Senior Financial Controller

Utopiadesign; Portugal; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Global team collaboration

Exposure to multi-jurisdictional AR/AP

Job summary

Utopia is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to own financial controlling across multiple entities and jurisdictions. You will design and implement processes from scratch, ensure accurate accounting operations, and maintain timely reporting and controls across the business.

Fluent English is essential as you will collaborate with a global team. The role offers remote collaboration, exposure to properties across continents, and opportunities to shape financial systems from the ground up.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in accounting, financial control, or treasury, including IFRS.
• Proven, hands-on experience building financial controlling processes from the ground up.
• Deep technical knowledge of accounting principles, beyond operational execution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Fast learner, comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Able to manage external consultants and legal advisors effectively.
• Fluent English.
• Big 4 experience (nice to have).
• ACCA (professional level papers completed or near-completed) (nice to have).
• Russian — upper-intermediate or higher (nice to have).

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage accounting operations for multiple entities across jurisdictions.
• Build financial controlling processes from scratch and refine them as the business grows.
• Design and improve internal financial control procedures.
• Own monthly financial reporting across entities.
• Manage external audits end-to-end.
• Collaborate with CEO and Head of Finance on finance matters.
• Coordinate with external consultants and legal advisors to keep filings on track.

Skills

Financial analysis

IFRS knowledge

Process design

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

ACCA (near completion)

Job description

About The Company

Utopia is an ultra-luxury hospitality and lifestyle brand creating a global ecosystem of properties and experiences. We develop private villa retreats in beautiful locations around the world, each with high-end service. Utopia also offers a wider ecosystem of leisure experiences and services available both to those staying on property and to external visitors. Utopia designs and builds its properties in-house. Our projects span the full journey: from concept and architecture to construction, interiors, landscape, guest experience, and long-term operation. For architects and designers, this means contributing on properties from the ground up, with the ability to influence how each place is planned, built, and experienced. For hospitality professionals, it means collaborating with a brand where service is personal, attentive, and built around each guest’s stay. We’re a young, ambitious team with high standards and a hands-on approach. We value strong ideas, practical thinking, attention to detail, and people who are ready to take ownership of their part of each project. If you’re interested in architecture, design, hospitality, or guest experience, we invite you to explore opportunities with Utopia.

About The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced Financial Controller to take ownership of financial controlling from the ground up, as Utopia operates across multiple entities and jurisdictions. You'll build financial processes on new projects, ensure the accuracy of accounting operations, and own timely reporting and financial controls across the business.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage accounting operations for several Utopia entities across different jurisdictions.
• Build financial controlling processes from scratch where none currently exist, and refine them as the business grows.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve internal financial control procedures.
• Own monthly financial reporting across entities.
• Manage and support external audits end-to-end.
• Collaborate closely with the CEO and Head of Finance on finance-related matters.
• Manage external consultants and legal advisors to keep filings and controls on track.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in accounting, financial control, or treasury, including IFRS.
• Proven, hands-on experience building financial controlling processes from the ground up — not just maintaining existing ones.
• Deep technical knowledge of accounting principles, beyond operational execution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Fast learner, comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced, and often ambiguous environment.
• Able to manage external consultants and legal advisors effectively.
• Fluent English.

Nice To Have

• Big 4 experience.
• ACCA (professional level papers completed or near-completed).
• Russian — upper-intermediate or higher.

What We Offer

• Remote collaboration. This opportunity is fully remote, giving you the flexibility to contribute from wherever suits you best.
• The chance to build something from zero. You'll design Utopia's financial controlling processes from the ground up, not inherit someone else's system.
• Properties across three continents. The controls you build sit behind real construction projects and experiences spanning Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
• A team that spans 30+ countries. Finance, architecture, and hospitality professionals working to the same standards, the same bar for quality.