Group Financial Controller

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice.

About the role

Adyen is looking for a Group Financial Controller to join our Group Finance team in Amsterdam. This is a unique opportunity for someone looking to challenge the status quo, who gets truly excited to re-imagine processes from the ground up.

In this role, you will partner, validate and drive financial excellence across our global footprint. Rather than focusing on routine data production, you will have the mandate to redesign leverage automation and modern tooling to enable a continuous and low-touch close while maintaining a control environment.

At Adyen we like to build things ourselves - in this team you will play a key role in applying out-of-the box solutions to improve control and streamline ways of working.

What you’ll do

• Partner with FinOps and Financial Data Teams (FDT) to optimize core accounting processes, leveraging automation tools (such as Workday Accounting Center and Workiva) to drive a low-touch, continuous close;
• Partner with Tax and FinOps teams to maintain a scalable intercompany framework and review reconciliations;
• Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for Group External Auditors. Lead audit readiness, manage group audit deliverables, and take a leading role in our audit firm rotation;
• Own the monthly consolidated P&L one pager (Net Revenue and EBITDA), explaining variances between actuals and the set expectation with clear business context and building the validation tools needed to produce it;
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations;
• Own month-end close activities, coordination and setting of consolidated and regional materiality thresholds;
• Continuously upskill others (GL accountants & other Controllers) on core processes to build a shared understanding of end-to-end horizontal processes.

Who you are

• Minimum of 5+ years experience in financial control, accounting, or external audit (Big 4 experience is a strong plus);
• You have an analytical mindset and proactively identify challenges and be able to work independently but never afraid to ask for help;
• Experience managing complex multi-entity global accounting, intercompany settlements, cross-border flows, and transfer pricing;
• Strong IFRS knowledge, experience managing complex external audits;
• Track record in process optimization and automation. Experience with Workday, Workday Accounting Center, Workiva, or similar ERP systems is a plus;
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously; ability to prioritise;
• Able to think 2 steps ahead. We are looking for someone that can think critically and creatively to implement solutions to scale during Adyen’s rapid growth.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.