Head of Financial Controller
Job description
Head of Financial Controller at Filigran, owning the full accounting function across the company's entities, including revenue recognition, consolidation, close processes and internal controls. The role reports to the VP of Finance and combines strategic ownership with hands-on execution in a small, fast-scaling team.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · France
What you'll do
- Own the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of all financial transactions across Filigran entities
- Continuously improve a scalable monthly/quarterly close process
- Ensure revenue recognition is correctly applied and documented
- Lead consolidation across Filigran's growing international entity structure (including new entity set-ups as the company expands)
- Partner with the VP of Finance on transfer pricing, inter company transactions, and cross-border compliance matters
- Perform ongoing gap analyses of accounting processes and proactively design and implement internal controls and policies
- Manage the yearly financial audit end-to-end, acting as the primary point of contact for auditors
- Own the relationship with the external accounting firm, holding them to a high standard of accuracy and responsiveness
- Identify opportunities to automate and streamline accounting workflows
- Build documentation that make the accounting function auditable and transferable
- Act as a thought partner to the VP of Finance on technical accounting matters and process design
- Manage a current team of 3 general accountants
- Grow the team to help support scalability and growth
- Support ad hoc business requests, including finance topics adjacent to accounting (e.g., payroll coordination)
What we're looking for
- 10+ years in accounting roles, including senior/lead or controller-level experience
- Strong knowledge of French accounting standards
- Proven ability to build processes and internal controls from scratch in a fast-growing or scaling environment
- Comfortable operating with high autonomy and ambiguity; adapts quickly to change
- Prior people management experience
Nice to have
- Exposure to multi-GAAP/consolidation environments is a strong plus
Benefits
Set up for success — choose the equipment that works for you, with additional support for your remote work and development needs
- Competitive compensation + equity
- Remote-first flexibility
- 25 days PTO baseline
- Volunteer days
- Two annual in-person get-togethers — one global company get-together and one team get-together
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About Filigran
Empower defense teams to be proactive through open-source solutions that uncover threats and drive action
Founded in 2022, Filigran is a global cybersecurity company with an open-source, AI-powered and threat-informed approach to Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). Its eXtended Threat Management (XTM) platform brings together threat intelligence, exposure validation and cyber risk reduction.
Key facts
- 2022
- Cybersecurity
- Founded in 2022
- Global cybersecurity company
- Open-source, AI-powered and threat-informed approach to Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
- EXtended Threat Management (XTM) platform
- Remote-first company
- Team collaborating across Europe, North America, APJ and beyond
What they value
- Cohesion
- Openness
- Responsibility
- Equity