage.
• Fluency in English and strong communication skills.
• Proven leadership and people management capabilities.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to operate under pressure and manage competing priorities.

Responsabilidades

• Lead a high-performing controller team of about 10 staff delivering accounting and order-to-cash excellence.
• Coordinate strategic priorities with finance, commercial, and operations teams across divisions.
• Ensure compliance and a strong internal control environment, focusing on SOX controls.
• Manage statutory reporting, financial close, taxes, and external disclosures.
• Drive process improvements and sponsor company enhancement projects.
• Coordinate with ATR Global Process Owner and external auditors; foster cross-functional collaboration.

Conocimientos

Controllership

Finance Control

Finance Projects

Financial Accounting Controls

Financial Analysis

Financial Forecasting

Financial Management

General Accounting

GAAP

GAAP Tax Provision

Local GAAP

SAP Accounting

SOX Compliance

SOX Analysis

SOX Guidelines

Statutory Accounting

Statutory Financial Reporting

Statutory Reporting

Educación

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field

Herramientas

SAP Accounting

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Controller Director in Spain. This position will be accountable for ensuring financial integrity, compliance, and robust controllership across all Spanish legal entities, in alignment with corporate standards, US GAAP and local regulatory requirements.

The role provides critical financial leadership and acts as a strategic business partner, supporting decision-making, driving performance, and enabling sustainable business growth. The Controller Spain plays a key role in the local finance leadership team and the EUCAN and Global regional controllers group, and reports directly to the Spanish Finance Lead.

What you will do:

Bring energy, knowledge, innovation and leadership to carry out the following:

• Lead a high-performing controller team, including direct reports and a full team of approximately 10 people, delivering excellence in Accounting and Order to Cash, key in Revenue Recognition, while maintaining a strong internal control environment.
• Actively contribute to the development and execution of strategic priorities and operational objectives, coordinating and partnering with the financial, commercial and operations teams of Human Health, Animal Health, our Research & Development Division and Support Functions.
• Ensure compliance and a strong internal control environment, with key focus on responsibility over SOX, including ensuring that the company’s financial matters are managed effectively and efficiently and comply with accounting principles, tax rules and government regulations.
• Be responsible for statutory reporting, financial close, taxes, external disclosures and month-end certification, while liaising with Payroll and Risk Assurance teams to embed outcomes of these areas into the financial integrity of the overall enterprise.
• Identify opportunities for continuous process improvement and propose innovative solutions to operate cost-effectively and deliver quality deliverables on time, actively sponsoring and leading the implementation of company enhancement projects as required.
• Ensure strong and effective coordination between the local finance team and ATR Global Process Owner, coupled with SBS execution, engaging with external partners as required, coordinating and resolving observations with internal and external auditors, and building a culture of diversity and inclusion, collaboration, teamwork, personal accountability and continuous improvement.

What skills you will need:

In order to excel in this role, you will more than likely have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Extensive experience, typically 10+ years, in accounting, finance, or controllership roles within a multinational environment.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and local statutory accounting requirements.
• Prior experience in a Big Four or similar is considered a strong advantage.
• Fluency in English and strong communication skills.
• Proven leadership, people management and team development capabilities, with the ability to coach and develop talent within the team to build an effective, adaptable and high-performing organization.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to operate effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities with tight deadlines.

Why Join Us?

As a company, we are committed to keep the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the world’s most challenging healthcare needs.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment.

Required Skills:

• Controllership
• Finance Control
• Finance Projects
• Financial Accounting Controls
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Forecasting
• Financial Management
• General Accounting
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Tax Provision
• Local GAAP
• Preparation of Financial ReportsRegulatory Requirements
• SAP Accounting
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Compliance
• Sox Analysis
• SOX Guidelines
• Statutory Accounting
• Statutory Financial Reporting
• Statutory Reporting

Employee Status:

Regular

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Job Posting End Date:

09/14/2026

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