In-House Financial Controller — Scaleup Finance Lead

Cradle; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity stake

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Cradle is seeking a Financial Controller to bring the group’s accounting in-house and build scalable financial processes across multiple entities and currencies. You will own end-to-end close, design procure-to-pay and record-to-report controls, and automate manual tasks using modern finance tools.

You will ensure timely, audit-ready reporting while supporting budgeting, cash analysis, and tax work. We value hands-on ERP experience, strong cross-functional collaboration, and a disciplined,

Qualifications

• 4+ years in accounting or controlling, ideally mixing audit or accounting firm experience with time in-house at a startup or scaleup.
• You’ve owned a month-end close end to end
• A track record of building or improving processes in fast-changing startup environments.
• Hands-on experience with a traditional ERP or comparable modern finance stack, and confident picking up and optimising new tools.
• Comfort connecting the dots across different operational domains (Finance, People, Legal).
• Familiarity with Dutch, Swiss, and/or US statutory reporting and local filing requirements
• You prioritise well under a lot of moving parts
• A versatile communicator who can document a process clearly enough that someone else can follow it
• Ability to be in the office at least 3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Bring accounting in-house: Take full ownership of the group's accounting from our external partners, and shape how it runs from the ground up.
• Design the core financial processes: Build procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and record-to-report end to end, with controls that hold up as the company scales.
• Automate what shouldn't be manual: Get everything possible out of our finance tools (Ramp and Campfire), and keep asking which recurring task shouldn't need a human next quarter.
• Own the numbers across the group: Deliver accurate, timely reporting across multiple entities, currencies, and reporting frameworks.
• Get us audit-ready: Establish the documentation and control trail that makes external review a formality.
• Support the full finance scope: Work alongside the Ops team on budgeting and forecasting, cash analysis, group tax structuring, and future funding rounds.

Skills

Month-end close

Process design/improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial reporting & analytics

Communication & documentation

Prioritization under pressure

Office presence (3 days)

Tools

ERP systems

Ramp

Campfire

HubSpot

Job description

Cradle is seeking a Financial Controller to bring the group’s accounting in-house and build scalable financial processes across multiple entities and currencies. You will own end-to-end close, design procure-to-pay and record-to-report controls, and automate manual tasks using modern finance tools.

You will ensure timely, audit-ready reporting while supporting budgeting, cash analysis, and tax work. We value hands-on ERP experience, strong cross-functional collaboration, and a disciplined,