International Controller

How You'll Support Our Mission

As ESO continues to expand its global footprint, we are building the in-region finance leadership to match.  The Controller, Europe will serve as ESO's senior accounting presence across our European operations, providing local leadership and expertise while working in close partnership with our centralized Global Accounting teams based in the United States. 

Our current European office locations include Belfast, Northern Ireland; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Prague, Czech Republic.  This role will support existing entities and will play an active part in establishing new operations as ESO's European footprint grows.  The role may also carry oversight responsibility for our Australia business, a focused and growing operation. 

This is a hands-on, visible role for a technically strong accountant who thrives at the intersection of local compliance and global operations, and who wants to be an integral part of a mission-driven company. 

What You'll Be Doing - The Day to Day

Accounting Review and Close

• Own the accounting review process for all European entities, serving as the primary local point of accountability for monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities. 
• Partner with the centralized Global Accounting team in the US to ensure accurate, timely financial reporting across the region. 
• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules for European entities. 
• Ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with both local GAAP (UK GAAP, IFRS) and US GAAP, bridging requirements across both frameworks. 
• Serve as the in-region subject matter expert on local statutory requirements, accounting standards, and multi-entity consolidations.

Audit and Tax coordination

• Manage all statutory audit activity across European entities, including coordinating with external auditors, preparing audit files, and resolving queries. 
• Oversee corporate tax compliance across the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Czech Republic, and any future European markets, coordinating with local advisors as needed. 
• Monitor regulatory and reporting obligations across all active jurisdictions, ensuring ESO remains in good standing.

Cash Flow and Treasury

• Own cash flow visibility and forecasting for the European region.
• Manage multi-currency reconciliations and monitor foreign exchange (FX) exposure  across the region, working with the global team on hedging and risk management as needed. 
• Serve as the primary regional counterpart to ESO's global cash flow function, providing timely and accurate inputs to global liquidity planning. 
• Manage regional banking relationships and ensure sufficient liquidity across entities. 

Entity Expansion and Legal Structure

• Lead all accounting-related workstreams for new entity formations in the region, including coordination with legal counsel, local formation agents, and goverment authorities.
• Manage the establishment of new bank accounts for each entity, ensuring appropriate signatories, controls, and connectivity to ESO systems.
• Develop and implement transfer pricing arrangements for new entities in coordination with ESO tax advisors. 
• Support post-acquisition financial integration for any future European acquisitions, including chart of accounts alignment, intercompany setup, and statutory reporting cutover.
• Participate in regional RFPs from an accounting and compliance perspective, ensuring ESO is appropriately positioned to operate in new markets.

Strategic Growth Support 

• Collaborate with global finance leadership on international expansion initiatives, serving as the regional finance lead for new market entry.
• Contribute to transfer pricing documentation and policy as ESO's European structure evolves. 
• Act as a strategic bridge between regional operations and US corporate headquarters, translating complex international accounting positions for US stakeholders clearly and in a timely manner. 

Australia Oversight (anticipated) 

• Provide oversight for ESO's Australia entity, coordinating with local advisors and the Global Accounting team to ensure compliance and reporting obligations are met. 

Who You Are - The ESSENTIALS

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent) with 8 or more years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience, ideally in a US-parented multinational or private equity-backed organization.
• Deep knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS, with the ability to bridge local statutory requirements and US GAAP reporting for a US parent company.
• Practical experience managing statutory accounts, working with external auditors, and owning the full audit cycle across multiple entities.
• Hands-on experience with VAT and indirect tax compliance across at least one European jurisdication, with the ability to coordinate across multiple.
• Experience operating within a multinational company, ideally with a centralized or shared-services accounting model. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage corporate tax compliance across multiple European jurisdictions in partnership with external advisors. 
• Strong understanding of multi-currency consolidations, cash flow management, and intercompany transactions including FX considerations.
• Experience supporting entity formation, including opening bank accounts, establishing accounting systems, and working through local registration requirements. 
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across time zones and with US-based colleagues. 
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and a proactive approach to building scalable processes in a fast-growing, private-equity backed environment.

Who You Are - The Desirables (It's a plus if you have)

• A third level qualification in Accounting, Finance or related field.
• Experience with transfer pricing in a multinational context.
• Exposure to the technology or SaaS sector, particularly companies with subscription-based revenue models. 
• Familiarity with NetSuite or comparable ERP platforms. 
• Experience managing or coordinating a distributed accounting team across multiple countries. 
• Working knowledge of Australian statutory and tax requirements.

Benefits & Perks! You will have fantastic benefits at ESO including but not limited to;

We know that exceptional people have options, and we want you to feel that choosing ESO is a decision you'll never question.  For this UK based role, we offer a benefits package built to give you genuine security and flexibility.

That means a 7.5% employer pension contribution (with salary sacrifice available so you keep even more of what you earn), 39 days of holiday leave in your first year rising to a maximum of 44, and family coverage that extends to your partner and children through private medical insurance.  We've also built in the protections that matter the mostl critical illness cover, life insurance, income protection and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption benefits. 

The specifics will be confirmed during the hiring process, but our commitment is straightforward: wherever our people are in the world, we aim to look after them.