SE Ranking

Group controller, director in SaaS

In short

This is a senior controllership leadership role at a remote-first, ~200-person B2B SaaS company, owning the integrity, accuracy, and audit-readiness of multi-entity, multi-currency books. The scope covers consolidation and close controls, revenue recognition, a QuickBooks-to-NetSuite migration, multi-jurisdiction tax and transfer pricing, and vendor/auditor relationships. It demands a Big Four (or comparable) background with 10+ years in audit and controls, an ACCA or CPA qualification, and proven experience building audit-grade finance infrastructure at a SaaS or tech company.

About the role
SE Ranking is a profitable, growing B2B SaaS business - around 200 people, remote-first and globally distributed. As the business has scaled into a more complex multi-entity, multi-currency structure, we're hiring a senior controllership leader to own the integrity, accuracy, and audit-readiness of our books.
Responsibilities
•Own the integrity and audit-quality of the financials. Take ownership of the company's accounting integrity and ensure financial reporting is accurate, compliant, and defensible across all entities — in partnership with the accounting team that runs the day-to-day close and statements.
•Own multi-entity consolidation and the controls around the close. Own clean, accurate multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation and the control framework that sits around the monthly close, so the numbers are dependable and audit-grade.
•Document internal controls, implement defensible revenue recognition, and bring the company to a point where it can confidently face an external audit.
•Lead the design of the QuickBooks-to-NetSuite (or equivalent) migration as the backbone of a more mature, audit-grade finance infrastructure, partnering with the accounting team and NetSuite consultants on execution.
•Establish the accounting policies, internal controls, and process documentation a scaling, internationally distributed business needs.
•Own multi-jurisdiction statutory compliance and international tax, and lead transfer pricing and the tracking of IP flows across entities for the group's structure — working closely with external advisors.
•Own the relationships with the company's banks, CPA firm, auditors, and core finance and accounting vendors, including bank communications and reporting.
•Develop the dedicated support this function needs so controls, compliance, and consolidation scale with the business.
Requirements
•At a B2B SaaS or comparable technology company.
•You've built or materially upgraded an accounting function, not just maintained a mature one.
•A Big Four (or comparable) background with roughly 10+ years in audit and controls, and an ACCA (preferred) or CPA qualification.
•You've prepared for or managed an external audit of consolidated entities specifically and you know what audit-ready actually means in practice.
•You've led or played a central role in a finance systems upgrade.
•You understand what it takes to get from growing to audit-grade maturity.
•Managing books across multiple countries, entities, and currencies is second nature to you.
•European experience is a strong plus (VAT, local statutory regimes), and you're comfortable with international tax, transfer pricing, multi-jurisdiction compliance, and bridging GAAP and IFRS.
•You've built the controls, documentation, and consolidation discipline behind a dependable close.
•You're comfortable in an async-first, globally distributed environment where Slack and clear written communication are the default.
Nice to have
•Experience integrating finance teams or functions post-acquisition.
•Experience building and experimenting with AI solutions.
•You've designed and implemented AI-assisted workflows or automations in a finance context, not just adopted existing tools.
•NDR, GRR, deferred revenue, and how the accounting supports them.
Benefits
•22 days of paid time off, plus your local national holidays
•Flexible work hours and a culture that trusts you to manage your time
•Private medical insurance or a medical allowance (depending on your location)
•Extended paid sick leave so you can fully recover without worry
•AI investment — we invest heavily in AI so you'll have the opportunity to build skills that matter for the next decade of your career, not just this role
•A quarterly learning budget for courses, books, or anything that helps you grow professionally
•A quarterly wellbeing budget you can use for sport, therapy, or even a good novel
•A quarterly co-working budget so you can work from wherever feels right
•Best hardware for your work (team Apple)
•A transparent, flexible culture with people at the core of everything we do

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