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ARQ is a fast-growing fintech building cross-border payment infrastructure. As Head of Controllership, you will lead the transformation of ARQ's financial operations into a scalable, audit-ready global infrastructure serving operations across Latin America and the US.
You will own end-to-end financial close routines across monthly, quarterly, and annual cycles, managing multi-jurisdictional financial statements and multi-currency consolidations. You'll spearhead company-wide ERP implementations, designing advanced Chart of Accounts architecture, automated journal mechanics, and seamless ledger data flows. Your responsibilities include regulatory reporting for licensed entities across Latin America and Europe, managing external audit relationships, and steering regional compliance filings with global accounting firms and local advisors.
You'll maintain full alignment with international financial reporting standards (US GAAP, IFRS, and local regulatory requirements), identify opportunities to convert manual accounting processes into automated digital workflows, and collaborate cross-functionally with Tax, FP&A, Treasury, and Product engineering teams to protect general ledger integrity during feature launches.
This is a strategic leadership role reporting to senior management, requiring relentless precision to streamline financial close schedules and establish robust balance sheet reporting suited for upcoming strategic milestones such as debt capital facilities and future capital markets readiness.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Demonstrated background in public accounting within Big 4 environments covering Technology or Financial Services, followed by progressive management exposure in scale-up fintech or digital banking organizations
- Comprehensive mastery of US GAAP, IFRS, multi-currency consolidations, and complex international regulatory frameworks
- Proven ability to orchestrate monthly, quarterly, and year-end close schedules within high-velocity, rapidly changing operating environments
- Advanced technical capabilities managing enterprise ERP deployments and architecting modern financial data pipelines
NICE-TO-HAVES:
- Exposure to cross-border transfer pricing, fintech tax strategies, and external audit facilitation
- Direct involvement in institutional debt financing, public market readiness, or late-stage capital raises
- Hands-on proficiency with SQL for ledger queries, transaction auditing, and large-scale data reconciliation
