light-inc - Group Controller
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Requirements
• You have held sole responsibility (or were no.2) for a complete set of books, not as a contributor within a larger team, but as the accountable owner from trial balance to statutory accounts • You have prepared IFRS-compliant financial statements independently and are confident defending technical accounting judgements to external auditors • You are comfortable operating as the sole technical accounting authority • You have a builder DNA, you do not just execute processes, you design them. You are frustrated by manual work and driven to eliminate it through systems, tooling and automation • You are genuinely excited by AI tooling and the future of accounting, you do not need to code, but you should be energised by the idea of building a finance function that runs on modern infrastructure • WHAT YOU’LL GET • Genuine ownership from the outset, while this role reports to the Head of Finance you will experience no extensive approval layers and hierarchies. Your work has immediate impact on how the company operates and reports • Direct access to the product team, as the internal operator of Light's own platform, your experience as a user matters. If you have product instincts and the initiative to act on them, there is a real path to co-creating the tools you work with every day • Exposure to AI-native financial tooling that is years ahead of what most finance teams are working with today, your will operate in Europe’s only AI-native financial platform • In addition to being part of a great team and working in a really fun and innovative environment, we offer: • 💸 Competitive salary + potential stock options • 🏝 25 days of annual leave + public holidays • 🥳 Regular socials and company Starsite off-sites • 🚀 A huge opportunity for career growth as you will help shape a market-defining product • THE FAMOUS LAST WORDS • Working at Light means you are embarking on an exciting journey to reshape the future of multinational financial operations. Our cheat-code is that we have built something like this before and are now doing it again, only better. Our goal is to make global finance effortless and empower companies to make informed decisions.
Responsibilities
• Building a scalable finance function from scratch using modern AI tooling • Month-end close & technical accounting: IFRS-compliant reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany transactions across all entities, lead on judgement areas including revenue recognition, provisions, SBC etc. • Group consolidation: intercompany eliminations, FX translation, and consolidated P&L and balance sheet (built-in directly in Light platform) • Statutory reporting & audit: preparation of annual accounts across all entities and primary point of contact for external auditors • Management reporting: monthly P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow pack for board and leadership • Compliance, VAT and payroll: own the master compliance calendar across all entities; prepare and submit VAT returns, communicate with payroll providers • Cash & AP: monitor cash positions and FX exposure across entities; own accounts payable, payment runs, and bank reconciliations • Exposure to FP&A and investor relations if desired • From books closed → Books closed on day 1 of each month • From executing finance workflows → Removing yourself from finance workflows and serving as feedback loop only • From delivering a report → Delivering insights • From tracking deadlines → The compliance calendar runs itself
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