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Flexport is a global commerce platform that enables companies of all sizes to move goods across 112 countries. The company processes over $19B in merchandise annually and is shaping the future of the $10T logistics and freight industry.
You will join the EMEA Accounting team in Amsterdam as Operations Controller, leading accounting, control, and finance automation across 15+ countries. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-growing multinational environment, with the opportunity to build modern finance operations and shape autonomous finance practices.
Key responsibilities:
- Own monthly close timeliness, completeness, and accuracy across a growing multi-entity footprint, overseeing standardized schedules and checklists that scale with entity growth
- Ensure accuracy of local revenue and COGS, including transfer pricing calculations based on approved methodology
- Control cost, balance sheet, and liquidity through OPEX and T&E challenge, financial anomaly investigation, deposits, and cash flow review
- Build and deliver an automation roadmap for the Accounting function within and outside the ERP by identifying manual, repeatable work and sequencing its removal
- Enforce correct output and input VAT recording end-to-end based on strong technical acumen of EU and international VAT principles
- Drive corrective actions across internal and external stakeholders to enforce correct financial and VAT accounting
- Implement e-invoicing readiness for local continuous transaction control mandates
- Partner with Business to capture new commercial models and contract structures before they hit the ledger, embedding them into standard accounting workflows; coordinate with FP&A to sharpen figures and inputs; collaborate with other back office functions on recurring compliance and ad hoc initiatives
- Provide leadership through supervising and developing the Accounting team
Requirements:
- 5+ years of progressive accounting and operational finance experience in a high-growth company
- Experience working in a multinational setting with cross-border reporting needs
- Strong background in GAAP, financial reporting, and ERP systems
- Proven experience applying VAT rules and VAT accounting across Europe
- Top-level proficiency in deploying and overseeing automated finance tools, agent frameworks, and modern financial data stacks
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to coordinate across departments and manage external relationships
- Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and planning skills with keen attention to detail
