Global Financial Controller

TAPTAP Peru; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Growth opportunities

Access to senior leadership

Madrid office-based

Job summary

Taptap Peru is seeking a Global Financial Controller based in Madrid to lead the finance function across multiple countries. You will partner with shareholders and executive leadership, shaping financial strategy, reporting, and compliance.

The role emphasizes automation, AI-enabled processes, and robust local/global controls. You will oversee treasury, tax, and accounting operations, driving efficiency and strategic insight while coordinating with senior stakeholders and a dynamic international

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting/Finance; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 6+ years in financial/controlling roles, multi-country experience.
• Experience with consolidation across multiple countries is required.
• Oracle NetSuite knowledge is a must.
• Advanced English (C1) is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end and year-end closings across units, with strong analysis and narrative.
• Oversee general ledger integrity, reconciliations, and consolidation.
• Manage intercompany processes across markets with accurate intercompany eliminations.
• Coordinate payments and cash flow forecasts; translate liquidity trends into recommendations.
• Own financial reporting for HQ, leadership, and shareholder materials with clear narratives.
• Drive finance automation roadmap, ERP optimization (NetSuite) and AI-enabled processes.

Skills

Advanced English (C1)

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Financial analysis

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Oracle NetSuite

SAP

Financial planning software

Job description

Who we are

At Taptap, we are not just shaping the future of advertising technology— we are building it today. Guided by teamwork, respect, and determination, we challenge the status quo, connect ideas with impact, and create innovative solutions that drive real results. Our culture thrives on visionary thinking, collaboration, and a deep respect for people—because good people, doing great things is what makes us stronger.

As a global team, we believe in pushing boundaries, fostering growth, and exceeding expectations. We are authentic, ambitious, and passionate about what we do, and we never settle for less than excellence. If you’re looking to be part of a company that values creativity, problem-solving, and the power of technology, we’d love to hear from you.

Short Job Description

Reporting directly to the SVP Global Finance, the company's maximum financial leader, and based in Madrid, Spain, the Global Financial Controller will play a highly visible, strategic role in shaping the next stage of Taptap's finance function. This person will be a key partner in financial reporting to shareholders, translating numbers into business insight and ensuring Finance provides the strategic rationale behind performance, risks, and opportunities.

The Global Financial Controller will supervise and coordinate the financial management of multiple countries, consolidating accounting and tax information through robust local processes and global policies. Beyond ensuring transparency, efficiency, and compliance, this role will actively influence how financial information drives business decisions and will lead the automation and AI-enablement of the Finance and Administration function.

What you will do

Financial Accounting & Close

• Lead and coordinate month-end and year-end closings across business units within scope, ensuring accuracy, strong analysis, and a clear strategic narrative behind the numbers.
• Oversee general ledger integrity, reconciliations, and consolidation of financial information.
• Manage intercompany processes, ensuring accurate tracking, reconciliation, and eliminations for consolidation.

Accounts Payable & Receivable

• Supervise billing, revenue reconciliation, and accounts receivable processes.
• Ensure proper validation and reconciliation of supplier invoices and purchase processes.

Treasury & Cash Management

• Coordinate payments and collections across multiple markets, including intercompany flows.
• Own cash flow forecasts and translate liquidity trends into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

Financial Reporting, Control & Strategic Insight

• Be a key contributor to reports and analysis prepared for shareholders, ensuring financial information is accurate, consistent, and translated into a clear business narrative.
• Provide the strategic rationale behind variances, risks, and opportunities, helping the business understand how the figures influence performance, priorities, and decisions.
• Own recurring and ad hoc financial reporting for HQ, senior leadership, and shareholder materials, ensuring outputs are clear, consistent, and decision-oriented.
• Ensure compliance with KPIs, accounting deadlines, and internal controls across subsidiaries while proactively flagging risks, opportunities, and decisions required.
• Lead the finance automation roadmap, including ERP optimization (NetSuite), process redesign, and the practical implementation of AI tools within the finance team.
• Analyze FX, margin, working capital, and profitability drivers, connecting financial variances to commercial and operational decisions.
• Build scalable, automated reporting processes that reduce manual effort and improve the speed and quality of decision-making.

Tax & Audit

• Ensure compliance with local tax, legal, and regulatory requirements across jurisdictions.
• Support internal and external audits, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of information.

Team Leadership, Business Partnership & Transformation

• Lead and develop the accounting team within scope, setting clear priorities, raising the quality of output, and building a more automated, data-driven finance culture.
• Act as a proactive financial partner to commercial, operations, HR, and executive stakeholders, challenging assumptions and supporting decisions with clear financial logic.
• Identify inefficiencies, make recommendations, and lead end-to-end improvements across financial processes with minimal supervision.

Requirements of the role

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics. A master’s degree will be a plus.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in Financial/Accounting/Controlling roles (ideally Big Four), including at least 3 years in regional or multi-country positions managing teams and working with senior finance leadership.
• Exposure to accounting and consolidation in multiple countries is necessary.
• ORACLE NetSuite knowledge is a must.
• Experience in Big Four highly appreciated.
• Experience with SAP very desirable as well.
• Advanced Level of English (C1) is a must.
• Experience in financial statement consolidation, financial planning, auditing, and preparing senior-level management/shareholder reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience in fast growth tech companies will be extremely valued.
• Overseas experience would be an important asset.
• Experience in the digital advertising industry will be a plus.
• Strong knowledge of financial processes and control requirements, with the ability to connect accounting outputs to business performance and strategic decision-making.
• Proven ability to understand business issues, interpret the strategic implications of the figures, and balance standardization, efficiency, and commercial impact.
• Project management experience, with a strong focus on ERP (Netsuite) development, automation, finance systems improvement, and AI-enabled process transformation.
• Ability to work independently with low supervision, proactively set priorities, make sound decisions, and demonstrate strong ownership and judgment.
• Strong curiosity for technology, automation, and AI, with the ambition to lead change inside the finance function.
• Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and preparing information that supports board/shareholder-level discussions.
• Well-developed interpersonal and teamwork skills are critical. Ability to network and develop relationships. Unquestionable integrity and trust.
• Methodical, organized, and highly detail-oriented, with the self-sufficiency to manage complexity and drive outcomes without waiting for direction.

Benefits

• A dynamic and collaborative work environment.
• Competitive compensation package aligned with experience and profile.
• Permanent position with strong opportunities for internal growth, high exposure to senior leadership, and the chance to shape a global finance transformation agenda within an international company.
• Direct access to the company's senior finance leadership and a visible role in shareholder-level reporting and strategic decision support.
• Opportunity to lead automation and AI initiatives that will redefine how the finance team operates.
• Role based in our Madrid, Spain office.

Join Us!

At Taptap, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are. We believe that different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences fuel innovation and success. We are team players who won’t go solo, thoughtful collaborators who value others’ ideas, and ambitious professionals who refuse to accept the status quo.

If you are ready to make things happen, own decisions, and help build a smarter, more automated finance function within a company creating tomorrow, today, apply now and help us build the future of advertising.