[Hiring] Financial Controller Lead @RootstockLabs Ltd.

Role Description

As Financial Controller Lead, you will be a strategic finance partner to the executive team, helping drive data-informed decisions that support rapid growth and operational excellence. In a fast-paced technology start-up environment, you will own the financial planning and business performance management processes, providing clear insights into revenue, costs, profitability, cash flow, and key business metrics.

You will work closely with leaders across Product, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Tech and People to translate complex financial and operational data into actionable recommendations. Beyond traditional financial controlling, you will help build scalable financial processes, improve reporting automation, evaluate strategic investments, and support board reporting, and business expansion initiatives.

This is a highly visible role for someone who enjoys combining financial rigor with an entrepreneurial mindset and thrives in an environment where priorities evolve quickly and every decision has a measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in Business Controlling, FP&A, Strategic Finance, or Corporate Finance, preferably in a high-growth technology company or start-up.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and business analysis skills.
• Experience partnering with senior executives and cross-functional leadership teams.
• Deep understanding of business drivers, or digital business models.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities.
• Fluency using AI tools.
• Experience with ERP, FP&A, and BI platforms (for example MS Dynamics, NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, Workday Adaptive Planning, Power BI, Looker, Tableau, or similar).
• Excellent analytical thinking with the ability to transform data into strategic business insights.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with confidence presenting to executives, investors, and board members.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-changing, ambiguous environment with a hands-on approach.
• Demonstrated ability to build scalable financial processes in a growing organization.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
• High level of ownership, curiosity, and a continuous improvement mindset.

Requirements

• Experience in fintech, blockchain, Web3, digital assets, or cryptocurrency businesses.
• Understanding of token economics, digital asset accounting, or crypto market dynamics is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package and unique benefits designed to support your growth and well-being.
• 100% Remote Work from Europe & Latin America, with access to global CoWorking spaces.
• Work-Life Balance: Paid vacation and sick leave days.
• Continuous Learning: Access to training programs, language courses, and learning sponsorship annually.
• Unique Projects: Work with cutting-edge blockchain technology in a global, diverse team.

Company Description

RootstockLabs is a key contributor to Rootstock, Bitcoin's Financial Infrastructure for lending, yield, and onchain capital markets. We build and commercialize the institutional infrastructure that turns Bitcoin into productive capital.

• Develop and commercialize Bitcoin-backed lending, tokenized real-world assets, and onchain financial strategies.
• Who we work with: Leading custodians, asset managers, and financial institutions.
• Why it matters: Rootstock is secured by 80%+ of Bitcoin's hash power and has run with 100% uptime since 2018 (bringing Ethereum-style programmability to the world's hardest money).
• Proof it works: 200+ dApps live on Rootstock, from BTCFi protocols like Sushiswap and Oku to institutional names like Mercado Bitcoin, Animoca Brands, and Paystand.