Senior Director, Accounting & Controlling at Camunda

About Camunda

Camunda is the enterprise platform for agentic orchestration, enabling organizations to coordinate AI agents, people, and systems across complex, end-to-end business processes. With built-in governance, auditability, and human oversight, Camunda provides enterprises with the control needed to move AI from pilots to production-safely and at scale. Trusted by over 700 organizations worldwide, including 9 of the top 10 US banks, Camunda helps enterprises boost operational efficiency, accelerate time-to-value, and deliver superior customer experiences. As a fully remote and global company, we are currently transforming into an AI-first organization built on our own platform, utilizing Agentic AI to automate, orchestrate intelligent processes, and elevate human contribution across every team. Recognized on GP Bullhound’s Top 100 Next Unicorn list and certified as a 2025 Great Place to Work, we were also named a Visionary in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies and ranked 3rd in Flexa's 2026 Most Flexible Companies. We are growing fast and actively seeking top talent to join our team. If you seek meaningful work, visible impact, and a genuinely rare addition to your CV, we encourage you to apply.

About the Role

Camunda is looking for a Senior Director, Accounting & Controlling to lead and evolve our global Accounting function as we scale toward €500M Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who combines solid technical accounting depth with a genuine drive to build, automate, and improve; a leader who approaches complexity with an “I can figure this out” and “bias for action” mindset rather than defaulting to caution. You will be accountable for the full accounting engine: close, reporting, controls, and policy. But equally important is your ability to move at pace, partner credibly with Sales, Revenue Operations (RevOps), and the broader business, and exercise practical judgment that enables growth rather than slowing it down. This is not a role for someone who over-indexes on risk at the expense of momentum. A central part of this role is transformation. Camunda has an Enterprise Agentic Automation Team and a genuine appetite to modernize how Finance operates. We’re looking for someone who is energized by that opportunity, who sees AI-enabled automation not as a buzzword but as a lever they personally want to pull, in partnership with the teams around them. Camunda operates as a German GmbH consolidating under IFRS, with subsidiaries in the U.S., UK, and Singapore. Our core Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is NetSuite. This role reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and is a key member of the Finance leadership team. Team scope includes (15 FTE): Accounting Operations, Revenue Accounting, Group Reporting, Tax & Treasury, Global Payroll.

What You Will Do

Lead the Global Accounting Function

• Own the end-to-end accounting engine, including close, reporting, controls, and policy.
• Ensure accurate, timely IFRS reporting and strong audit outcomes.
• Build a scalable operating model across people, process, systems, and global footprint; own global payroll and treasury operations and controls.

Drive Practical Technical Accounting Judgment

• Serve as the in-house expert on complex accounting topics: revenue recognition, commissions, equity, payroll, intercompany, FX, treasury, and policy interpretation.
• Partner with Sales and RevOps to shape accounting treatment during deal design, commission structuring, pricing decisions, and global entity strategy.
• Translate accounting requirements into workable business solutions that balance growth, margin, and appropriate risk.

Build and Develop a High-Performing Team

• Hire, develop, and retain strong managers and individual contributors across a distributed organization.
• Create clear ownership, accountability, and succession depth across the team.
• Bring empathy and intentionality to your leadership, building a team culture where people grow and do their best work.

Lead Automation and Systems Transformation

• Champion and drive automation across accounting workflows in close partnership with Camunda’s Enterprise Agentic Automation Team.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to reduce manual effort, improve insight quality, and scale accounting capacity without proportionally scaling headcount.
• Mature the control environment progressively toward SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) readiness, with an eye toward future capital events.

Manage External Workstreams

• Lead auditors, tax advisors, payroll providers, and key external partners.
• Support major milestones including fundraising, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), or IPO readiness workstreams.

What You Bring

Leadership & Scope

• Meaningful experience leading an Accounting or Controller function in a complex, multi-entity, distributed environment—ideally at a high-growth, recurring-revenue software company of comparable scale and complexity to Camunda.
• Proven ability to lead through others while staying close enough to the work to exercise sound technical judgment.
• A track record of building teams with real depth, not just coverage—people who grow under your leadership.

Technical Expertise

• Strong technical accounting judgment with heavy experience in revenue transactions, commissions, equity, payroll, and intercompany structures.
• Meaningful exposure to fundraising rounds, M&A activity, and managing through external audits.
• IFRS experience is a plus but not a hard requirement; strong accounting fundamentals and the ability to learn quickly are most important.
• Familiarity with global payroll and multi-jurisdiction operations.

Systems & Automation Orientation

• Genuinely excited about automation and AI as tools for transforming how accounting teams operate—not just familiar with them in theory.
• Experience using modern tools to modernize workflows, reduce manual effort, and surface better insights.
• NetSuite experience is preferred; strong systems instincts matter more than any specific platform.

Mindset & Business Partnership

• An “I can figure it out” and “bias for action” orientation—someone who leans into ambiguity rather than waiting for perfect conditions.
• Practical judgment that allows you to be a real partner to Sales and the business—calibrating risk appropriately without defaulting to no.
• Comfortable with transformation: ideally, you’ve been part of a meaningful operational change and know what it takes to bring people along.
• Available to start your workday at 7am ET to support effective collaboration across distributed global teams; comfortable with asynchronous-first, Slack-first communication.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of people leadership experience in an Accounting or Controller function.
• CPA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification strongly preferred.
• Enterprise SaaS or software industry experience.
• Prior experience in remote-first or highly distributed organizations.
• Big 4 background, IPO experience, or M&A exposure are valued but not required.

What We Have to Offer

Compensation

We offer competitive, fair, and transparent compensation. Salary ranges are location-based, with Standard and Major markets (global tech hubs) reflecting local competition. The Annual Total Target Cash (base salary + 100% variable target, where applicable) shown below spans from the minimum in a Standard market to the maximum in a Major market. Final offers depend on skills, experience, and location, and we typically hire in the first half of the range to allow room for growth:

• United States: $225,900.00 to $364,300.00 USD
• United Kingdom: £141,800.00 to £233,300.00 GBP
• Singapore: S$280,600.00 to S$420,900.00 SGD
• Canada: C$239,900.00 to C$394,600.00 CAD

If you’re based elsewhere, you’ll be hired via Remote.com (our global employer partner), and your Talent Acquisition Partner will provide a personalized Total Rewards Calculator after your first interview. We also offer equity (where applicable) through our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).

Benefits & Perks

We invest in your wellbeing, growth, and ability to connect, along with perks that support you no matter where you’re based. Our benefits are globally designed and locally delivered where applicable.

• Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with the setup that suits you, home office budget, co-working space support, and flexible time off to recharge when you need it (Home Office Stipend).
• In Person Connection: We invest in meaningful face time through our Annual Kickoff (Vienna in 2025, Madrid in 2026!), team offsites, and Camundi Connection Budgets, including contributing to meetups while traveling, and local gatherings with fellow Camundi (Company Retreats).
• Health & Wellbeing: Access locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and our Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA), a flexible, global benefit that puts you in control of your whole life—from staying active, to caring for family, exploring personal passions, meaningful experiences, and investing in your financial wellbeing. The Live Well program launches in 2026 and scales to €1,000 annually from 2027 (Health Insurance, Wellness Programs).
• Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans (often with company contributions), plus life and disability insurance where relevant (401(k) / Retirement Plans).
• Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning: courses, certifications, books, you decide! (Learning Budget).

A Culture of Inclusion

“Everyone is welcome at Camunda”—it’s a celebrated component of our culture. We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our people. At Camunda, we honor diverse cultures and backgrounds and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristics under applicable law. We are looking forward to your application! Come join us and be part of Camunda’s incredible journey: Make an impact at a pivotal moment in our story!

AI in our Hiring Process

Camunda may use AI tools to aid the screening of applications and during the interview process. You can learn more here.