Global Controller: Lead Financial Reporting & SOX Readiness

WeMaintain; Paris; Sur place; EUR 150 000 - 210 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

WeMaintain seeks a senior Global Controller to lead the Group Controllership and oversee accounting quality across multinational entities. You will drive the monthly and quarterly close, standardize policies, and ensure robust financial reporting for a listed-company environment.

You will manage US GAAP differences, internal controls, and consolidation, partnering with the Group CFO and external advisors as needed.

Qualifications

• Have significant experience in controllership, accounting, audit and/or financial reporting.
• Hold, or are progressing towards, a recognised professional accounting qualification such as CPA, ACA, ACCA or DEC.
• Have previous experience in a listed-company or similarly demanding reporting environment.
• Have strong knowledge of US GAAP and practical experience with SOX / internal controls over financial reporting.
• Have a strong understanding of monthly and quarterly close, balance-sheet controls, revenue recognition and technical accounting.
• Have experience leading or supervising accounting teams.
• Have worked in an international, multi-entity and multi-currency environment.
• Are fluent in English.

Responsabilités

• Lead the Group controllership framework and supervise the Group Head of Accounting.
• Establish clear accounting policies, close procedures, review standards and escalation rules across all entities.
• Own the governance of the monthly and quarterly financial close.
• Review and challenge significant accounting entries, accruals, reserves, revenue schedules, estimates and accounting judgments.
• Ensure key balance sheet accounts are reconciled, reviewed and appropriately supported.
• Monitor accounting quality across countries and drive timely remediation of identified issues.
• Develop the Accounting organisation and raise technical accounting and reporting capabilities across the Finance team.
• Lead the preparation and quality review of WeMaintain financial information submitted for Group monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Coordinate Finance inputs supporting quarterly CEO / CFO and business-unit certification processes.

Connaissances

Controllership

Accounting

Audit

Financial reporting

US GAAP

SOX controls

Multicurrency accounting

Team leadership

Formation

Professional accounting qualification (CPA/ACA/ACCA/DEC)

Outils

NetSuite

Description du poste

WeMaintain seeks a senior Global Controller to lead the Group Controllership and oversee accounting quality across multinational entities. You will drive the monthly and quarterly close, standardize policies, and ensure robust financial reporting for a listed-company environment.

You will manage US GAAP differences, internal controls, and consolidation, partnering with the Group CFO and external advisors as needed.