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They are based in San Francisco and have raised over $125M+ in venture funding from top Silicon Valley investors to accomplish their ambitious vision, including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Floodgate, Y Combinator, Justin Kan, Elad Gil, and more.\nFieldguide has become the defining agentic company for CPAs, with more than 50%+ of the top-100 CPA firms as customers, including several Big 4, and an industry-leading NPS to match. They save up to 75% of time on manual tasks and unlock over 4x capacity for audit practitioners, helping provide the work-life balance that is rare in the profession. Fieldguide is on the same growth curve as the later-stage vertical AI leaders, but you would be joining early enough to have a meaningful impact.\nFieldguide values diversity, both in backgrounds and in experiences to help build the future of audit and advisory. They are deliberate in preserving a winning culture with their FFLOWI values - Fearless, Fast, Lovable, Owners, Win-Win, Inclusive - providing space for teammates to do their career’s best work through a tightly-knit support network.\nIf you want to shape the most important shift in how commerce and capital markets establish trust, alongside world-class teammates, Fieldguide would love to build with you.\nAbout the Role\nAs Director of Financial Audit for EMEA, you will be the region's financial audit voice and a key driver in scaling Fieldguide's platform across the market. You will translate ISAs, IFRS, and local regulatory expectations into reliable, AI-powered workflows making sure EMEA firms get a platform built for their standards, their regulators, and their way of working.\nYou will own methodology, platform localization, go-to-market partnership, and customer success sponsorship for the region. Working across product, engineering, sales, and customer success, you will ensure the platform reflects local standards and industry nuance, then scale that impact through strategic partnerships and strong customer outcomes.\nThis role calls for a detail-oriented leader with sound judgment, depth in a complex regulatory landscape, and the ability to build a function from the ground up.y.\nWhat You’ll Do\nEMEA Audit Methodology & Partnerships\nDefine the structure and logic behind Fieldguide's out-of-the-box methodology content with our methodology partners (e.g., ISA (UK), ISA as adopted in the EU, and other local frameworks), ensuring the platform reflects current standards and regulator expectations.\n\nEvaluate and incorporate partner-provided industry procedures, testing approaches, internal control testing, and practice guidance into the platform's methodology library\n\nBuild and manage relationships with EMEA standard-setters, professional bodies (e.g., FRC, ICAEW, ACCA, national institutes), and regulators.\n\nReview and refine methodology and engagement templates incorporate feedback from EMEA practitioners into methodology templates and platform content.\n\nAI Collaboration\nPartner with AI architects and engineers to translate professional standards and practitioner judgment into prompts, workflows, and guardrails for our integrated methodologies and testing agents\n\nDirect the localization and customization of Fieldguide's AI agents and audit workflows for EMEA, local GAAS/ISA nuances, regulatory reporting, and firm-specific configurations.\n\nPartner with Engineering and Product to prioritize EMEA-specific platform requirements.\n\nGo-to-Market Partnership\nAct as the financial audit subject-matter expert for the EMEA GTM team, leading and supporting customer demos and technical validation sprints.\n\nRepresent Fieldguide on customer onsites, building credibility with firm leadership and technical evaluators.\n\nPartner with Sales on deal strategy for complex or strategic EMEA opportunities.\n\nImplementation Partnership\nServe as the financial audit business sponsor for EMEA customer implementations and act as the financial audit subject-matter expert for the EMEA implementations.\n\nAct as an escalation point and unblock complex issues for EMEA accounts.\n\nMonitor customer health and methodology fit, feeding insights back into the product and methodology roadmaps.\n\nRegional Leadership\nAdvise the Head of Audit and cross-functional leadership on EMEA financial audit priorities (product, methodology, go-to-market and implementation).\n\nRecruit, mentor, and develop financial audit EMEA team members as the team scales.\n\nAbout You\nProfessional audit qualification (ACA, ACCA, CA, CPA, or equivalent) with deep expertise in ISA and EMEA financial audit standards.\n\n8+ years of financial audit experience at a public accounting or assurance firm, including direct experience with EMEA regulatory and standard-setting bodies.\n\nStrong expertise in auditing standards and audit methodology\n\nExperience with audit technology, automation, or AI-enabled tools, audit methodologies, templates, or workpapers. 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