Finance Manager

About Hilo By Aktiia
High blood pressure is the world's most common disease, causing 18M deaths each year. At Hilo by Aktiia, we're building a world where no lives are lost to its effects — with technology that helps people take control of their health.

About Hilo By Aktiia
High blood pressure is the world's most common disease, causing 18M deaths each year. At Hilo by Aktiia, we're building a world where no lives are lost to its effects — with technology that helps people take control of their health.

Role Overview
As Finance Manager, you own the integrity of our financial records and help build the accounting backbone that enables Hilo to scale internationally.

You will own the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close across multiple legal entities, Group consolidation, VAT and financial compliance, and the supervision of day-to-day accounting activities. This is a hands‐on role where you will both oversee accounting processes and external providers and investigate complex accounting issues, reconciliations and transactions yourself.

You will also help make Finance more scalable by using automation and AI to reduce repetitive work, strengthen controls and move towards exception‐based accounting processes.

You report to the VP Finance and work closely with Finance, Operations, Sales, Growth and People, as well as external accountants, tax advisors and auditors across several jurisdictions.

Core Responsibilities
Accounting & Financial Close

Own the monthly, quarterly and annual closing process across the Group

Coordinate accounting across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions, ensuring consistent practices and timely reporting

Supervise the day-to-day accounting activities of a two‐person team, covering revenue, COGS, inventory, payroll, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and general ledger accounting

Review journal entries, account reconciliations, supporting documentation and balance sheet accounts, ensuring outstanding items are investigated and resolved

Maintain the closing calendar, responsibilities and controls, including appropriate cut‐off and accounting treatment across entities

Continuously improve the speed, quality and reliability of the close

Act as a key Finance contact for annual audits and reviews and provide required financial information and documentation

Partner closely with the FP&A team to ensure timely, accurate and consistent financial reporting and a clear understanding of financial performance

Group Consolidation

Own monthly Group consolidation across multiple entities and currencies

Manage intercompany entries, reconciliations and eliminations

Review foreign currency translation and other consolidation adjustments

Maintain the Group consolidation structure and consistency between local accounting and Group reporting

VAT, Tax & Compliance

Coordinate VAT compliance across the countries in which the Group operates and sells its products, including supervision of VAT returns and reconciliations

Ensure correct VAT treatment of D2C, B2B, ecommerce and subscription transactions

Coordinate other indirect tax obligations, including GST and sales tax where applicable

Support corporate income tax filings, tax provisions and other local tax requirements with external advisors

Maintain the compliance calendar and ensure financial and tax obligations are completed accurately and on time

Support transfer pricing, intercompany recharges and related documentation where required

Systems, Data & Controls

Own accounting and financial reporting processes within NetSuite and investigate system and accounting issues through to resolution

Improve automation across reconciliations, consolidation, reporting and recurring accounting activities

Ensure accurate financial data flows from ecommerce, logistics, payroll, banking and other operational systems into Finance

Identify process weaknesses and implement practical solutions

Document key Finance processes and accounting policies and ensure appropriate documentation and audit trails

AI, Automation & Process Improvement

Make AI and automation a core part of Finance operations, reducing manual work and enabling the team to focus on exceptions, judgement and higher‐value activities

Identify and automate recurring accounting, closing, reconciliati