Senior Financial Controller

About the role

Utopia, an ultra-luxury hospitality and lifestyle brand that develops private villa retreats and leisure experiences, is looking for an experienced Financial Controller. The role takes ownership of financial controlling from the ground up across multiple entities and jurisdictions, building financial processes on new projects, ensuring accurate accounting and timely reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee accounting operations for multiple entities across different jurisdictions, including monthly financial reporting
• Supervise day-to-day accounting to ensure accuracy, consistency and timely closing
• Maintain and strengthen financial controls and design and optimise finance control processes
• Manage cost control and own the budget approval process
• Prepare consolidated monthly management reports with the Head of Finance and review regulatory reports with external advisors
• Train and mentor junior finance specialists, coordinate external audits and act as main contact for auditors
• Deliver ad hoc financial analysis and respond promptly to requests from the CEO and wider team

Required profile

• 5-7 years of experience in financial control, finance and accounting or treasury
• Experience supervising, mentoring or leading junior finance associates
• Ability to manage external consultants and legal advisors effectively
• Advanced or fluent English; Spanish, Russian or Ukrainian is a plus
• Comfortable working fully remote

Required skills

• Knowledge of IFRS
• Work experience in a Big 4 firm (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

What we offer

• Fully remote work
• The chance to design and own Utopia's financial controlling processes
• Exposure to projects across Europe, Africa and Latin America and to a team spanning 30+ countries
• Flexible working and the freedom to organise your own agenda