Finance Manager – IPO-Ready, Global Scale‑up & AI‑Driven

Axelera AI; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Extensive employee insurances

Company shares

Job summary

Axelera AI is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to own day-to-day financial control across multiple jurisdictions, based in the Netherlands with hybrid work options in Eindhoven and Amsterdam. You will sit between VP Finance and the finance team, ensuring accurate close processes, strong internal controls, and compliance with statutory, regulatory and tax obligations.

You will lead interactions with external auditors, manage intercompany consolidations, and drive automation using AI tools

Qualifications

• Big 4 audit background or equivalent experience in a company audited by Big 4.
• Strong IFRS technical knowledge and experience with financial compliance in multinational settings.
• Experience building and maintaining internal control frameworks (ICFR/SOX) and IPO readiness.
• Hands-on NetSuite experience is essential.
• Comfort with leveraging AI tools to optimize finance processes.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly and annual close across multiple jurisdictions with IFRS compliance.
• Maintain and evidence the group’s internal financial control framework across entities.
• Manage statutory, regulatory and tax filing obligations and group finance policies.
• Support Payroll, AP, Treasury and liaise with external auditors (Deloitte).
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting and multi-entity consolidation.
• Drive process improvements to mature controls towards IPO readiness.
• Own NetSuite configuration including new entity/subsidiary set-ups.
• Support country set-ups, manufacturing cost accounting and system implementations.

Skills

Big 4 audit background

IPO readiness

Internal control frameworks

IFRS technical knowledge

Financial compliance

AI tools for finance

Leadership/mentoring

Multinational finance

Fluent English

Tools

NetSuite

ERP systems

Job description

Axelera AI is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to own day-to-day financial control across multiple jurisdictions, based in the Netherlands with hybrid work options in Eindhoven and Amsterdam. You will sit between VP Finance and the finance team, ensuring accurate close processes, strong internal controls, and compliance with statutory, regulatory and tax obligations.

You will lead interactions with external auditors, manage intercompany consolidations, and drive automation using AI tools