Senior Director, Accounting & Controlling

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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.