Country Finance Manager

Deel
Summary
Join Deel, a rapidly growing SaaS company, as a Country Financial Manager to lead all financial operations within a specific location. This crucial role demands a qualified accountant with experience in accounting, tax, and financial aspects to effectively scale our business. You will oversee financial activities, ensure compliance reporting, reconcile balance sheets, monitor cash flow, manage tax submissions, and provide payroll oversight. The position requires a qualified accountant (ACCA/CPA or equivalent) with 5+ years of experience in high-tech companies and a strong understanding of global financial regulations. Deel offers competitive pay and benefits, including stock grant opportunities, additional perks, and flexible remote work options.
Requirements
- Qualified Accountant: ACCA/CPA or local equivalent is mandatory
- Minimum of 5+ years as an accountant in high-tech companies, with a robust understanding of financial management and compliance
- Significant experience working in a global environment, understanding diverse financial regulations and practices
- Strong Excel and office skills are essential for data analysis and reporting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English are required
- Self-motivated, ability to work autonomously, and a detail-oriented, a problem-solving mindset is a must
- Service-oriented approach, collaborating seamlessly within a team to achieve collective goals
Responsibilities
- Oversee and develop all financial activities in the country, including accounting, tax compliance, and financial reporting with improvements to period end closing a focus
- Prepare and manage ledger entries, payroll, tax benefits, and contributions reports for regulatory bodies such as social security tax authorities, insurance, pension companies, and others
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts, including (Intercompany) banking, customers, vendors, and accruals, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Monitor day-to-day transactions, maintain up-to-date books, and prepare comprehensive financial and administrative reports as required
- Ensure timely and accurate submissions to tax authorities (VAT, CIT, Social Security & others)
- Ensure accuracy in payroll calculations made by our local Payroll Manager, oversee payroll software selection and integration, and address any issues related to payroll information and reporting
- Experience of managing audits in your country
- Experience of managing accounting & non accounting projects such as software implementation, process improvements & more
Preferred Qualifications
Proficiency in managing Payroll ERP systems is preferred, with experience in Netsuite being advantageous
Benefits
- Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location
- Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country
- The flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access