Regional Head of Accounting & Tax

About the role

GoGlobal is looking for a Regional Head of Accounting & Tax, a Managing Director-level leadership role reporting to the Chief Delivery Officer. The role owns the Accounting & Tax (A&T) product end to end, including its global scope, standards, commercial logic, processes and economics, and acts as the senior product and delivery voice for A&T in the market. The workplace is remote.

Key responsibilities

• Own the growth agenda for A&T (revenue, win rate, retention, expansion) and act as the senior, client-facing product authority, partnering with Revenue and Sales on opportunities, scope and pricing.
• Define regional scope, service definitions, standards, SLAs and compliance expectations, and drive consistent delivery across regions.
• Act as subject-matter expert on market trends and customer demand, shaping the product roadmap and delivery model (in-house, outsourced, automated).
• Set the regional operating model and process standards, approve processes and SOPs, and support the enterprise AI direction.
• Own product-level cost-to-serve, make trade-offs on scope, automation and sourcing, and diagnose cost pressures with Finance.
• Lead the Outsourcing Control leads, mentor them and arbitrate cross-regional disagreements.
• Set the regional compliance posture (IFRS, local GAAP, tax legislation, statutory reporting) and engage with internal and external audit.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field; CPA, CA, ACCA or equivalent preferred; MBA or equivalent a plus.
• 15+ years in accounting, tax or finance operations, with at least 5 years owning a product, service line or regional/global function end to end.
• Managing Director-level leadership experience and a track record of driving growth.
• Experience running a service-line P&L and leading senior delivery and product leaders across multiple regions.
• Strong client-facing and business-development capability, and experience in a global outsourced accounting, Big-4 advisory or global business services environment is preferred.

Required skills

• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, local GAAP, tax legislation and statutory reporting across APAC, EMEA and ideally the Americas.
• Designing service standards, commercial logic (packaging, bundling, premiums) and pricing frameworks.
• Financial modelling, scenario analysis and unit economics.
• Proficiency in accounting platforms, especially Xero, and other ERPs such as QuickBooks, SAP or Oracle.