Global Financial Controller
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Senior, Expert
Barcelona, Spain
HybridHybrid working policy; the role is based from the Barcelona office.
AccountingFinancial Accounting, Cost & Management Accounting
About the job
Requirements
- 8–10+ years of total work experience spanning top-tier consulting or auditing and corporate accounting or controlling, including at least 3+ years in a Financial Controller role within a fast-growing, technology-driven international platform.
- Strong commercial acumen and a proven track record of collaborating with non-financial teams such as Sales and Product.
- Practical experience implementing automation or artificial intelligence capabilities into finance departments.
- Experience with global enterprise resource planning environments; NetSuite experience is strongly valued.
- Strong analytical skills, goal orientation, teamwork, and advanced accounting and finance knowledge.
- Hands-on and autonomous ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment, with experience delivering transformation programmes.
- Professional fluency in English.
- Ability to influence stakeholders to help achieve goals.
Responsibilities
- Lead the global controlling function from the Barcelona office and manage a team of approximately 10 people.
- Assume ownership of the monthly and annual consolidated closing process.
- Evaluate and take ownership of the finance transformation plan and financial data structures, identifying opportunities for improvement including artificial intelligence integration and automation.
- Design and implement a country-by-country profitability framework, establishing metrics to track the return on investment of localized corporate expenditures and expansions.
- Partner with Product and commercial teams to launch a customer profitability and pricing analysis model.
- Automate at least 50% of manual reporting workflows using modern financial technology tools and artificial-intelligence-driven anomaly detection.
- Analyze and monitor customer-level profitability and pricing architectures, advising leadership on contract margins and commercial structures.
- Define, monitor, and break down the financial split between operating countries, identifying country profitability metrics and assessing return on investment on growth investments.
- Own global budgeting, planning, and forecasting cycles, providing the CFO and executive team with data-backed insights for international expansion.
- Oversee accurate consolidated and multi-country monthly and annual closes under local generally accepted accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards.
- Champion the preparation of accurate financial statements and collaborate with the CFO to compile Board Packs for Private Equity partners.
- Own the end-to-end alignment of newly acquired corporate entities into the Group infrastructure, standardizing enterprise resource planning financial systems, accounting policies, and internal control frameworks.
- Establish metric-driven frameworks to monitor, track, and report on financial synergies and operational efficiencies realized after acquisitions.
- Lead and coordinate global and local external financial audits while identifying and mitigating cross-border fiscal and accounting risks.
- Identify and implement artificial-intelligence tools and workflow automation enhancements within financial compliance and reporting systems.
- Drive continuous improvement across accounting and financial systems, leveraging tools such as NetSuite to support hyper-growth transactional volume.
Desired Qualifications
- Professional proficiency in Spanish or Italian.
- Big Four auditing experience.
- NetSuite experience.
About the company
BizAway provides a centralized SaaS platform for managing business trips, giving companies access to a global travel inventory (airlines, trains, lodging) and tools for booking, policy enforcement, invoicing, and reporting. The product automates processes with approval workflows, multi-language and multi-currency support, and integrations with Google and Microsoft, plus features like travel risk management via a dynamic safety map and carbon offsets. It stands out from competitors with a large, diverse inventory, emphasis on policy compliance and safety, value-added services like BizzyFlex (flexible cancellations) and BizzyPay (card-based payments), and strategic acquisitions supported by strong funding and B Corp certification. BizAway aims to streamline corporate travel, reduce costs, improve traveler safety, and give clients full visibility and control over their trips.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$77.4M
Headquarters
Spilimbergo, Italy
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- BizAway launched ÖBB booking in 2026, expanding rail inventory across Austria.
- Mayfair-backed expansion and BBVA financing support acquisitions and European market penetration.
- Headcount reached 450-plus in 2026, signaling continued hiring and product investment.
What critics are saying
- Navan and SAP Concur can outspend BizAway on enterprise distribution and integrations.
- Integrating Uniglobe Alliance Travel and Aervio strains execution during aggressive Benelux expansion.
- A travel demand shock or airline disruption can crush transaction volume and revenue fast.
What makes BizAway unique
- BizAway combines booking software, 24/7 human support, and in-platform travel management.
- BizzyPay and BizzyFlex deepen control over payments and last-minute cancellations.
- The Uniglobe Alliance Travel acquisition adds Dutch local relationships to proprietary technology.
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Benefits
- Company Equity
- Hybrid Work Options
- Flexible Work Hours
- Stock Options