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TYPE OF WORK
Full Time
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SALARY
$2000/month
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HOURS PER WEEK
TBD
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DATE UPDATED
Jan 16, 2026
Mathspace is a global education SaaS company with operations across multiple countries. We’re looking for a very senior Financial Controller to become our internal finance “quarterback” — owning day-to-day controllership, keeping our external finance partners on track, and progressively bringing more finance capability in-house over time.
You’ll work closely with our external Virtual CFO (Australia) and our external tax accountants (Cyprus and USA), while reporting directly to the CEO and COO.
This role is ideal for someone who can be hands-on when needed, but primarily thrives in owning end-to-end coordination, building robust processes, and ensuring finance is always accurate, audit-ready, and decision-useful.
What you’ll do
- Lead the monthly close across entities/countries: journals, reconciliations, accruals, intercompany, review packs.
- Revenue recognition & SaaS accounting rigour
- Ensure accounting treatment is correct and scalable across regions and entities.
- Multi-entity forecasting, budgeting, and reporting
- Support forecasting and budgeting across multiple organisations in different countries.
- Improve financial models and reporting cadence so leadership can make confident decisions.
- Manage cross-border and cross-currency accounting, including FX treatment, revaluations, and intercompany eliminations.
- Ensure clean intercompany processes (charges, settlements, balances, reconciliations).
- Support and operationalize transfer pricing using Residual Profit Split (tracking inputs, documentation readiness, intercompany allocations).
- Own the internal finance checklist and timelines for external tax providers.
- Keep the Virtual CFO and external accountants aligned, accountable, and moving.
- Build a roadmap to pull more work in-house over time (process design, documentation, hiring/outsourcing decisions, tooling).
What we’re looking for
- Senior controllership experience in a multi-national SaaS environment covering at least one of Australia, US, or Europe.
- Deep understanding of full-cycle accounting (bookkeeping ? close ? reporting ? coordination with tax).
- Proven ability to manage multi-entity / multi-currency accounting in a scalable, controlled way.
Strong experience in:
- bookkeeping best practices
- revenue recognition best practices (SaaS)
- expense management / supplier payments / invoicing / payroll coordination
- forecasting, budgeting, and reporting across multiple entities and geographies
- cross-border & cross-currency accounting
- transfer pricing (Residual Profit Split)
- tax accounting (specialist in at least one jurisdiction)
Working style and strengths
- A “get it done” operator who can be hands-on, but prefers building systems so the work stays clean.
- Strong communicator who can translate finance complexity into clear CEO/COO-ready insights.
- Excellent attention to detail, high integrity, and a bias for strong internal controls.
- Comfortable owning timelines and driving external partners to completion.
What success looks like (first 90 days)
- Close is on time, numbers are trusted, and reporting is consistent.
- External partners (Virtual CFO + tax accountants) are running on a clear cadence with owners, deadlines, and zero ambiguity.
- Intercompany, FX, and multi-entity reporting are clean and repeatable.
- A clear “insource plan” is in motion: what we keep external vs. what we bring internal, and when.
Reports to: COO
Works closely with: External Virtual CFO (Australia), external tax accountants (Cyprus, USA)
How to apply
Send Your CV/LinkedIn and a short note answering:
- Which multi-national SaaS companies you’ve supported and which regions (AU/US/EU)
- Your deepest strengths across close, revenue recognition, cross-border/currency, and tax
- Your transfer pricing experience (specifically Residual Profit Split)
