Camunda

VP Accounting (Corporate Controller)

Camunda

Posted 12 hours ago

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

Dubai

Requirements

Senior-level experience, Global accounting, Technical expertise

Required Skills

Accounting Finance Leadership Remote

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end accounting engine, including close, reporting, controls, and policy.
  • Ensure accurate, timely IFRS reporting and high-quality audit outcomes.
  • Build a scalable target operating model across people, process, systems, and global footprint.
  • Define and track clear KPIs (close efficiency, control health, audit quality, DSO/DPO, automation impact).
  • Serve as executive subject matter expert on complex accounting topics including revenue recognition, commissions, equity, payroll, intercompany, FX, treasury, and policy interpretation.
  • Shape accounting treatment early in deal design, commission structures, pricing decisions, and global entity strategy.
  • Translate accounting requirements into practical business solutions that balance growth, margin, and risk.
  • Hire, develop, and retain strong leaders and individual contributors.
  • Create clear ownership, accountability, and succession depth.
  • Lead organizational scaling and capability building across distributed teams.
  • Partner with People and Talent Acquisition to define career path frameworks and leadership development plans.
  • Drive automation across accounting workflows in partnership with internal automation teams.
  • Leverage ERP and financial systems to reduce manual effort and increase insight.
  • Own the multi-year systems roadmap (ERP, close, revenue, tax, treasury).
  • Mature the control environment toward SOX readiness, including documentation of key risks and controls.
  • Partner closely with FP&A on long-range planning and scenario modeling.
  • Collaborate with Legal, RevOps, GTM, Product, and G&A leaders on accounting-impacting decisions.
  • Support major events including financing rounds, M&A, or IPO readiness workstreams.
  • Lead auditors, tax advisors, payroll providers, and key external partners.
  • Establish performance standards aligned to cost, quality, and risk objectives.

Requirements

  • Senior-level experience leading a global Accounting or Controller function in a complex, multi-entity, remote-first environment.
  • Experience leading accounting in a high-growth, recurring-revenue or otherwise complex global business environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead through managers while maintaining technical depth in high-impact areas.
  • Experience building leadership bench strength and succession planning.
  • Strong technical accounting judgment across revenue, equity, commissions, payroll, and intercompany structures.
  • Experience in IFRS environments; exposure to U.S. GAAP or public-company reporting environments is a plus.
  • Experience in global payroll and multi-jurisdiction operations.
  • Strong systems orientation; NetSuite experience preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience leveraging automation, analytics, or AI-enabled tools to modernize accounting workflows and improve insight quality.
  • Experience partnering with Finance and analytics teams to improve reporting efficiency and data quality.
  • Experience leading teams through scale, transformation, or readiness for major capital events.
  • Ability to influence cross-functional leaders and translate technical requirements into business decisions.
  • Comfortable operating in dynamic environments with evolving priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability and/or willingness to use our product.

Benefits

  • Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with the setup that suits you, home office budget, co-working space support, and flexible time off to recharge when you need it.
  • In Person Connection: We invest in meaningful face time through our Annual Kickoff, team offsites, and Camundi Connection Budgets, including contributing to meetups while travelling, and local gatherings with fellow Camundi.
  • Health & Wellbeing: Access locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and our Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA), a flexible, global benefit that puts you in control of your whole life, not just work, from staying active, to caring for family, exploring personal passions, meaningful experiences, and investing in your financial wellbeing.
  • Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans (often with company contributions), plus life and disability insurance where relevant.
  • Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning: courses, certifications, books, you decide!

About the Company

Camunda is the leader in enterprise agentic automation, orchestrating complex business processes, including high-value knowledge work, across agents, people, and systems. By creating production-ready, enterprise-grade agents with built-in governance, Camunda uniquely delivers trusted AI agents for business-critical processes. Over 700 leading innovators like Atlassian, ING, and Vodafone, rely on Camunda to slash time-to-value from months to days, boost operational efficiency, and elevate customer experiences. Camunda was named a Visionary in the inaugural 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT).

As a fully remote, global company, we’re rewriting the rules of modern business. Named GP Bullhound’s 2024 Top 100 Next Unicorn list, certified as a Great Place to Work, and recognized by Flexa for true flexibility, we’re growing fast and looking for top talent to join our team. If you’re excited to do meaningful work and make real impact, keep reading, this role could be the one you’ve been waiting for.

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