Global Controller - US GAAP / SOX in London

Who are we? In 2017, after more than ten years in the lift industry across Europe and Asia, Benoît Dupont noticed a system stuck in its ways where speed takes priority over quality and frontline teams remain invisible. With Jade Francine and Tristan Foureur, he founded WeMaintain to put technology, trust and people back at the heart of building maintenance. Their ambition: give technicians back their autonomy, rely on in-house IoT technology, and deliver a service designed for users and clients. Based in Paris, London, Singapore and Hong Kong, we maintain lifts, escalators, automatic doors and fire safety systems. With 300+ employees, we combine on-the-ground expertise with data-driven management to deliver high-performing, transparent, and sustainable maintenance. We don’t just maintain buildings. We transform how they’re operated.

Why join us? Because here, you don’t have to choose between autonomy and stability. Large groups often offer stability, but little room to manoeuvre. Smaller organisations allow more freedom, but sometimes without clear direction. At WeMaintain, we strike the right balance:

• Real autonomy, with modern tools and strong support
• A culture built on trust, transparency and respect
• Genuine opportunities for growth and internal mobility
• A team that values commitment, perseverance and the drive to make things happen

And our values guide us every day:

• Care: Working with respect and kindness, internally as well as with our customers
• Grit: Seeing things through, with high standards and determination
• Uniqueness: Daring to be yourself, sharing your ideas and challenging the status quo

Who we’re looking for? We are looking for a Global Controller to join our Group Finance organisation, based in Paris or London. Originally built as a VC-backed technology scale-up, WeMaintain is now majority-owned by a global US-listed industry leader. This new chapter requires WeMaintain to preserve the agility and ownership culture of a scale-up while progressively adopting the accounting, reporting and internal control standards expected in a listed-company environment. We are therefore strengthening our Group Finance organisation with a senior Global Controller. Reporting directly to David, the Group CFO, you will lead WeMaintain’s controllership function and be responsible for the integrity, quality and control of the Group’s financial reporting. You will supervise the Group Accounting function and provide accounting and reporting leadership across WeMaintain’s international entities. You will ensure that monthly and quarterly closes, financial reporting, accounting judgments, balance sheet reconciliations and revenue recognition processes meet appropriate standards of completeness, accuracy, documentation and review. The role will also lead WeMaintain’s readiness for US GAAP reporting, SOX / internal control over financial reporting requirements and quarterly public-company certification processes. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role suited to an experienced Controller who combines strong technical accounting expertise with the ability to build practical processes in a fast-growing international business.

Your day-to-day at WeMaintain As our Global Controller, you will:

• Lead group controllership and accounting quality
• Lead the Group controllership framework and supervise the Group Head of Accounting
• Establish clear accounting policies, close procedures, review standards and escalation rules across all entities
• Own the governance of the monthly and quarterly financial close
• Review and challenge significant accounting entries, accruals, reserves, revenue schedules, estimates and accounting judgments
• Ensure key balance sheet accounts are reconciled, reviewed and appropriately supported
• Monitor accounting quality across countries and drive timely remediation of identified issues
• Develop the Accounting organisation and raise technical accounting and reporting capabilities across the Finance team

Lead financial reporting and quarterly certification

• Lead the preparation and quality review of WeMaintain financial information submitted for Group monthly and quarterly reporting
• Ensure financial reporting is complete, accurate, appropriately documented and supported by effective review controls
• Coordinate Finance inputs supporting quarterly CEO / CFO and business-unit certification processes
• Maintain visibility over significant accounting matters, reporting exceptions, control deficiencies and remediation actions
• Ensure appropriate escalation of significant transactions, unusual items, contingencies and post-close events

Lead US GAAP and technical accounting

• Lead the identification, assessment and documentation of differences between local accounting standards and US GAAP
• Establish accounting positions and supporting documentation for significant or judgmental transactions, with support from Group Controllership and external advisors where appropriate
• Oversee key technical accounting topics including revenue recognition, contract accounting, leases, provisions, intercompany matters and consolidation
• Ensure accounting policies are consistently applied across jurisdictions

Strengthen internal control over financial reporting / SOX