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Accounting & Finance
Espoo, Finland
Posted on Aug 12, 2025
Finance · IXI, Espoo

Financial Controller

At IXI, we’re on a mission to transform the way the world sees. Our IXI Adaptive Eyewear is revolutionizing the eyewear industry, bringing cutting-edge technology to vision correction. Our glasses are equipped with dynamic lenses, intelligent frames, and real-time gaze recognition, providing naturally sharp vision in any situation.

Our team of experts in optics, medical device engineering, consumer electronics, and design is united by a common goal: to break the limits of traditional eyewear and change the way glasses are made.

Join our team as a Financial Controller

We’re looking for a practical, detail-oriented, and motivated Financial Controller to join our Finance team. This is our first controller hire, giving you a unique opportunity to shape your role, influence how we work, and build processes from the ground up. You will report directly to our CFO and work closely with our external accounting team, supply chain, and auditors.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing procedures and reporting.
  • Oversee our external accounting team handling accounting, payroll, and tax operations.
  • Manage day-to-day financial operations - AR, AP, expenses, treasury, and payroll - for both our parent company and our lens manufacturing subsidiary.
  • Conduct financial analysis and provide recommendations to improve performance.
  • Develop financial processes, controls, and purchasing practices in collaboration with our supply chain team.
  • Participate in financial planning and budgeting.
  • Act as the main user and admin for our financial systems and tools.
  • Serve as the primary contact for external auditors.
  • Prepare and manage Business Finland and EIC project reports.

We’re looking for someone with:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  • Strong technical knowledge of FAS accounting and tax.
  • At least 3 years of experience in a similar role.
  • A motivated, process-development mindset.
  • Excellent communication skills, with fluency in Finnish and English.
  • Experience with NetSuite and/or Oscar ERP.
  • Experience in the hardware business is a plus.

What we offer:

  • A key role at a deep tech company that is truly disrupting the eyewear market – now backed by $36.5M in Series A funding.
  • Work with an innovative, growth-minded and international 60-person team that values openness, creativity and collaboration.
  • Dynamic startup work environment with minimal bureaucracy and flexible working arrangements.
  • Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package, including extended healthcare and benefits for lunch, sports, recreation, massage, and commuting.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and career development.
  • The freedom to select the tools and methods that help you to work effectively.

Ready to join IXI?

If this opportunity excites you, we want to hear from you! Submit your CV and cover letter today—don’t wait. We’ll close the position once we’ve found the right candidate.

Join us in our mission to disrupt the €200 billion global eyewear market and transform the way the world sees.

Department
Finance
Role
Financial Controller
Locations
IXI, Espoo

About IXI

We're on a mission to change how the world sees. IXI was founded on a simple premise: to create eyewear that delivers optimal vision in every situation.

Using cutting-edge technology, IXI glasses intelligently adapt to your eye movements, automatically focusing to help you see more and sharper— all within beautifully designed frames.

Our first-generation product is currently in development. Want to be among the first to try it? Sign up for early access here.

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