Global Controller

• Posted on: 7th Jan 2025
• Job Reference: JN -012025-61727_1736254987

Global Controller | Full-time and Permanent | Salary up to £100,000 | Remote - Need to be immediately available

Ashley Kate are thrilled to be working with our client who operates in the software industry as they search for a Global Controller to join the team. The Global Controller will be responsible for consolidated group reporting for a publicly listed Swedish company, including review of local entity accounts and multi-currency, multi-subsidiary consolidation in compliance with IFRS. This role will have 2 direct reports and the client is ideally looking for a candidate who speaks Swedish and has dealt with Swedish accounts.

Your duties will include, but will not be limited to:

1. Lead and develop regional accounting teams to ensure consistent policies and practices.
2. Collaborate with cross-functional leaders, including Treasury, FP&A, Tax, and Compliance, to provide critical financial insights and ensure alignment with business goals.
3. Act as a strategic advisor to senior management, supporting decision-making through data-driven insights.
4. Direct, support, and where necessary, perform the duties of general and international accounting, multi-entity consolidation, internal and external financial reporting, budgeting and analysis, and cash management.
5. Prepare and publish timely quarterly and annual financial statements and reports in compliance with reporting requirements as a publicly listed company.
6. Manage the annual interim and year-end external audit (Group) and local statutory audits for required entities by acting as the first point of contact for compliance partners and auditors.
7. Oversee and support statutory reporting required for subsidiaries.
8. Collaborate with and support the development, implementation, and oversight of required financial systems, policies, procedures, and internal controls.
9. Provide timely and accurate ad hoc reporting to the management team to support decision making.

About You:

• Degree in Accounting, Qualified or Part-Qualified.
• 3+ years relevant work experience, preferably with a publicly listed company.
• Swedish speaker (highly desirable).
• Dealt with Swedish accounts (highly desirable).
• Experience in accounting/controllership, including leadership roles in global or multi-entity organisations.
• IFRS knowledge and consolidation experience.
• Ideally worked in a startup.

Disclaimer: This client is ideally looking for someone who can start immediately, please do not apply for the role if you have a notice period longer than a month. You must meet the criteria listed in the 'About you' section to be considered for this role.

If you have worked in Sweden, understand Swedish accounts or speak Swedish, I would love to hear from you! Interested? Please email:

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