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Country Finance Lead
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Netherlands
Experience
Senior · 8+ years
Job description
Financial Controller responsible for leading financial accounting, reporting, and compliance for Bloomreach's Dutch entities, acting as local finance owner for Netherlands operations.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote · Netherlands
What you'll do
- Own the accounting preparation and review process for all Netherlands entities, serving as primary lead for accuracy and completeness for monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities
- Provide deep-dive variance analysis for key accounts including gross margin analysis, cloud computing costs, mobile communication costs, and opex
- Perform, review and approve journal entries, payroll expenses and balance sheet reconciliations
- Ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with both US GAAP and local GAAP
- Serve as the in-region subject matter expert on local statutory requirements, accounting standards, multi-entity international consolidations, and taxes
- Partner with the centralized Global Accounting teams
- Manage all statutory audit activity for Netherlands entities, including coordinating with external auditors, preparing audit files, and resolving queries
- Act as the primary lead for external audit execution for Netherlands entities, from initial planning and walkthroughs to finalization
- Support audit requests and disclosures for consolidated audit under US GAAP
- Drive statutory compliance for Dutch entities
- Lead local tax compliance (Indirect Tax, Corporate Tax, and Transfer Pricing) and tax provision for Netherlands entities in partnership with internal tax SME and external advisors
- Manage regulatory reporting requirements and ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal governance frameworks
- Strengthen and maintain financial controls and governance processes; document and improve key financial processes
- Drive ongoing enhancements to the control environment to meet the requirements of a public company (IPO)
- Manage day-to-day cash management for the Dutch entities
- Own cash flow visibility and forecasting for the Netherlands and partner with accountants in US, Europe and APAC regions
- Manage local banking relationships
- Lead initiatives to streamline finance processes, leveraging systems, automation and AI
- Champion the use of AI and automation tools to streamline accounting, reporting, and reconciliation workflows
What we're looking for
- Registered Accountant (AA/RA), Registered Controller (RC), or a Master's degree in either Accounting or Controlling
- 8 or more years of relevant accounting and finance leadership experience, ideally in a US-parented multinational organization
- Natural curiosity to dive into the numbers and explain them clearly and simply to others
- Deep knowledge of local accounting requirements, with the ability to bridge local statutory requirements and US GAAP reporting
- Practical experience managing statutory accounts, working with external auditors, and owning the full audit cycle
- Experience operating within a multinational company, ideally with a centralized or shared-services accounting model
- Demonstrated ability to manage corporate tax compliance across multiple European jurisdictions in partnership with external advisors
- Strong understanding of multi-currency consolidations, cash flow management, and intercompany transactions including FX considerations
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across time zones and with US-based colleagues
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and a proactive approach to building scalable processes in a fast-growing environment
Benefits
- A great deal of freedom and trust
- Flexible working hours
- Virtual-first with several Bloomreach Hubs across three continents
- Company events
- 5 paid days off to volunteer
- People Development Program with personal development workshops
- Communication coach available
- Leader Development Program for managers
- $1,500 annual professional education budget
- Employee Assistance Program with counselors
- Subscription to Calm sleep and meditation app
- 'DisConnect' days - one additional day off each quarter
- Sports, yoga, and meditation opportunities
- Extended parental leave up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers
- Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options depending on role, seniority, and location
- Company performance bonus
- Employee referral bonus of up to $3,000
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About Bloomreach
Building the world's premier agentic platform for personalization
Bloomreach is building an agentic platform for personalization, taking autonomous search mainstream, making conversational shopping a reality, and designing the future of autonomous marketing, all built on a single AI engine called Loomi. Businesses from retail to financial services, hospitality to gaming use Bloomreach to drive higher growth and lasting loyalty.
Mission
Revolutionizing how businesses connect with their customers, building and deploying AI agents to personalize the entire customer journey
Key facts
- Powers personalization for more than 1,400 global brands
- Brands include American Eagle, Sonepar, and Pandora
- AI engine is called Loomi
- Glassdoor rating 4.7/5
- Comparably culture score 4.9/5
- Virtual-first with Bloomreach Hubs across three continents
Partners & customers
American EagleSoneparPandora