Global Controller

• Own end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for all global entities
• Establish close calendars, checklists, and quality gates to reduce cycle time
• Establish and enforce US GAAP and local statutory GAAP accounting policies and procedures
• Prepare consolidated and entity-level financial statements, management reporting packages, and Board/Audit Committee materials
• Lead statutory and regulatory reporting across operating jurisdictions
• Serve as primary contact for external auditors and manage audits and interim reviews
• Direct billing, invoicing, collections, cash application, accounts payable, travel and expense, payroll, royalty payments, and sales commission processing
• Design and implement internal and operational controls, including SOX-equivalent rigor
• Manage cash forecasting, intercompany settlements, and working capital optimization with the CFO
• Oversee distribution waterfall calculations, Tax Quarterly Distributions, and trigger-event-related payments
• Oversee direct tax compliance and planning, including U.S. federal and state income tax, international filings, transfer pricing, and partnership tax reporting
• Manage indirect tax functions including sales and use tax, VAT/GST, and other transaction taxes
• Partner with external tax advisors and Member tax teams
• Build, lead, and develop a global accounting and financial operations team of up to 50 professionals
• Lead selection, implementation, and optimization of ERP, general ledger, consolidation, billing, payroll, and reporting systems
• Own the finance technology roadmap
• Drive automation, RPA, AI, and machine learning applications in finance
• Establish scalable shared-services and center-of-excellence models
• Evaluate in-house versus outsourced finance functions
• Build and manage the Audit Committee relationship
• Collaborate with the CFO on Board reporting and shareholder communications
• Manage finance-process migration from Thomson Reuters shared services to standalone JV capabilities during the Transition Services Agreement period

• Minimum 15 years of progressive accounting and financial operations experience, with significant tenure in a controllership or equivalent leadership role
• Active CPA license (or international equivalent)
• Experience at a small to mid-size company, ideally building or substantially transforming accounting and financial operations
• Ability to manage global teams of up to 50 people across multiple countries, time zones, and cultures
• Hands‑on expertise across monthly close, financial and statutory reporting, billing, collections, cash application, payroll, accounts payable, travel and expense, royalties, and commissions
• Strong command of direct and indirect tax compliance and planning in a multi‑jurisdictional environment
• Experience leading ERP and financial system implementations end‑to‑end
• Track record of designing and deploying automation, RPA, and AI‑driven finance solutions
• Experience managing Audit Committee, external auditor, and Board‑level relationships
• Ability to manage people, process, and technology simultaneously
• Big Four public accounting experience (preferred)
• Joint venture, private‑equity‑backed, or sponsor‑controlled environment experience (preferred)
• Publishing, media, or content‑licensing business model familiarity (preferred)
• Partnership tax reporting and waterfall‑based distribution structure experience (preferred)
• Experience standing up finance functions, hiring teams, selecting systems, and writing policies from the ground up (preferred)
• Global operator mindset respecting local statutory, tax, and operational realities (preferred)
• Ability to lead major ERP or financial system implementations through post‑go‑live optimization (preferred)

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