Director of Finance

Empatica is a full-stack digital healthcare company and a pioneer in digital biomarker development and continuous patient monitoring driven by AI. Our platform consists of medical-grade smartwatches, software, physiological and behavioral digital biomarkers. Together they enable the continuous remote monitoring of human health across a range of conditions, through clinical-quality digital measurements.

Your ultimate call is to improve lives around the world, as part of a cross-functional teams who share knowledge and are eager to keep learning and pushing to create top-notch products that have a meaningful impact.

If you are looking to join a fast-paced growth environment and do meaningful work that can make a true impact in the world, then keep reading. 

As a Director of Finance, you’ll be the keeper of Empatica’s financial structure, ensuring sound accounting, transparent reporting, and scalable financial systems. You’ll lead the design and execution of best-in-class processes across our global footprint, shaping the backbone of a fast-growing, international health tech company.

You’ll oversee all accounting and finance operations, ensuring compliance with multiple frameworks (such as US, Italian and international GAAP), while enabling the business to scale efficiently and confidently.

You’ll manage an international and highly skilled Finance team, fostering collaboration, growth, and excellence within a dynamic and diverse environment. As a pivotal figure within the organization, you’ll act as a key point of reference for multiple managers and teams across departments, ensuring financial alignment and strategic support throughout the group.

You will be responsible for identifying areas of improvement but also taking the initiative to establish and implement those changes.

We need somebody exceptionally skilled to manage our complex structure, which spans across 2 continents following the recent acquisition of PKG Health.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (Master’s or CPA is a plus).
• 5+ years of experience in Corporate Finance, Accounting, or Big 4 auditing.
• Deep understanding of bookkeeping and accounting principles and practices across multiple frameworks (such as US GAAP, Italian and international GAAP) for both products and services.
• Proven experience managing audits, tax filings, and international tax structures.
• Solid grasp of equity compensation (company valuation, stock options).
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Superb organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proven people management skills.
• Tech-savvy — experienced in modern financial tools and ERP systems.
• Excellent written and spoken English; other languages are a plus.
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams, including marketing, sales, product, engineering, HR, and more.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain productive relationships with external professionals, such as auditors and insurance providers/brokers.
• Collaborative, proactive, and passionate about scaling a global, mission-driven company.

Some important details:

• Empatica operates in an international environment with presence in Europe, the US, and Korea. All work is conducted in English.
• We are operating a hybrid model where our employees choose whether to work from home or come to the office, however, please note that this position is not fully remote and in-person presence at the office is necessary.

You will join a fast-growing, international, and diverse team of 120+ talented people who care passionately about what we do and the difference we are making in the world. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with colleagues across all levels of the organization, no matter their seniority, and learn from the people who built the business and our products.

If you jump on board, we can guarantee it won't be an easy ride, but it will be one of the most rewarding experiences in your career, one that will allow you to learn a lot, have true ownership of your work, and test your whole skillset on multiple projects which are helping thousands of people worldwide.

Read our blog post and find out some reasons why we love working at Empatica.

At Empatica we embrace diversity and inclusion. We have colleagues from 30 different countries, while over 50% of our team is women (double the tech average!). We believe this makes Empatica a more exciting and stimulating place to work, and brings different points of view to the table while fostering a spirit of communication, collaboration, and care, where everyone’s opinion and thoughts matter.

• 🧠 Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company in one of the hottest areas of tech
• 💰 Competitive salary
• 📈 Employee stock options - we want everyone who joins us to own part of the company and our success
• 📍 We have offices in Milan City Center and Downtown Boston
• 🏥 Health Insurance
• 🏋️‍♀️ Wellhub membership with access to gyms, online classes, personal training sessions, and nutrition plans
• 🤍 Membership for mental health and wellness platforms
• 🥗 Free healthy lunch every day
• 🤓 Free Kindle and books
• 🕰️ Flexible working hours
• 🧑‍🎓 Personal learning and development budget
• 👀 Much more…

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