Sr Mgr, Regional Controller IBAME (M/F)

Otis Worldwide Corporation; Comunidad de Madrid; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Otis Worldwide Corporation is seeking an experienced Sr Mgr, Regional Controller IBAME to drive financial integrity and governance across the Operating Unit in Madrid. You will lead SOX compliance, audit readiness, and risk management while partnering with Finance and business leaders to strengthen controls and support objectives.

The role requires 8–10 years of accounting/finance experience, strong US GAAP knowledge, and excellent English.

Qualifications

• MBA or Master of Accounting preferred.
• 8–10 years of accounting/finance experience.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and financial reporting.
• Excellent delegation, organization and collaboration skills.
• Proficient English; French/Arabic desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own and strengthen SOX framework across the Operating Area, including risk assessment and issue remediation.
• Lead internal audit activities and ensure audit readiness with local teams and stakeholders.
• Oversee balance sheet reviews, account reconciliations, and significant accounting judgments.
• Support governance processes, SGD/UAR reviews, and intercompany dispute resolution.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders, providing control leadership and policy development.

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-21 Country: Spain Location: Golfo De Salónica 73, 28033 MADRID, Spain

We're looking for an experienced Sr Mgr, Regional Controller IBAME (M/F) to drive financial integrity, governance, and internal control excellence across the Operating Unit. This role will be responsible for leading SOX compliance, audit readiness and risk management while partnering closely with Finance and Business leaders to strengthen the control environment and support business objectives.

FUNCTIONS

• Ensure compliance with company policies and strengthen the control environment through process improvements, standardization, and effective governance.
• Own the SOX framework for the Operating Area, including scoping, risk assessment, testing, self‑assessments (ACAs), 302 certification, and issue remediation tracking and validation.
• Lead the execution of the internal audit plan across branches and subsidiaries, coordinating with Internal Audit and local teams to ensure audit readiness.
• Support and participate in ethics investigations with financial or control implications.
• Ensure financial integrity, including balance sheet review, US GAAP compliance, quality and timeliness of account reconciliations, and review of one‑timers and policy deviations, including review of significant accounting judgements and risks (e.g. major contracts reviews).
• Own the quarterly representation letter process, including litigation assessment.
• Support statutory, group, and internal audits, including complex accounting areas and approval of Statutory-to‑GAAP (S2G) analysis.
• Represent Controls in oversight of major contract review.
• Strengthen governance processes, including approval matrices, segregation of duties (SGD), user access reviews (UAR), and workflow controls.
• Manage intercompany dispute resolution and ensure timely responses to regional (EMEA) and global requirements.
• Partner with Finance and Business leaders, participating in governance forums and acting as a key control’s advisor.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross‑functional teams, including outsourced service providers (e.g., Genpact).
• Provide technical accounting and controls leadership, including policy development, white papers, and support for complex or non‑routine transactions.
• Lead, coach, and develop the controls team to support audit readiness and professional growth.

Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Skills and experience

• Economics or Business master degree required, MBA or Master of Accounting preferred
• Full professional proficiency in English.
• French and/or Arabic is desirable.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP
• Strong background in auditing, financial control, accounting, analysis and reporting
• Minimum 8-10 years of total accounting/finance professional experience.
• Pace, autonomy, strong organization and interpersonal skills to work collaboratively

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Otis is the world's leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio. You may recognize our products in some of the world's most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company. When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You'll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you'll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge. We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs. Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do.

Otis is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other protected class according to applicable law. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at [e-mail].