Senior Director, Accounting & Controlling

About the role

Camunda seeks a Senior Director to lead and advance its global accounting operations as the company expands towards €500M in Annual Recurring Revenue. This position requires a leader with deep accounting knowledge and a proactive approach to building and enhancing financial processes. The ideal candidate will embrace challenges with a problem-solving attitude and a drive for execution.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Oversee the entire accounting framework, including month-end close, financial reporting, internal controls, and accounting policies.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS standards and facilitate successful external audits.
• Develop a scalable operational structure encompassing personnel, processes, systems, and international operations, including global payroll and treasury functions.
• Provide expert guidance on complex accounting matters such as revenue recognition, commission structures, equity, payroll, intercompany transactions, foreign exchange, and policy interpretation.
• Collaborate with Sales and Revenue Operations to inform accounting treatments for deal structures, pricing, and international entity strategies.
• Design and implement accounting solutions that support business growth while managing risk.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain skilled accounting professionals within a globally distributed team.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and professional development.
• Champion and implement automation initiatives within accounting workflows, working alongside Camunda's Enterprise Agentic Automation Team.
• Utilize AI-driven tools to reduce manual tasks, improve data accuracy, and enhance the capacity of the accounting function.
• Progress the internal control environment towards SOX readiness in preparation for potential future capital events.
• Manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, payroll providers, and other key partners.
• Support significant corporate activities like fundraising, mergers, acquisitions, or initial public offering readiness.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading an accounting or controller function within a complex, multi-entity, and globally distributed organization, preferably in a high-growth, recurring-revenue software company.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams effectively while maintaining a strong grasp of technical accounting details.
• A proven history of building high-performing teams with deep expertise.
• Strong technical accounting acumen, with extensive experience in revenue transactions, commissions, equity, payroll, and intercompany structures.
• Experience with fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, and managing external audits.
• Familiarity with global payroll and multi-jurisdictional operations.
• Enthusiasm for automation and AI as tools to transform accounting operations.
• Experience with modern systems to streamline workflows, minimize manual effort, and generate better insights.
• A proactive mindset with a willingness to tackle ambiguity and drive action.
• Ability to act as a strategic partner to Sales and the broader business, balancing risk and growth.
• Experience with operational transformation and managing change within an organization.
• Availability to begin your workday at 7am ET to facilitate collaboration across global time zones.
• Proficiency in asynchronous and Slack-first communication.
• 6+ years of people management experience in an accounting or controller role.
• Experience in the enterprise SaaS or software industry.
• Prior experience in remote-first or highly distributed organizations.

Nice to have

• CPA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• IFRS experience.
• NetSuite experience.
• Big 4 background, IPO experience, or M&A exposure.

Skills & tools

• NetSuite (preferred)

Practical notes

• This role reports to the CFO.
• The team scope includes Accounting Operations, Revenue Accounting, Group Reporting, Tax & Treasury, and Global Payroll, comprising 15 FTEs.
• Compensation includes base salary and variable targets, with equity offered through a Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).
• Benefits include remote work support, home office budget, co-working space assistance, flexible time off, annual company gatherings, team offsites, health and wellbeing support (including mental wellness and lifestyle spending accounts), retirement plans, and professional development budgets.
• Camunda may use AI tools in its application screening and interview processes.
• Camunda is an equal opportunity employer.
• Candidates will be contacted only from email addresses ending in @camunda.com.
• Camunda does not accept unsolicited agency resumes.