Head of Financial Internal Controls

nebius; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Nebius Group seeks a Head of Financial Internal Controls to lead a scalable, risk-based SOX program and support reliable financial reporting as the business grows. You will oversee a second-line controls function, partnering with Finance and IT Controls, and build a high-performing team of risk professionals.

You will define the strategy, monitor control effectiveness, and drive remediation priorities, reporting to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the financial internal controls strategy, annual SOX roadmap, and multi-year improvement plan, aligned with financial reporting risks, business priorities, and growth.
• Lead financial process risk assessment and SOX scoping, including significant accounts, disclosures, entities, and relevant assertions; reassess coverage as the business, systems, and transaction volumes change.
• Set consistent standards for risk and control matrices, process documentation, control design, evidence, management review precision, and deficiency evaluation, aligned with the Group control framework.
• Lead, coach, and evaluate the risk partner team; assign clear process coverage, objectives , decision rights, and escalation responsibilities across all in-scope financial SOX processes.
• Develop the workforce plan and resource budget; recruit, onboard, and retain professionals with the skills needed for business growth, new entities, and increasingly complex processes.
• Build technical depth, succession coverage, and a consistent advisory approach; balance internal capacity and specialist support while maintaining ownership and quality within the team.
• Direct the financial process SOX lifecycle, from scoping and walkthroughs through design and implementation assessment, operating effectiveness testing, remediation, and year-end roll-forward procedures.
• Oversee management testing plans and workpaper quality, including population completeness, sample selection, evidence sufficiency, and conclusions. Align deliverables with external auditor expectations while respecting the auditor's independent judgments and reliance decisions.
• Hold risk partners accountable for proactive monitoring of control readiness and execution, identifying potential failures early, and coordinating timely corrective action with business owners.

Job description

About Nebius

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.

Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.

Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.

Role overview

The Head of Financial Internal Controls will lead the financial business process internal controls function for Nebius Group, building a scalable, risk-based SOX program that supports reliable financial reporting and the continued growth of the business. Reporting to the Head of Internal Controls and Internal Audit, the role will set the strategy, lead execution, and provide senior management with clear insight into control effectiveness, emerging risks, and remediation priorities.

The role will lead an internal team of controls professionals operating as risk partners, with a designated partner for every in-scope financial SOX process. The team will work closely with process and control owners, Finance, and the parallel IT Controls team to strengthen end-to-end controls and address business and technology dependencies. The Head will continue to build the team, its capabilities, and its operating model as the business expands.

As a second-line leader, the Head will establish standards, advise and challenge management, and oversee monitoring and management testing. Business process and control owners retain accountability for designing, implementing, and operating their controls and executing remediation. Internal Audit retains its separate third-line assurance responsibilities, with appropriate safeguards for objectivity where reporting lines are shared.

Key responsibilities

Financial controls strategy and governance

• Define and execute the financial internal controls strategy, annual SOX roadmap, and multi-year improvement plan, aligned with financial reporting risks, business priorities, and growth.
• Lead financial process risk assessment and SOX scoping, including significant accounts, disclosures, entities, and relevant assertions; reassess coverage as the business, systems, and transaction volumes change.
• Set consistent standards for risk and control matrices, process documentation, control design, evidence, management review precision, and deficiency evaluation, aligned with the Group control framework.

Risk partner leadership and team growth

• Lead, coach, and evaluate the risk partner team; assign clear process coverage, objectives , decision rights, and escalation responsibilities across all in-scope financial SOX processes.
• Develop the workforce plan and resource budget; recruit, onboard, and retain professionals with the skills needed for business growth, new entities, and increasingly complex processes.
• Build technical depth, succession coverage, and a consistent advisory approach; balance internal capacity and specialist support while maintaining ownership and quality within the team.

End-to-end SOX program delivery

• Direct the financial process SOX lifecycle, from scoping and walkthroughs through design and implementation assessment, operating effectiveness testing, remediation, and year-end roll-forward procedures.
• Establish the annual calendar, milestones, quality reviews, and reporting cadence; coordinate with IT Controls, management testing resources, and external auditors to support timely completion before annual reporting.
• Oversee management testing plans and workpaper quality, including population completeness, sample selection, evidence sufficiency, and conclusions. Align deliverables with external auditor expectations while respecting the auditor's independent judgments and reliance decisions.
• Hold risk partners accountable for proactive monitoring of control readiness and execution, identifying potential failures early, and coordinating timely corrective action with business owners.

Control effectiveness and remediation

• Challenge control design and operating performance across in-scope processes, including procurement and payables, revenue and receivables, fixed assets and capital expenditure, inventory, payroll, treasury, tax, and financial close and reporting, as applicable.
• Lead second-line oversight of control deficiencies, including root cause analysis, severity assessment, aggregation, remediation planning, compensating controls, and escalation .
• Require remediation plans with accountable business owners, milestones, resources, and evidence requirements. Monitor progress an