Accounting Control Team Leader

🌍 We are currently looking for an experienced Accounting Control Team Leader to join a global, international retail company in Warsaw.

👥 Your responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Accounting Controllers, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and continuous capability development.
• Own and oversee the quality, accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of period-end close and financial reporting across the assigned entities and regions.
• Safeguard balance sheet integrity and P&L accuracy through strong analytical review, challenge of variances, and structured follow-up actions.
• Act as the escalation point for complex, non-routine, and judgment-based accounting, compliance, and control topics.
• Ensure compliance with group accounting policies, local statutory requirements, and relevant regulatory standards.
• Oversee statutory financial statements preparation and coordinate external audits, including interaction with auditors and external advisors.
• Supervise key tax-related governance areas (VAT, CIT, Transfer Pricing), working closely with Group Tax and external tax advisors.
• Strengthen the internal control environment and proactively identify, assess, and mitigate financial, compliance, and operational risks.
• Drive standardization, harmonization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives within the Record to Report processes.
• Contribute to finance transformation initiatives, including system changes, process optimization, and data-driven reporting enhancements.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to Finance Leadership, Group Accounting, Business Controllers, and other global stakeholders.

🎯 Our requirements

• 10–15+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, controllership, or Record to Report functions.
• Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience, preferably leading senior or specialist finance teams.
• Strong technical accounting background with experience in complex, international, and multi-entity environments.
• Solid exposure to statutory reporting, audit coordination, governance, and compliance-related topics.
• Proven understanding of balance sheet management, financial controls, and risk mitigation.
• Demonstrated track record in process improvement, standardization, transformation, or automation initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to challenge constructively and lead through ambiguity.
• University degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline; professional qualification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent) is highly preferred.
• Fluent English.
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems (SAP or equivalent).

🎁 Benefits

• Sports card co-financing
• Private medical care
• Employee discounts on company products and services
• Parking space for employees
• Holiday allowance/funds
• Modern office in Warsaw