Financial Controller

Beamery; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI platform in HR technology in London is seeking a proactive Financial Controller to manage operational finance and ensure smooth processes. This role involves leading month-end close, overseeing tax compliance, and managing financial systems. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong finance leadership skills and experience in SaaS revenue recognition. This position offers a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience in global finance operations.
• Strong understanding of audit, operational finance, and tax.
• Experience improving finance processes and leveraging automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the month end close process.
• Oversee intercompany transfer pricing processes.
• Manage tax compliance across the globe.

Skills

Leadership

Excel

Financial systems (NetSuite)

Communication

Tax compliance

SaaS revenue recognition

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or similar)

Tools

NetSuite

Precoro

Navan

Job description

ABOUT BEAMERY

Beamery’s mission is to create equal access to work, skills, and careers. We are a leading transformational AI platform in the HR technology industry, enabling enterprise companies to create better and fairer talent decisions – by accelerating their recruiting processes, unlocking successful internal mobility opportunities, enabling smarter upskilling initiatives, and facilitating agile workforce planning. We are helping our clients hire and redeploy over a million people annually.

Our product is used by Fortune 2000 organizations globally and enables users across 100+ countries to make smarter talent decisions and close skills gaps. Read more about our work here.

What’s ahead — and why it’s an exciting time to join the team:

Deepening our native integrations with SAP, Workday, Microsoft, and LinkedIn to seamlessly embed our skills intelligence into the platforms where critical workforce decisions are made.

Embedding our agentic AI to help customers plan smarter for the future—powering workforce strategies, internal mobility, and skills forecasting.

Advancing our use of proprietary LLMs and knowledge graph technology to help organizations unlock broader talent pools, make fairer decisions, and expand access to opportunity at scale.

But it’s not all about creating high-quality products, we also very much value the company culture we have worked hard to create; built on trust, empathy & honesty ensuring our workforce is able to bring their full selves to work.

About The Team

At Beamery, our finance team is more than just numbers, they’re trusted partners across the business, helping keep us focused on what matters most. From forecasting revenue to keeping a sharp eye on expenses, they help drive smart, values-led decisions that power our growth.

What You’ll Be Doing at Beamery

We’re looking for a hands-on, proactive Financial Controller to join the team. In this role, you’ll take the reins on day to day operational finance and ensure everything’s running smoothly. You’ll work closely with our VP of Finance and partner with teams across the company to keep our financial engine going.

As our Financial Controller you’ll:

Lead and deliver our month end close process, delivering a sharp and accurate final reporting pack to key stakeholders
Review and sign off monthly balance sheet reconciliations
Take ownership of our finance tech stack; including NetSuite, Precoro (procurement), and Navan (travel, T&E, cards)
Manage tax compliance across the globe; including geo locations such as US, UK, Germany, and Australia
Oversee intercompany transfer pricing processes and ensure ongoing compliance
Lead the charge on tax audits (VAT, Sales Tax, etc.) and annual group audits
Own our treasury processes and policies
Supervise the sales order to invoicing process
Provide accurate and timely financial info for RFPs, bank KYCs, shareholder audits, and more
Own monthly revenue reviews across all streams (subscription, services, passthrough) with deep understanding of SaaS revenue recognition
Handle all things equity accounting (share options etc.)
Be the point person for payroll, commissions, and bonuses — working closely with our Payroll team

Who we are looking for

A proven leader with experience in global finance operations
Strong Excel skills and confident with financial systems, especially NetSuite An excellent communicator who can clearly share insights and influence cross-functionally
A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or similar), with solid technical chops across audit, operational finance, and tax (UK, EU, US)
Deep understanding of SaaS business models and revenue recognition
Experience improving finance processes and leveraging automation
Skilled in financial reporting and stakeholder engagement
Motivated, adaptable, and ready to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment

Hybrid policy: In office every Mon, Tues & bi-weekly on a Friday

Beamery is for Everybody. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to us. We acknowledge the challenges in our industry and strive to develop an inclusive culture where everybody can contribute. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, disability status, or caregiver status. If, for whatever reason, you need us to make reasonable adjustments and adaptations to our recruitment process, please email [e-mail]

Visit our Diversity, Equality and Inclusion page to learn more about progress and commitments.