Head of Accounting and Reporting
About this role
At Fourthline, our mission is to fight financial crime. We help protect the global financial system by verifying millions of identities for banks, neobanks, online brokers, crypto exchanges, and insurers like N26, Trade Republic, flatexDEGIRO, Nationale Nederlanden, Qonto, Shine, Solarisbank, and more.
Having started our journey in January 2018, we're incredibly proud to count around 250 employees between our Amsterdam and Barcelona offices with over 50 nationalities.
We are looking for an experienced finance leader to oversee and strengthen our Accounting, Tax, and Treasury functions across multiple geographies spanning three continents. This role will play a critical part in ensuring strong financial operations, effective controls, compliance, and scalable processes to support the company’s continued growth.
The ideal candidate is both strategic and hands-on, with deep technical expertise and experience managing complex international finance operations in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead all accounting, tax, treasury, and cash management activities across multiple international entities and jurisdictions
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring timely and accurate reporting across global operations
- Ensure compliance with local statutory, tax, audit, and regulatory requirements across multiple countries
- Manage global treasury operations including cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, banking relationships, FX exposure, and working capital optimization
- Strengthen internal controls, governance frameworks, and finance policies across regions
- Partner with senior leadership on financial planning, operational initiatives, and business performance
- Coordinate and manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, banks, and regulatory authorities globally
- Drive process standardization, automation, and scalability across international finance operations
- Build, mentor, and lead high-performing regional finance teams
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive finance leadership experience
- Strong expertise across accounting, tax, treasury, and financial controls in multinational environments
- Experience managing finance operations across multiple geographies and legal entities
- Deep understanding of international financial reporting, tax, and compliance requirements
- Proven ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-moving organizations
- Strong analytical, operational, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent leadership and stakeholder management capabilities
- CPA, CA, ACA, or equivalent qualification preferred
- Experience in high-growth, multinational, or private equity-backed businesses is a plus
- What We’re Looking For
- A pragmatic and execution-oriented finance leader
- Strong commercial judgment combined with operational rigor
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- Someone who can build structure, improve processes, and drive accountability globally
- Collaborative leadership style with the ability to work effectively across cultures and regions
- Strong written and spoken English
- This is a hybrid role with three days in our Amsterdam office.
- At Fourthline, we believe diversity enriches our culture and inspires you to do your best work. We value your unique talents and perspectives, welcoming them into a safe and inclusive working environment, to ultimately deliver the best products to our customers and society. You're welcome here. Fourthline is for everyone.
- Our hiring process is designed to be equal, fair, and transparent. We welcome people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, religions, and experiences in life. If you're excited about this role, but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.