[Hiring] Senior Director, Accounting & Controlling @Camunda

Role Description

Camunda is looking for a Senior Director, Accounting & Controlling to lead and evolve our global Accounting function as we scale toward €500M ARR. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who combines solid technical accounting depth with a genuine drive to build, automate, and improve; a leader who approaches complexity with a “I can figure this out” and “bias for action” mindset rather than defaulting to caution.

• Accountable for the full accounting engine: close, reporting, controls, and policy.
• Ability to move at pace, partner credibly with Sales, RevOps, and the broader business.
• Transformation role with a focus on modernizing Finance operations.
• Reports directly to the CFO and is a key member of the Finance leadership team.
• Team scope (15 FTE): Accounting Operations, Revenue Accounting, Group Reporting, Tax & Treasury, Global Payroll.

What You Will Do

• Lead the Global Accounting Function:
  • Own the end-to-end accounting engine, including close, reporting, controls, and policy.
  • Ensure accurate, timely IFRS reporting and strong audit outcomes.
  • Build a scalable operating model across people, process, systems, and global footprint; own global payroll and treasury operations and controls.
• Drive Practical Technical Accounting Judgment:
  • Serve as the in-house expert on complex accounting topics: revenue recognition, commissions, equity, payroll, intercompany, FX, treasury, and policy interpretation.
  • Partner with Sales and RevOps to shape accounting treatment during deal design, commission structuring, pricing decisions, and global entity strategy.
  • Translate accounting requirements into workable business solutions that balance growth, margin, and appropriate risk.
• Build and Develop a High-Performing Team:
  • Hire, develop, and retain strong managers and individual contributors across a distributed organization.
  • Create clear ownership, accountability, and succession depth across the team.
  • Bring empathy and intentionality to how you lead—building a team culture where people grow and do their best work.
• Lead Automation and Systems Transformation:
  • Champion and drive automation across accounting workflows in close partnership with Camunda’s Enterprise Agentic Automation Team.
  • Leverage AI-enabled tools to reduce manual effort, improve insight quality, and scale accounting capacity without scaling headcount proportionally.
  • Mature the control environment progressively toward SOX readiness, with an eye toward future capital events.
• Manage External Workstreams:
  • Lead auditors, tax advisors, payroll providers, and key external partners.
  • Support major milestones including fundraising, M&A, or IPO readiness workstreams.

What You Bring

• Meaningful experience leading an Accounting or Controller function in a complex, multi-entity, distributed environment—ideally at a high-growth, recurring-revenue software company of comparable scale and complexity to Camunda.
• Proven ability to lead through others while staying close enough to the work to exercise sound technical judgment.
• A track record of building teams with real depth, not just coverage—people who grow under your leadership.
• Strong technical accounting judgment with heavy experience in revenue transactions, commissions, equity, payroll, and intercompany structures.
• Meaningful exposure to fundraising rounds, M&A activity, and managing through external audits.
• Familiarity with global payroll and multi-jurisdiction operations.
• Genuinely excited about automation and AI as tools for transforming how accounting teams operate.
• Experience using modern tools to modernize workflows, reduce manual effort, and surface better insights.
• NetSuite experience is preferred; strong systems instincts matter more than any specific platform.
• An “I can figure it out” and “bias for action” orientation—someone who leans into ambiguity rather than waiting for perfect conditions.
• Comfortable with transformation: ideally, you’ve been part of a meaningful operational change and know what it takes to bring people along.
• Available to start your workday at 7am ET to support effective collaboration across distributed global teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of people leadership experience in an Accounting or Controller function.
• CPA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification strongly preferred.
• Enterprise SaaS or software industry experience.
• Prior experience in remote-first or highly distributed organizations.
• Big 4 background, IPO experience, or M&A exposure are valued but not required.

Benefits

• Competitive, fair, and transparent compensation.
• Equity through our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).
• Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with home office budget and flexible time off.
• In Person Connection: Annual Kickoff, team offsites, and local gatherings.
• Health & Wellbeing: Access to healthcare, mental wellbeing support, and a flexible global benefit program.
• Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans, plus life and disability insurance.
• Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning.