Job Description
The Financial Controller will own the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of GoGlobal’s Group financial reporting, establishing and maintaining robust financial controls and standardized accounting practices across all entities. Reporting to the Head of Finance, this role is the core member of GoGlobal’s controllership function — responsible for the monthly Group financial close, statutory reporting, audit coordination, and workflow enhencement across a growing footprint of 90+ legal entities spanning multiple jurisdictions. The ideal candidate combines deep technical accounting expertise with strong leadership capability and a track record of driving financial close efficiency and audit excellence in a high-growth, multi-entity environment.
Roles & Responsibilities
Monitor the end-to-end Group financial close process, ensuring timely, accurate, and complete consolidated financial statements on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
Lead statutory reporting, regulatory submissions, and audit coordination across all jurisdictions; serve as the primary liaison with external auditors and ensure audit readiness across all entities.
Manage and develop the Group accounting team, building capacity, establishing structured workflows, and promoting professional development to support the expanding entity footprint.
Drive standardization of the chart of accounts, intercompany reconciliation processes, and accounting treatments across all Group entities to enable consistent and comparable reporting.
Oversee intercompany eliminations, transfer pricing adjustments, and multi-currency consolidation to produce accurate Group-level financial statements.
Partner with the Head of FP&A to align actuals reporting with planning assumptions, ensuring financial reporting supports effective decision-making.
Collaborate with the Head of System Enabling to implement system controls, automate close procedures, and improve data integrity across finance systems.
Provide strategic oversight and cross-functional coordination across the six pillars of the Internal Finance function — Taxation, Treasury Planning, AR Collections, Payments, Statutory Compliance, and FP&A — ensuring alignment and operational cohesion across all jurisdictions.
Minimum 10 years of progressive accounting and controllership experience within a multinational group; Big 4 audit background strongly preferred.
Professional accounting qualification — CPA, ACCA, or equivalent.
Experience managing Group financial close, statutory reporting, and external audit coordination across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
Experience with NetSuite or equivalent cloud-based ERP; experience with consolidation platforms is an advantage.
Exposure to IFRS and multi-GAAP reporting environments across diverse jurisdictions.
Strong technical accounting skills with deep knowledge of IFRS; familiarity with local GAAP differences across multiple jurisdictions.
Experience with complex intercompany accounting, transfer pricing adjustments, and multi-currency consolidation.
Demonstrated experience building and leading finance teams in a high-growth, multi-entity environment.
ABOUT US
GoGlobal is the leading professional services company to guide, establish and manage global operations with compliance and confidence. We bring the human touch to entering new markets and consolidating vendors through a single point of management. With a presence in over 140 countries on six continents and growing, we make running a global business easy.
Business & Corporate Services provided:
- Entity Solutions: Entity establishment, Corporate secretarial & directorship services, Domicile services, Dormancy/Liquidation
- HR Solutions: Global recruitment, Employer of Record (EOR), Agent of Record (AOR), Global benefits, Global payroll, International HR Consulting
- Finance Solutions: Accounting & Tax
For more information, please visit GoGlobal.com
OVERVIEW
We Measure Success by Results, Not Hours Worked
No timesheets.
At GoGlobal, we give you the autonomy to make decisions that create real impact. We prioritize results over hours worked, focusing on quality of outcomes rather than tracking time.
As a privately owned company, we are free from the pressures of venture capital or private equity investors demanding exponential growth in unreasonable time frames.
Sometimes, things just take time to do well. In our business, delivering great results is a process - and we’re committed to doing it right.
We are not for sale. We believe that financial success is a natural outcome of our work, not the primary goal. Unlike many investors who view money as a goal, our focus is on long-term growth and sustainable success.
We are a global team, built for those who want to go further. Here’s what your career at GoGlobal looks like:
- A company small enough for your voice to be heard meaningfully, yet large enough to make a global impact
- Collaborating with a diverse, global and supportive team
- Built for the long-haul - no VC or PE pressure, just a focus on sustainable growth
WHY WE ARE DIFFERENT
We Make Growing Your Career Possible
We operate with the benefits of a partnership without the complexities of a partnership. Our hybrid partnership-corporate model offers all employees the opportunity to become a partner, while maintaining a streamlined corporate structure so that decisions are made quickly
We do not offer equity plans. As we are not for sale and are not chasing an exit, “stock options” hold little value in our business model. Instead, we provide opportunities for outstanding employees to make partner and share in the profits. We believe it’s better to build lasting value than to chase a one-time payout
We prioritize organic and sustainable growth. Expanding operations quickly by way of mergers and acquisitions might seem appealing, but the reality is integrating diverse cultures can be challenging. We’re proud of our own culture and prefer to grow it our way
We’re global. We offer career opportunities across the world-whether it’s new job roles or international locations
English is our official language, but for many, it’s our second language. We embrace this and find it rewarding communicating with colleagues from all over the world
We are not a family. We operate more like a high-performing sports team where each individual’s contribution is crucial to our collective success
We keep things simple and collaborative. Our structure makes it easy for teams to work together across borders so we can serve our clients with global needs more effectively. Unlike big, siloed companies, we work seamlessly to handle international deals without the headaches of territorial ownership
We believe in transparency and trust. Every month, we share our financials with the team so everyone knows where we stand and what’s coming next. It’s all about open communication, building trust and empowering every individual to be part of our journey. We don’t tell you what to think - we provide the information you need to make your own informed decisions
We believe flexibility drives success. Our company is built on trust, and that’s why we embrace fully remote work, and hybrid options in some countries. Forget rigid office routines - it’s old school! This flexibility fuels productivity, strengthens our workforce, and ensures we remain agile in a fast-changing world.
Ready to take the next step in your career with us? Apply now!
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