Senior Accountant – Finance Operations (m/f/d)

Overview

The organization is seeking a finance & accounting professional to own day-to-day bookkeeping in a fast-growing, 100% remote AI consulting and development environment. The role supports agentic AI solution delivery for enterprise clients and involves working across multiple European markets with employees and freelancers, including coordination with local payroll providers and an external tax advisor.

Responsibilities

• Preparatory bookkeeping: Pre-code receipts and prepare items for ongoing bookkeeping handled by the external tax advisor.
• Receipt and invoice management: Collect receipts and incoming invoices, review them, and consistently follow up on open items.
• Correct allocation: Ensure expenses are assigned to the correct cost center and the correct account in the chart of accounts.
• Travel expense handling across Europe: Manage per diems (meal allowances), mileage allowances, and comparable expense rules for teams across European countries.
• Employees & freelancers (Europe): Apply or quickly learn Europe-wide controlling and accounting topics relevant to employees and freelancers.
• International payroll interface: Coordinate with local payroll providers and support salary payment processes.
• Cash flow support: Contribute to cash flow structures and reporting, keeping them up to date.
• Process setup: Independently identify gaps and set up finance processes and structures for an international, growing organization.

Requirements

• Experience: 4+ years of professional experience in finance & accounting.
• Language: German at a fluent professional level (C1/C2), including German accounting and tax terminology; English at least B1.
• DATEV and accounts knowledge: Very good DATEV skills and a solid understanding of the chart of accounts and correct account assignment.
• Tool flexibility: Ability to quickly get up to speed with other systems (e.g., Odoo).
• End-to-end ownership: Proven ability to own finance and accounting topics end-to-end without day-to-day guidance.
• Decision-making in ambiguity: Comfortable working in gray areas and making good decisions even without complete information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completed commercial vocational training or a degree with a focus on finance, accounting, or controlling.
• Understanding of how a balance sheet should be structured to be meaningful for investors, ideally through experience in a tax advisory firm or similar environment.
• Exposure to controlling topics such as cost centers, forecasts, or project margins.
• Motivated, proactive, and creative mindset with a hands-on approach to build and improve processes.

Compensation & Benefits

• 100% remote work in an international team.
• Flat structures with direct access to the Head of Finance and founders.
• Opportunity to shape and build the finance infrastructure of an AI scale-up.

Location

• Remote (based in Munich context; works across multiple European countries).