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Believe is a global artist development company. We empower local artists, labels and publishers to grow their audiences at each stage of their careers with expertise, respect, fairness and transparency.
Operating in 50+ countries, with more than 2,000 employees, Believe covers a full range of services including audience development, publishing, marketing and distribution, with a tailor-made approach to fit any artist, label or publisher.
Believe champions independence and innovation through a unique model that combines local expertise with a global tech platform, delivering exclusive solutions for artists to promote and monetize their music thanks to strategic partnerships with leading global digital service providers.
With a leading portfolio of brands that includes Nuclear Blast, naĂŻve, TuneCore, Groove Attack, Sentric, AllPoints and Byond, Believe artists generated more than 800 billion streams worldwide in 2024 across all genres, and were recognized with more than 70 leading industry awards.
Believe is a simplified joint-stock company under French law.
Ready to set the tone with Believe?
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Finance leader managing a scope of entities in the Americas, supporting the finance performance analysis and improvement of the area in connection with corporate teams and regional/local general and business management.
In a changing and international environment, you are expected to handle the compliance of the entities of your scope (including accounting, financial & tax compliance, …) while supporting the evolution of the finance framework (processes, practices, tools).
Partner to the general management, business and other support services teams, you will be required to actively use your finance expertise to support regional projects and framework evolution.
Responsibilities:
Scope:
- Manage several operating legal entities in the Americas Region
- Support financial performance analysis and associated tasks for the Americas Region
- Support financial processes, practices and tools changes for the Americas Region
- Actively contribute to regional projects and framework evolution
Accounting/Controlling:
- Oversee maintenance of day-to-day accounting on SAGE for several legal entities in the Americas scope
- Review general ledger entries and balances, understand trends and challenge any anomalies
- Review and approve monthly Trial Balance, Balance Sheet & P&L reports
- Finalisation and reporting of accounts on monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis
- Ensure compliance with local GAAPs
- Assist corporate teams on need basis for global consolidation of accounts
- Coordinate/monitor auditors for all scope entities for completion of limited reviews and year-end audit
- Coordinate/monitor any work engaged with various consultants for various statutory activities and other consulting services connected to the finance scope
- Provide Regional & Local Management with quality financial analysis for financial results and other related activities
- Manage and develop financial controls and systems in coordination with corporate teams
- Manage finance aspects of any forecasting proceeding (budget, reforecast, …)
Treasury:
- Manage bank operability with corporate treasury team
- Manage payment processes
- Monitor and manage funding needs
Compliance:
- Statutory, regulatory and tax compliance (e.g. yearly Financial Statements, VAT, corporate income tax, …) with the support of an external firm
- Independently handling, with an external firm support, the statutory/tax/transfer pricing audits
- Coordinate/monitor communication and relationship with local administrations
Others:
- Manage relationship with third-parties service providers related to support activities (accounting, compliance, …)
- Support business teams in their needs on financial/administrative topics (review of invoices, administrative procedures understanding, …)
- Support Regional Management on any of their request for all scope related to finance
- Support projects and requests from other departments, units and subsidiaries of the Company for various activities
- Monitor current and explored business transactions to provide guidance to stakeholders both from accounting and compliance perspective
- Identify and address control issues, errors and efficiency opportunities
- Manage a small team of accountants
- Continuously improve finance processes, practices and tools to gain efficiency
- Support on various types of finance reviews and analyses for regional projects (M&A included)
- Support the development and improvement of the Americas framework in connection to internal stakeholders (HR, Legal, Business, …)
- Experience in new legal entity creation (finance perspective)
- M&A integration support and/or takeover on financial aspects
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Education – Finance/Audit/Accounting master degree
- 10-years minimum of Experience in various finance responsibilities (accounting-controlling-financial compliance) with at least one significant experience (one-year minimum) as Finance Director of entities
- Experience in Finance team management
- Experience in major audit firms appreciated
- Experience of financial processes, reporting and control improvements
- Ability to manage a small team, performing tasks and managing third-party provider as well meeting deadline and strive to continuously improve the quality
- Capacity to work in an international environment with a headquarter in another Country and manage team remotely
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment such as lack of well-defined procedures and changing work mix
- Autonomy over identifying and proceeding with tasks beyond the ones assigned by corporate
- Fluent written and verbal communication in English and people skill is essential. Ability to independently communicate with senior leaders in the business
- Understanding of the broad financial activities is key (from accounting to compliance including controlling …) and knowledge on other support activities will be important to support other services with your expertise
- Ability to strive for success in a varied international culture environment
- Spanish and Portuguese preferred
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Working At Believe
Set the tone with us.
Working at Believe means having individual and collective impact in a fast-growing company!
At all stages of their careers, Believers are an important part of what we are doing: shaping the future of the music industry.
We need teams that truly reflect the diversity of our clients: our international presence is an inspiring and enriching work environment for each one of us, with daily opportunities to connect with our colleagues all over the world.
We have two hearts at Believe – our People and our Artists.
We believe in THE POWER OF OUR PEOPLE, who grow every day to develop their potential… We aim to provide our Believers with the best environment to thrive.
ROCK THE JOB
- Tailor-made training and coaching program
- Remote working policy
- A wellness program “Pauses” with many activities and animations in-house
- Access to Eutelmed, a digital mental health and well-being platform that allows you to speak with an experienced psychologist
- A healthy and eco-responsible company restaurant
- Individual or family health insurance
SING IN HARMONY
- Ambassador program: an employee volunteering initiative dedicated to all Believers interested in having a positive impact on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), wellbeing and the planet.
- Implementation of the sustainable mobility package “Forfait mobilité durable” => Reimbursement of up to 600€ for public transport/low carbon footprint
- 5 calendar days 2nd parent leave with 100% pay (in addition to the legal paternity or adoption leave)
INTRODUCTION
Believe is a global artist development company. We empower local artists, labels and publishers to grow their audiences at each stage of their careers with expertise, respect, fairness and transparency.
Operating in 50+ countries, with more than 2,000 employees, Believe covers a full range of services including audience development, publishing, marketing and distribution, with a tailor-made approach to fit any artist, label or publisher.
Believe champions independence and innovation through a unique model that combines local expertise with a global tech platform, delivering exclusive solutions for artists to promote and monetize their music thanks to strategic partnerships with leading global digital service providers.
With a leading portfolio of brands that includes Nuclear Blast, naĂŻve, TuneCore, Groove Attack, Sentric, AllPoints and Byond, Believe artists generated more than 800 billion streams worldwide in 2024 across all genres, and were recognized with more than 70 leading industry awards.
Believe is a simplified joint-stock company under French law.
Ready to set the tone with Believe?
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Finance leader managing a scope of entities in the Americas, supporting the finance performance analysis and improvement of the area in connection with corporate teams and regional/local general and business management.
In a changing and international environment, you are expected to handle the compliance of the entities of your scope (including accounting, financial & tax compliance, …) while supporting the evolution of the finance framework (processes, practices, tools).
Partner to the general management, business and other support services teams, you will be required to actively use your finance expertise to support regional projects and framework evolution.
Responsibilities:
Scope:
- Manage several operating legal entities in the Americas Region
- Support financial performance analysis and associated tasks for the Americas Region
- Support financial processes, practices and tools changes for the Americas Region
- Actively contribute to regional projects and framework evolution
Accounting/Controlling:
- Oversee maintenance of day-to-day accounting on SAGE for several legal entities in the Americas scope
- Review general ledger entries and balances, understand trends and challenge any anomalies
- Review and approve monthly Trial Balance, Balance Sheet & P&L reports
- Finalisation and reporting of accounts on monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis
- Ensure compliance with local GAAPs
- Assist corporate teams on need basis for global consolidation of accounts
- Coordinate/monitor auditors for all scope entities for completion of limited reviews and year-end audit
- Coordinate/monitor any work engaged with various consultants for various statutory activities and other consulting services connected to the finance scope
- Provide Regional & Local Management with quality financial analysis for financial results and other related activities
- Manage and develop financial controls and systems in coordination with corporate teams
- Manage finance aspects of any forecasting proceeding (budget, reforecast, …)
Treasury:
- Manage bank operability with corporate treasury team
- Manage payment processes
- Monitor and manage funding needs
Compliance:
- Statutory, regulatory and tax compliance (e.g. yearly Financial Statements, VAT, corporate income tax, …) with the support of an external firm
- Independently handling, with an external firm support, the statutory/tax/transfer pricing audits
- Coordinate/monitor communication and relationship with local administrations
Others:
- Manage relationship with third-parties service providers related to support activities (accounting, compliance, …)
- Support business teams in their needs on financial/administrative topics (review of invoices, administrative procedures understanding, …)
- Support Regional Management on any of their request for all scope related to finance
- Support projects and requests from other departments, units and subsidiaries of the Company for various activities
- Monitor current and explored business transactions to provide guidance to stakeholders both from accounting and compliance perspective
- Identify and address control issues, errors and efficiency opportunities
- Manage a small team of accountants
- Continuously improve finance processes, practices and tools to gain efficiency
- Support on various types of finance reviews and analyses for regional projects (M&A included)
- Support the development and improvement of the Americas framework in connection to internal stakeholders (HR, Legal, Business, …)
- Experience in new legal entity creation (finance perspective)
- M&A integration support and/or takeover on financial aspects
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Education – Finance/Audit/Accounting master degree
- 10-years minimum of Experience in various finance responsibilities (accounting-controlling-financial compliance) with at least one significant experience (one-year minimum) as Finance Director of entities
- Experience in Finance team management
- Experience in major audit firms appreciated
- Experience of financial processes, reporting and control improvements
- Ability to manage a small team, performing tasks and managing third-party provider as well meeting deadline and strive to continuously improve the quality
- Capacity to work in an international environment with a headquarter in another Country and manage team remotely
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment such as lack of well-defined procedures and changing work mix
- Autonomy over identifying and proceeding with tasks beyond the ones assigned by corporate
- Fluent written and verbal communication in English and people skill is essential. Ability to independently communicate with senior leaders in the business
- Understanding of the broad financial activities is key (from accounting to compliance including controlling …) and knowledge on other support activities will be important to support other services with your expertise
- Ability to strive for success in a varied international culture environment
- Spanish and Portuguese preferred
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Working At Believe
Set the tone with us.
Working at Believe means having individual and collective impact in a fast-growing company!
At all stages of their careers, Believers are an important part of what we are doing: shaping the future of the music industry.
We need teams that truly reflect the diversity of our clients: our international presence is an inspiring and enriching work environment for each one of us, with daily opportunities to connect with our colleagues all over the world.
We have two hearts at Believe – our People and our Artists.
We believe in THE POWER OF OUR PEOPLE, who grow every day to develop their potential… We aim to provide our Believers with the best environment to thrive.
ROCK THE JOB
- Tailor-made training and coaching program
- Remote working policy
- A wellness program “Pauses” with many activities and animations in-house
- Access to Eutelmed, a digital mental health and well-being platform that allows you to speak with an experienced psychologist
- A healthy and eco-responsible company restaurant
- Individual or family health insurance
SING IN HARMONY
- Ambassador program: an employee volunteering initiative dedicated to all Believers interested in having a positive impact on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), wellbeing and the planet.
- Implementation of the sustainable mobility package “Forfait mobilité durable” => Reimbursement of up to 600€ for public transport/low carbon footprint
- 5 calendar days 2nd parent leave with 100% pay (in addition to the legal paternity or adoption leave)
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Head Of Finance
Align your credentials to U.S. standards
An Australian three-year bachelor's degree in finance or accounting is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree for E-3 purposes. Gather your transcripts and have them ready before you begin outreach to U.S. employers.
Target employers with active finance hiring
Focus on U.S. companies that regularly hire senior finance leadership rather than those advertising sponsorship generically. CFO searches at mid-market firms and public companies carry higher E-3 approval rates because the specialty occupation case is straightforward for Head of Finance roles.
Frame sponsorship as a low-burden process
Many U.S. finance hiring managers assume visa sponsorship means H-1B lottery risk. Explain upfront that the E-3 has no lottery, no cap anxiety, and requires only an LCA filed with DOL before your consulate appointment. That reframe moves most objections quickly.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for the paperwork
Once you have an offer, the LCA and consulate preparation can stall timelines if handled ad hoc. Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service manages the entire process from offer to consulate appointment, so your start date stays on track and your employer isn't left navigating DOL requirements alone.
Negotiate offer timing around LCA certification
DOL certifies LCAs within seven business days in most cases, but your employer needs to post a public notice for ten business days before filing. Build at least three to four weeks between signed offer and target start date to absorb this without pressure.
Prepare CPA or CA documentation before interviews
If you hold a Chartered Accountant designation or CPA qualification, bring official certification letters and transcripts to your consulate appointment. Consular officers reviewing Head of Finance applications sometimes request evidence that your credentials meet the specialty occupation threshold beyond the degree alone.
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Find Head Of Finance JobsHead Of Finance E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Head of Finance jobs in the U.S. that offer E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for U.S. roles with E-3 sponsorship. Rather than filtering through general job boards that don't track visa support, Migrate Mate surfaces Head of Finance openings at employers who are already open to E-3 candidates, saving you from spending weeks on outreach to companies that won't sponsor.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Head of Finance role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes. Head of Finance roles require at minimum a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a closely related field, which meets USCIS's specialty occupation standard. The role involves applying theoretical and practical knowledge in highly specialized areas like financial reporting, treasury management, and regulatory compliance, all of which support a strong specialty occupation case.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for a Head of Finance hire?
The E-3 has no annual lottery, so your employer can sponsor you at any time of year with a predictable outcome. H-1B registrations are subject to a random lottery with roughly a 25% selection rate. For a senior finance role where the hiring timeline matters, the E-3 removes the single largest source of sponsorship uncertainty your employer would otherwise face.
Can I change companies while on an E-3 as a Head of Finance?
Yes, but you need a new LCA certified by DOL and a new visa stamp before starting with the new employer. Unlike H-1B portability rules, the E-3 doesn't allow you to begin work on an application-pending basis. You'll need to attend a fresh consulate appointment in Australia or a third country before your new role begins.
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