Financial Controller

Rhe; Barcelona; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Esko is seeking a highly skilled Financial Controller to lead accounting operations from a fully remote setup across Spain. The role covers budgeting, forecasting, audits, and strategic financial insights for senior management, ensuring compliance with Spanish GAAP and IFRS.

You will manage a distributed team, implement robust controls, and optimize processes while coordinating with external auditors and tax authorities as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Professional certification (CPA or ACCA) highly preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in accounting/finance with controller or senior accounting leadership.
• Proven experience with Spanish GAAP and IFRS; strong knowledge of internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage all accounting operations, including AP, AR, GL, and payroll.
• Ensure monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with Spanish GAAP and IFRS.
• Develop and implement accounting policies and internal controls to improve efficiency.
• Manage budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis; lead the accounting team.
• Coordinate external audits and ensure compliance with tax regulations.

Job description

Our client, a rapidly expanding multinational corporation with a strong operational base in Barcelona, is seeking a highly skilled Financial Controllerto join their team. This is a fully remoteleadership position, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere in Spain while overseeing critical financial functions. You will be responsible for managing all aspects of accounting operations, ensuring financial compliance, driving process improvements, and providing strategic financial insights to senior management. This role is crucial for maintaining financial health and supporting the company's growth trajectory.

About the Role

Our client, a rapidly expanding multinational corporation with a strong operational base in Barcelona, is seeking a highly skilled Financial Controllerto join their team. This is a fully remoteleadership position, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere in Spain while overseeing critical financial functions. You will be responsible for managing all aspects of accounting operations, ensuring financial compliance, driving process improvements, and providing strategic financial insights to senior management. This role is crucial for maintaining financial health and supporting the company's growth trajectory.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage all accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, and payroll.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with Spanish GAAP and IFRS.
• Develop and implement accounting policies and procedures to enhance internal controls and operational efficiency.
• Manage budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes.
• Lead and mentor the accounting team, fostering a culture of collaboration and high performance.
• Coordinate and support external audits.
• Ensure compliance with all tax regulations and reporting requirements.
• Provide financial analysis and strategic recommendations to support business decisions.
• Implement and manage financial systems and software.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in accounting or finance, with a significant portion in a controller or senior accounting management role.
• Proven experience with Spanish GAAP and IFRS.
• Expertise in accounting software (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong leadership, team management, and communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with a high degree of accuracy.
• Experience working in a fully remote environment and managing distributed teams.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements and implement financial controls.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Professional certification (e.g., CPA, ACCA) is highly preferred.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is essential.

Benefits

This role offers the ultimate flexibility of being fully remote, allowing you to design your ideal work environment. You will receive a competitive salary, performance bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package. As the Financial Controller, you will have a direct impact on the financial strategy and success of a growing international company with a significant presence in Barcelona. Enjoy opportunities for continuous professional development and career advancement. Join a collaborative and innovative team that values your expertise and contributions.

Imagine yourself.
+ Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
+ Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
+ Owning your ambition and fueling your career growt.
It's all possible with a role at Esko ( . Esko, a Veralto ( company, is a global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions that accelerate the go-to-market process of packaged goods. Our integrated platform and comprehensive tools empower retailers, pre-media and trade shops, manufacturers, and converters to manage best-in-class packaging design and print processes.
Innovation in the is built into the DNA of our business: every day, we challenge ourselves to be better by seeking out new ways to elevate our products, our processes, and our people.
We also know that innovation and ingenuity starts with prioritizing a diverse workforce and a deeply inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Finance, the Business Controller is responsible for providing financial planning, performance analysis and decision support to commercial and operating leaders, helping them understand business performance, challenge assumptions and make informed decisions.
This is a highly visible, business-facing individual contributor role with exposure to the CFO and senior leadership, and will be located in Spain or Portugal, on a remote model.
In this role, a typical day will look like:
+ Lead the annual budget and monthly and quarterly forecasting processes, including driver assumptions, scenario modelling and P&L forecasting.
+ Build and maintain revenue and recurring-revenue models, including subscription, maintenance, license and services, and track key metrics such as ARR, retention, churn, bookings and pipeline conversion.
+ Deliver financial performance and variance analysis versus budget, forecast and prior year, identifying key business drivers, risks and opportunities.
+ Partner with commercial and operating leaders on pricing, deal structuring, headcount, investment and profitability decisions, providing financial models and business cases.
+ Prepare executive reporting and dashboards for senior leadership and partner with Accounting on month-end close, revenue review, accruals and management reporting accuracy.
+ Work hands-on with Oracle Fusion, SQL and Excel to analyze and reconcile data, while improving and automating recurring planning and reporting processes.
The essential requirements of the job include:
+ Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or a related field.
+ 3+ years of experience in Business Controlling, FP&A or a comparable finance role, ideally within an international organization.
+ Experience within a software, SaaS or recurring-revenue business, including working knowledge of metrics such as ARR, retention, churn and bookings.
+ Advanced financial modelling and Excel skills, combined with working SQL knowledge or demonstrated experience querying and reconciling large data sets.
+ Hands-on experience working with an ERP system, ideally Oracle Fusion, and solid knowledge of accounting and revenue recognition principles under US GAAP or IFRS ; fluent written and spoken English required.
Esko is proud to part of the Product Quality & Innovation segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you'll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we're Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources-and building rewarding careers along the way.
At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.