Accounting Automation Engineer

Overview

This role involves automating repeatable, enterprise accounting operations across a multi-entity, multi-country environment using AI coding tools and agentic AI. The work focuses on replacing manual effort in core accounting processes—while ensuring accurate outputs through strong IFRS or US GAAP knowledge and human review only where judgment is required.

Responsibilities

Accounts payable

• Invoice capture and data extraction from PDFs and email, using AI where useful
• Vendor matching, coding suggestions, and 2-way/3-way PO matching
• Duplicate invoice detection and approval routing
• Payment run preparation and vendor statement reconciliation

Accounts receivable

• Invoice generation and delivery
• Cash application and bank receipt matching
• Aging reports, dunning and collections reminders
• Credit note handling and bad debt/ECL provision support

Reconciliations

• Bank and card reconciliations across all accounts and currencies
• Balance sheet account reconciliations (prepayments, accruals, deferred revenue, fixed assets)
• Intercompany and subledger-to-GL reconciliations
• Exception reports that flag only the items a human needs to review

Month-end close

• Close checklist tracking and scheduled reminders
• Recurring, accrual, prepayment and amortization journals
• Depreciation runs and FX revaluation
• Trial balance checks, flux/variance analysis, and draft commentary
• Management reporting packs

General accounting operations

• Expense report and employee reimbursement checks
• Chart of accounts and master data hygiene
• Audit support: evidence collection, PBC lists, sample extraction
• Data pipelines between ERP, banks, payment platforms and spreadsheets

Requirements

Core focus (must be demonstrated)

• Strong knowledge of IFRS or US GAAP
• Real experience with AI coding tools (ideally Claude Code), supported by solid engineering basics

Practical experience

You must be able to work through either of these paths (both are evaluated through the same practical test):

• An accountant who learned to code, or
• An engineer who learned accounting

In either case, demonstrate:

• Hands-on experience building automations with Python or JavaScript/TypeScript (either is fine)
• Daily, hands-on use of AI coding tools (ideally Claude Code), with solid engineering basics, shipping working scripts and agents
• Ability to run local scripts and schedule jobs (cron, task schedulers or CI pipelines)
• Comfort working with APIs and MCP servers, CSV/Excel data and basic SQL
• Care for accuracy, controls and audit trails

Accounting process experience

• Experience with core processes: AP, AR, bank reconciliation, month-end close

Credential/experience evidence (if applicable)

• Strong knowledge of IFRS or US GAAP, shown by ACCA, ACA, CPA or equivalent, or by several years of hands-on accounting experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in multi-entity or multi-currency environments, including intercompany and consolidation
• Experience reconciling payment processor statements across multiple jurisdictions and currencies
• Experience with shared cost services that invoice group companies, including complex expense splits and automated invoice generation
• Experience with an ERP and its API (which ERP does not matter)
• Experience building AI agents and agentic workflows, including tool use and MCP servers
• Knowledge of VAT/GST and e-invoicing rules in several jurisdictions
• Experience with Git, testing and basic cloud deployment
• Prior experience in a finance transformation or accounting operations team
• Additional languages, where entities operate in non-English markets

Compensation & Benefits

• Remote work environment
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid national holidays
• Company-provided MacBook (for employees who need them)
• Flexible independent contractor agreement, including benefits such as tax advantages, networking opportunities, reduced employment obligations, and flexibility to work from anywhere

Location

The role operates within the CET (Central European Time) zone. Applicants from any country are welcome to apply as long as they are located within approximately ± 4 hours of CET.

Interview Process

• Application review: typically 3 to 5 days (may take longer depending on volume)
• Recruiter Screening: 40 minutes
• Technical Interview: 90 minutes
• Final Interview: 60 minutes