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Dexory is seeking an experienced Accounting Lead to own and scale the accounting function as the company continues its rapid international growth. Reporting to the CFO, you will form part of the senior leadership team within Finance, working closely with the FinOps Lead and Corporate Finance Lead to build a world-class finance organization.
You will initially manage a team of three accountants, with responsibility for developing the team and scaling the accounting function as the company grows. This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone who combines deep technical accounting expertise with the ability to implement modern systems, automation, and processes in a fast-scaling technology environment.
Key responsibilities include owning the full accounting function across multiple entities in the UK, EU, and USA (with additional jurisdictions expected); ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial records in accordance with applicable accounting standards; and leading the month-end close process across currently three legal entities (soon four) while continuously improving close timelines and processes.
You will own VAT compliance across the UK and Europe, oversee sales tax compliance in the US and Canada, manage corporate tax filings across jurisdictions in collaboration with external advisors, and ensure compliance with statutory reporting requirements. Additional responsibilities include maintaining strong internal controls and accounting policies, managing transfer pricing and permanent establishment risk, leading the annual statutory audit process, managing relationships with external auditors and tax advisors, ensuring timely preparation of statutory accounts and tax filings, supporting preparation of management reporting for the board and shareholders, and providing technical accounting input into financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
You will work towards SOX readiness, support investor due diligence, and work closely with the Corporate Finance team on financial analysis and reporting. Team leadership responsibilities include implementing best-in-class processes, responsibilities, and quality standards; hiring and scaling the accounting team as the company grows; and fostering a high-performance culture within the accounting function.
Required qualifications include 8+ years of accounting experience, prior experience as Accounting Lead, Head of Accounting, Senior Controller, or similar senior role, and experience operating in a high-growth or scaling company environment. You must have a proven track record of building and scaling accounting processes and teams, strong understanding of key accounting principles (accruals, prepayments, deferred income, revenue recognition, cut-off principles, reconciliations, consolidations, intercompany and group accounting, inventory accounting, provisions and reserves, foreign currency accounting, capitalization of expense), VAT across the UK and Europe, and preferably experience with sales tax in the United States and Canada. Transfer pricing and multi-entity/multi-currency accounting experience is essential.
Demonstrated team management experience, ability to mentor and develop accounting professionals, strong collaboration skills across finance and business teams, experience with modern finance tooling and automation, and comfort implementing and improving accounting systems are required. Experience with Xero or modern ERP systems is beneficial. The role requires onsite presence in Wallingford a minimum of 4 days per week.
