# Senior Financial Controller **Company**: Nebius **Location**: United States **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $139,000-$180,000 USD **Category**: Finance **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nebius/jobs/4918572101?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_963f1b9b-bc9 ## Description The Senior Controller is responsible for full financial ownership of assigned US entities, including month-end close, statutory and tax compliance, and overall financial integrity. This role acts as a trusted business partner to cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring accurate month-end close, strong controls and proactive financial oversight. Key Responsibilities: - Full Ownership of US Entities: Act as the primary finance owner for assigned US entities, ensuring end-to-end accountability for financials. - Serve as a trusted partner to stakeholders across Tax, Legal, FP&A and business teams. - Provide financial insights, guidance, and support for business decisions and transactions. - Lead transformation initiatives (local and global), including automation and standardization of processes to improve efficiency, accuracy and scalability. Month-End Close Leadership: - Lead and oversee the month-end close process, ensuring timely, accurate and complete financial close. - Prepare, review and approve journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and supporting documentation. - Analyze financial performance, explain key variances, and ensure transparency of financial results. - Ensure consistency and integrity of financial data across systems and reports. Financial Oversight & Technical Accounting: - Maintain full ownership of financial accuracy across all accounting areas. - Support accounting for complex and non-routine transactions, including large deals, acquisitions, and infrastructure investments. - Review key estimates, accruals, and judgments to ensure compliance with US GAAP and internal policies. - Act as a second line of control, ensuring completeness and consistency across the month-end close and control framework. Statutory & Regulatory Compliance: - Oversee all statutory and tax compliance activities for US entities. - Ensure accurate and timely filings across all jurisdictions. - Maintain and oversee a comprehensive compliance calendar with clear ownership and accountability. - Review and approve statutory and tax adjustments recorded in ERP systems. - Lead external and internal audit processes. Stakeholder Management & Coordination: - Act as the key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including auditors and advisors. - Coordinate effectively with Tax, Legal, FP&A and Group Reporting teams. - Ensure clear ownership, timelines, and delivery across all parties. - Provide technical accounting guidance and mentorship where needed. - Manage and develop a small team, including task allocation, review, and coaching. Governance, Controls & Process Improvement: - Ensure strong internal controls and compliance with SOX. - Identify control gaps, risks, and inefficiencies, and implement sustainable solutions. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives across accounting and compliance processes. - Lead transformation of existing processes and controls, including automation of manual activities to improve efficiency and scalability. - Enhance visibility, tracking, and reporting across financial and compliance activities. Qualifications & Experience: - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or equivalent strongly preferred). - 10+ years of relevant experience, including Big 4 (Audit or Advisory) and industry experience. - Strong expertise in US GAAP and financial reporting. - Proven experience owning legal entities and managing end-to-end accounting and compliance. - Demonstrated track record of driving process improvements and automation initiatives. - Experience with audits, statutory reporting and tax compliance. - Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite or similar). Skills & Competencies: - Strong technical accounting and financial leadership skills. - High level of ownership and accountability. - Hands-on, operational mindset with ability to execute and deliver. - Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities. - Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. - Proven ability to transform processes and controls, and drive automation of manual activities. - Process-driven mindset with focus on continuous improvement and scalability. - Experience managing and developing small teams. - Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment. - Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines. Benefits & Perks: - Competitive compensation. - Career growth and learning opportunities. - Flexibility and ownership. - Collaborative and innovative culture. - Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects. - International environment and talented teams. ## Skills ### Required - US GAAP - financial reporting - technical accounting - process improvement - automation - leadership - communication - analytical skills ### Nice to have - CPA - Big 4 experience - ERP systems (NetSuite or similar) --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nebius/jobs/4918572101?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)