Global Corporate Controller

Candidates must be located in New England and or Tri-State area

Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience management software. The company provides IT leaders with unprecedented insight allowing them to see, diagnose and fix issues at scale impacting employees anywhere, with any application or network, before employees notice the issue. As the first solution to allow IT to progress from reactive problem solving to proactive optimization, Nexthink enables its more than 1,500 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 25+ million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 offices worldwide. 

It’s an exciting time here at Nexthink, one of exponential growth and transformation. Reporting to the CFO, you will oversee multiple financial functions, translating our financial strategies into action, plans, reporting requirements, procedures, and processes. The expectation of this individual is that they will be responsible for global oversight of the Company’s accounting processes, technical accounting, and reporting, consolidation, and reporting, financial systems, internal and external audits, etc. The impact expected from this role is to reduce and mitigate risk for the global organization – beyond just finance. It will be essential to develop relationships with senior leadership across the organization to improve the product to the finance organization’s internal and external customers.  

Key Responsibilities:

Oversee global controllership functions, including financial reporting, technical accounting, internal control, revenue accounting, general ledgers, accounts payable, global tax function and financial systems. 

Oversee the global consolidated US GAAP audit and local statutory audits.

Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and year end close processes including consolidation and financial statement preparation,  

Ensuring that financial statements are completed in a timely and accurate manner

Hands-on leadership on global technical accounting, including conducting research and drafting accounting memos on routine and non-routine transactions.

Hands-on leadership on building and strengthening internal controls over financial reporting (“ICFRs”) based on the COSO framework. 

Develop, execute, and maintain global financial systems and processes; drive automation and AI adoption to improve operational efficiency.

Support M&A

Drive audit committee meeting agenda and the preparation of meeting materials

Work closely with FP&A team on reporting efforts related to senior leadership presentations, budgeting, and monthly forecasting

Mentor and develop a high-performing global team. 

 

 

BS/MS in Accounting or Finance 

CPA required 

Minimum of 15 years of accounting experience, from a combination of a publicly traded company and PE backed companies with revenue over $300M. 

Must be an existing Corporate/Global controller in a scaled environment 

5 years in major public accounting firm 

Experience in SEC reporting, technical accounting, and internal controls highly preferred 

Experience in scaling up accounting operations in fast-growing environment