Job Description

Global Accountant Lead

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Ukraine

Reporting To: Tetyana Sakhno

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the international accounting team, ensuring high performance, accountability, and continuous professional growth.
• Lead and execute the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring all journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reports are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Oversee the consolidation of subsidiaries' financial results, ensuring accurate and timely integration of financial data across multiple business units and legal entities.
• Manage intercompany accounting activities, including the reconciliation and elimination of intercompany balances, transactions, and investments.
• Standardize and maintain reporting packages for subsidiaries to ensure consistency, accuracy, and compliance with corporate accounting policies.
• Oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable operations, including vendor management, invoice processing, customer invoicing, and collections monitoring.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring discrepancies are investigated and resolved in a timely manner.
• Coordinate and support external audits, including the preparation of supporting schedules, responses to auditor inquiries, and maintenance of audit-ready documentation.
• Assist in the preparation of financial statements and management reporting packages for senior leadership and board reporting purposes.
• Partner with the VP of Finance and other stakeholders to develop, document, and improve accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other departments to ensure accurate financial data and alignment on business transactions.
• Identify, recommend, and implement process improvements to increase efficiency, strengthen controls, and reduce the overall close cycle for global consolidations.
• Support system implementations, process automation initiatives, and accounting transformation projects as required.
• Monitor key accounting metrics and proactively address risks, issues, and opportunities for improvement.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience with 5+years of experience within international company with cross-border operations
• Hands-on experience with multi-entity financial consolidation in an international environment, including intercompany eliminations, reconciliations, and consolidated financial reporting.
• Proven experience with month-end close processes, AP/AR oversight, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills, with the ability to identify discrepancies and escalate issues appropriately
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and consistently meet tight deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Proficiency with accounting software or ERP systems
• Experience supporting external financial audits and preparing audit-ready documentation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• High attention to detail with strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• English Level B2-C1

• Experience with tools such as Bill.com, Expensify, NetSuite or similar platforms.