Senior Financial Accountant

Key responsibilities

• Own the month-end close across multiple entities, managing journals, accruals, reconciliations, and reporting strictly to the group timetable.
• Own balance sheet integrity, with a specific focus on payroll and employment costs.
• Act as the internal client for outsourced accounting, payroll, and EOR platforms.
• Review output, hold them to SLAs, and review/approve payroll across our US, UK, Spanish, Latvian, and EOR entities to meet statutory deadlines.
• Prepare and post payroll/employment cost journals into the ERP, ensuring data integrity between our HRIS and payroll providers.
• Provide detailed analysis and actionable commentary on Operating Expenses and other critical areas of the P&L.
• Lead the charge on documenting and improving workflows.
• You will transition manual reviews into risk-based, threshold-driven controls.
• Support annual audits and statutory reporting alongside our auditors and outsourced providers.
• What You — Must Have
• 5+ years in a hands-on accounting role within a SaaS or tech company, including payroll accounting processes (journals, accruals, and control account reconciliations), month-end close, and balance sheet reconciliations across multiple entities.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent), or qualified by extensive relevant experience.
• Experience acting as the internal client for external accounting, payroll, or EOR providers — reviewing their output and holding them accountable for accuracy and compliance.
• A strong accounting foundation is important, alongside experience working with one or more of these provider models.
• Solid working knowledge of multi-country payroll and payroll-to-GL processes (journals, accruals, and control account reconciliations).
• Accounting ERP experience and highly advanced Excel/Google Sheet skills.
• Comfort leveraging AI and automation tools in your day-to-day work, proactively exploring how AI-driven workflows can reduce manual effort and improve controls.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• It's a Plus If You Have
• Wider EU payroll exposure.
• Experience with EOR providers (Oyster, Deel, Remote, Papaya).
• Experience migrating to or implementing a cloud ERP.
• Experience with Rillet, Ramp, Stripe or Xero.
• Our Benefits 💰 Competitive salary and employee stock options. 🌍 Fully remote setup with flexible working hours. 🏢 Co-working budget for those days you want a change from your home office. 🌴 Flexible vacation policy to recharge when you need to. 🖥️ Home office setup budget: monitor, desk, ergonomics, whatever helps you do your best work. 📚 Learning & development budget to grow your skills and career. 🏥 Health insurance to keep you covered. 🧘 Wellness allowance to support your mental and physical well-being. 🤝 Great startup culture: remote but close-knit, with regular retreats and social events to stay connected.
• We are committed to a culture of inclusion and equal opportunities.
• Therefore, we welcome applications from people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, relationship, marital, or civil partnership statuses, racial identities, national or ethnic origins, religious beliefs, ages, and disability statuses.
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