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We power personalization for more than 1,400 global brands, including American Eagle, Sonepar, and Pandora.\nAbout the Role\nBloomreach is looking for a Financial Controller to lead financial accounting, reporting, and compliance for our Dutch entities. The successful candidate will be strategic with technical accounting expertise, strong judgement and hands-on, operationally oriented. This role will be responsible for financial accuracy, controls and governance and financial reporting for a key operating entity with strong command of US GAAP and Dutch GAAP. \nYou will be driving process improvement through automation and AI. You'll be the local finance owner for our Netherlands operations, working closely with global finance, controllership, and audit teams to keep our Dutch entities accurate, compliant, and efficient.\nWhat You'll Do\nAccounting Analysis & Management Reporting:\nOwn the accounting preparation and review process for all Netherland entities, serving as the 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.\nPerform, review and approve journal entries, payroll expenses and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timely resolution of open items.\nEnsure financial statements are prepared in accordance with both US GAAP and local GAAP. \nServe as the in-region subject matter expert on local statutory requirements, accounting standards, multi-entity international consolidations, and taxes.\nPartner with the centralized Global Accounting teams.\nAudit and Tax Coordination\nManage all statutory audit activity for Netherland entities, including coordinating with external auditors (corporate and local), preparing audit files, and resolving queries.\nAct as the primary lead for external audit execution for Netherland entities. Coordinate the process from initial planning and walkthroughs to finalization, ensuring a clean and timely audit cycle. Support audit requests and disclosures for consolidated audit under US GAAP. \nDrive statutory compliance for Dutch entities.\nLead 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. \nControls, Governance & Compliance\nManage regulatory reporting requirements. Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal governance frameworks. Assess the financial impact of new regulatory requirements and assess their financial reporting impact.\nStrengthen and maintain financial controls and governance processes. Document and improve key financial processes. Monitor compliance with internal policies and regulatory expectations. Drive ongoing enhancements to the control environment to meet the requirements of a public company (IPO).\nCash flow and treasury\nManage day-to-day cash management for the Dutch entities \nOwn cash flow visibility and forecasting for the Netherlands and partner with accountants in US, Europe and APAC regions.\nManage local banking relationships.\nContinuous improvement\nLead initiatives to streamline finance processes, leveraging systems, automation and AI.\nChampion the use of AI and automation tools to streamline accounting, reporting, and reconciliation workflows.\nWhat You Bring\nRegistered Accountant (AA/RA), Registered Controller (RC), or a Master's degree in either Accounting or Controlling. \nHave 8 or more years of relevant accounting and finance leadership experience, ideally in a US-parented multinational organization.\nA natural curiosity to dive into the numbers, digging deep enough to understand the story behind them and explain them clearly and simply to others. \nDeep knowledge of local accounting requirements, with the ability to bridge local statutory requirements and US GAAP reporting.\nPractical experience managing statutory accounts, working with external auditors, and owning the full audit cycle.\nExperience operating within a multinational company, ideally with a centralized or shared-services accounting model.\nDemonstrated ability to manage corporate tax compliance across multiple European jurisdictions in partnership with external advisors.\nStrong understanding of multi-currency consolidations, cash flow management, and intercompany transactions including FX considerations.\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across time zones and with US-based colleagues.\nComfort operating in ambiguity and a proactive approach to building scalable processes in a fast-growing environment.\nMore things you'll like about Bloomreach:\nCulture:\nA great deal of freedom and trust. At Bloomreach we don’t clock in and out, and we have neither corporate rules nor long approval processes. This freedom goes hand in hand with responsibility. We are interested in results from day one. \n\nWe have defined our 5 values and the 10 underlying key behaviors that we strongly believe in. We can only succeed if everyone lives these behaviors day to day. We've embedded them in our processes like recruitment, onboarding, feedback, personal development, performance review and internal communication. \n\nWe believe in flexible working hours to accommodate your working style.\n\nWe work virtual-first with several Bloomreach Hubs available across three continents.\n\nWe organize company events to experience the global spirit of the company and get excited about what's ahead.\n\nWe encourage and support our employees to engage in volunteering activities - every Bloomreacher can take 5 paid days off to volunteer*.\n\nThe Bloomreach Glassdoor page elaborates on our stellar 4.7/5 rating. The Bloomreach Comparably page Culture score is even higher at 4.9/5\n\nPersonal Development:\nWe have a People Development Program - participating in personal development workshops on various topics run by experts from inside the company. We are continuously developing & updating competency maps for select functions.\n\nOur resident communication coach Ivo Večeřa is available to help navigate work-related communications & decision-making challenges.*\n\nOur managers are strongly encouraged to participate in the Leader Development Program to develop in the areas we consider essential for any leader. The program includes regular comprehensive feedback, consultations with a coach and follow-up check-ins.\n\nBloomreachers utilize the $1,500 professional education budget on an annual basis to purchase education products (books, courses, certifications, etc.)*\n\nWell-being:\nThe Employee Assistance Program -- with counselors -- is available for non-work-related challenges.*\n\nSubscription to Calm - sleep and meditation app.*\n\nWe organize ‘DisConnect’ days where Bloomreachers globally enjoy one additional day off each quarter, allowing us to unwind together and focus on activities away from the screen with our loved ones.\n\nWe facilitate sports, yoga, and meditation opportunities for each other.\n\nExtended parental leave up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers.*\n\nCompensation:\nRestricted Stock Units or Stock Options are granted depending on a team member’s role, seniority, and location.*\n\nEveryone gets to participate in the company's success through the company performance bonus.*\n\nWe offer an employee referral bonus of up to $3,000!\n\nWe reward & celebrate work anniversaries -- Bloomversaries!*\n\n(*Subject to employment type. 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