Global Financial Controller
Global Financial Controller
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Job Description
About the role:
As Global Finance Controller you will be responsible for:
- Overseeing the companys global financial operations ensuring compliance with US GAAP IFRS and regulatory requirements.
- Managing and developing a highperforming finance team across multiple geographies.
- Optimizing financial processes systems and controls to drive efficiency scalability and automation.
- Leading global billing revenue operations and treasury management ensuring seamless cash flow and financial stability.
- Owning the companys M&A integration strategy including due diligence and postacquisition financial management.
- Serving as a trusted strategic partner to the CFO and executive leadership providing insights to drive growth and profitability.
What your day to day will look like:
Executive Leadership & Team Development:
- Build manage and mentor a worldclass finance team ensuring strong execution and professional development.
- Drive a highperformance culture providing clear goals accountability and coaching for career growth.
- Partner with the CFO to develop and execute the companys financial vision and operational strategy.
- Act as a key business partner to crossfunctional teams including Commercial Finance P&C RevOps Sales Product and Marketing.
Financial Reporting & Compliance:
- Own and drive the monthly quarterly and annual financial close process ensuring completion within 5 business days.
- Ensure timely accurate and compliant financial reporting under US GAAP and IFRS across multiple entities.
- Implement robust internal controls ensuring SOX compliance (where applicable) and audit readiness.
- Lead the financial risk management strategy ensuring compliance with tax regulatory and legal obligations.
- Prepare board reports and executivelevel financial insights.
Billing Revenue Recognition & Operations:
- Oversee global billing operations ensuring seamless invoicing collections and revenue reconciliation.
- Act as the finance lead for pricing and packaging changes in Recurly ensuring accuracy in financial reporting.
- Implement best practices in subscription revenue recognition (ASC 606 / IFRS 15) for SaaS and payments models.
- Drive automation and efficiency in revenue operations improving scalability.
Strategic Finance & Business Performance:
- Lead cash burn and liquidity management ensuring sustainable growth and financial resilience.
- Drive budget vs. actuals variance analysis ensuring disciplined financial management.
- Work closely with FP&A and Commercial Finance to optimize EBITDA and improve profitability.
- Act as a key driver of finance transformation leveraging technology and automation to scale operations.
Banking Treasury & Capital Strategy:
- Own and manage global banking relationships ensuring optimized cash flow and funding strategy.
- Oversee treasury functions including foreign exchange (FX) risk management and cash positioning.
- Partner with CFO on capital allocation fundraising and investor relations.
M&A Equity & Growth Strategy:
- Participate in M&A financial due diligence ensuring seamless integration of acquired companies.
- Manage purchase accounting (ASC 805) goodwill and intangible asset valuation for M&A transactions.
- Oversee cap table management and equity administration ensuring compliance and transparency.
Finance Transformation & Process Optimization:
- Identify and implement process improvements to drive operational excellence in finance.
- Implement finance automation tools and ERP (Xero) optimizations.
- Establish scalable financial processes to support global expansion and highgrowth operations.
Qualifications :
The Successful Candidate Has:
- 15 years of progressive finance leadership including 7 years in a Senior Director or Controller level.
- Experience in highgrowth fastpaced SaaS FinTech or Payments industries.
- Proven ability to build develop and scale highperforming global finance teams.
- Deep expertise in US GAAP IFRS and ASC 606 revenue recognition for SaaS businesses.
- Strong handson experience in billing operations revenue accounting and payment processing (Recurly preferred).
- Experience managing multientity multicurrency consolidations across global markets.
- Track record of driving finance transformation automation and process improvements.
- Expertise in M&A transactions purchase accounting (ASC 805) and postmerger integration.
- Experience in treasury operations banking relationships and capital strategy.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to partner with Clevel executives and influence business decisions.
- Handson experience with Xero financial automation tools and AIdriven finance systems.
- Background in IPO readiness fundraising or working with PEbacked companies.
- Exposure to embedded finance payment flows and regulatory compliance in FinTech.
- Experience leading remote and globally distributed teams.
Additional Information :
Why join us:
- Immediate Impact Highvisibility role reporting directly to the CFO with direct influence over company strategy.
- Global Scale Be part of a truly international highgrowth SaaS & payments business.
- Career Growth Lead a bestinclass finance function and scale it from scale up to maturity
- Innovation & Automation Join a company committed to leveraging AI automation and finance transformation.
- We work without ego in a collaborative open and transparent work culture
- Competitive salary and employee stock options from day 1
- 20 days accrued annual leave/vacation along with 10 days of wellbeing days to take care of yourself and/or loved ones
- Paid parental leave
- An extra paid day off to celebrate your birthday alongside volunteering leave
- Annual education allowance to support your professional growth
- Employee recognition program
- Quarterly wellness allowance to spend on your wellness and what this means to you
- Paid subscription to Headspace & LifeWorks EAP & Wellbeing Platform
- Flexible working supported by work from home reimbursement and mobile allowance to allow you to set yourself up safely to work from home
- Personal tax return assistance
Please consider applying even if you dont tick all the boxes. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented minority groups often only apply for roles where they meet all the detailed criteria. Experience comes in many forms and skills are transferable. We are committed to adding diverse perspectives to our teams and encourage everyone to apply if interested.
Ignition is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Ignition is proud to provide employment and recruitment accommodations during the recruitment process. Once our team reviews your resume and contacts you if there is a fit we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions suggestions or required documents regarding accessibility in a different format please contact
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
