Senior Director, Financial Control

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Were looking for a Senior Director Financial Control to lead and modernise Culture Amps global financial control function. Youll bring together strong technical accounting expertise operational leadership and a systems mindset to ensure our financial operations are accurate compliant scalable and trusted across the business.

Youll set the operating model and roadmap for financial control across reporting and compliance tax financial operations and vendor management and procurement. Youll also lead the functions automation and AI agenda using better data clear definitions and smarter processes to improve how the team operates.

This is a highly visible leadership role. As a member of the Operations Leadership Team and Culture Amps broader senior leadership group youll work closely with Finance Strategy Operations the Executive Team the Board and external auditors. Youll set direction make sound decisions remove barriers and build a strong team with the capability to deliver long-term impact.

Youll join a global Finance and Operations organisation that helps Culture Amp grow with confidence. Youll work across multiple areas of financial control partner with leaders across the business and help build a more connected automated and scalable way of working.

In your initial phase youll directly lead the Financial Operations function. This hands-on experience will give you a deep understanding of the operation and position you to lead its broader transformation.

• Set the strategy operating model roadmap and priorities for global financial control across reporting and compliance tax financial operations and vendor management and procurement.
• Ensure NetSuite and the Cloud Data Warehouse provide consistent transparent and trusted financial information across the business.
• Lead the financial control automation and AI agenda including the data foundations definitions documentation and operating rhythms needed to make automation a lasting capability.
• Provide senior oversight across record-to-report statutory reporting tax payroll and vendor management and procurement. Step in on escalations complex judgement calls and cross-functional trade-offs while empowering the functional leaders to own delivery.
• Represent financial control to the SVP Executive team Board and external auditors and act as the primary escalation point and trusted partner for the four functional leads.
• Lead the North American payroll outsourcing transition from vendor governance through to business-as-usual handover with a strong focus on compliance and operational risk.
• Partner with Strategic Finance Strategy and BizOps Legal People and Engineering on finance systems process design risk compliance reporting and financial insight. This role does not own forecasting or planning.
• Own and evolve financial policies procedures and control frameworks so they scale with Culture Amps complexity and growth.
• Lead develop and build succession depth across a team of finance directors and managers creating a strong and connected team culture.
• Support financial due diligence and transaction readiness for M&A activity including data-room delivery carve-out or integration accounting and post-deal financial control integration.
• Champion the use of Culture Amps platform and other automation and AI tools in Finance acting as an internal advocate for Customer Zero practices.

• Significant experience leading a global financial control or controllership function in a fast-growing SaaS or technology business including multi-entity and multi-currency environments.
• Deep technical accounting and financial reporting expertise including consolidation and external audit management.
• A proven track record in finance transformation systems modernisation and process automation such as ERP transitions close automation or RPA with measurable efficiency gains.
• Strong understanding of core finance processes and technologies ideally gained in a modern highly automated and systematised finance environment.
• Experience overseeing global tax and payroll compliance or partnering closely with specialist teams to manage risk.
• Experience setting a multi-year strategy and target operating model for financial control or controllership not just executing an existing plan.
• Demonstrated people leadership through periods of growth and change including building high-performing teams and succession depth.
• Experience with financial due diligence or M&A including data-room management carve-out or integration accounting and post-deal control integration or equivalent transaction-readiness experience.
• Experience operating with full ownership of a finance function including Board- and audit-committee-level communication.
• The ability to move confidently between different finance domains including reporting tax payroll treasury vendor management and procurement without losing pace or decision quality.
• Comfort operating with autonomy and ambiguity and translating financial and technical concepts for non-finance stakeholders.

• A hands-on controller who combines strong accounting judgement with a practical systems and technology mindset.
• A clear confident decision-maker who can balance risk pace quality and the needs of different stakeholders.
• A visible and present leader who sets direction unblocks barriers and invests in people and process capability.
• Energised by modernising finance operations and using data automation and AI to create better ways of working.

• CA CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or a related field.
• Significant post-qualification experience operating at Director or Senior Director level in a scaled multi-entity SaaS or technology business.

Perks & Benefits

At Culture Amp our people are at the heart of our success. We offer competitive pay and a total rewards package designed to support you at work and in life. This includes:

• Equity through our Employee Share Option Program so you can share in our long-term success
• Learning programs and coaching to help you thrive and grow
• Quarterly refresh days an extended end-of-year break and a monthly allowance to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
• Inclusive parental leave from day one
• A MacBook and budget to set up your home workspace enabling flexibility
• Five annual social impact days to to give back to causes that matter to you
• Medical insurance coverage for you and your family (Available for US & UK only)

Our rewards are designed to support different needs and life stages recognising that what matters most can vary from person to person.

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they dont meet every requirement but your unique experience matters. If youre interested in joining us we strongly encourage you to apply and help us build a more diverse and impactful team.

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