Accounting Lead (m/f/x)

We are an early-stage company operating at the interception of high-growth startup and private equity investments.

We constantly work towards creating a profitable growth company that is a great place to work. To achieve this, we have already brought together a world-class team, with previous experience in consulting, private equity, venture capital and entrepreneurship.

We encourage our employees to take ownership, embrace collaboration and constantly challenge the status quo. To support our mission we have recently raised capital from AAA VC funds and angel investors experienced in building unicorn ventures.

As our Head of Accounting, you will have the chance to join our company just after moving into new international markets and growing our business significantly. You will strongly professionalize our finance organization and collaborate with the management team.

Tasks

You will have an impact on:

• Lead all our accounting efforts and further develop the accounting and controls set-up to facilitate our international expansion into 5+ European countries
• This involves our monthly books close, annual financial statements, consolidation across multiple entities, as well as internal and external reporting preparation
• Further ownership of banking/treasury, accounts payable/receivable, and tax areas
• Close collaboration with our external tax offices, likely taking the accounting in-house and implementing an ERP solution in the next 6-12 months
• Hire, train, and manage a capable and efficient accounting team across all our markets
• Act as the internal POC for all financial questions as well as contribute to cross-functional projects

Requirements

What you will add:

• Demonstrated experience in successfully building up and leading the Accounting function, ideally in a high-growth startup environment
• 5-8y+ years of experience in financial accounting, audit/assurance, management consulting or similar
• Strong understanding of German HGB accounting as well as IFRS
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic professional environment
• A structured, results-oriented, and self-driven way of approaching tasks
• Fluency in English and German

Benefits

Our current benefits:

• Work Environment & Support: flexible work set-up combining office & remote work, flexible working hours
• Foods & Beverage: free drinks, fruit and veggie baskets, beer, and pizza after All Hands
• Health: Subsidized Qualitrain Subscription (includes: unlimited Beat81 classes, Holmes Place, Yoga studios, Boulder Halls, etc.)
• Laptop choice: possible to choose between Windows Lenovo or Macbook
• Entertainment: quarterly team events, Christmas party, summer party, budget for employee's birthday
• Traveling: Opportunity to visit our Berlin HQ
• Ownership of the company through our stock option program

What it means to join our Team:

You will be part of a hungry group of high-performance and experienced people from all domains. We will care for you and challenge you directly to become the best professional version of yourself. We believe in a culture of trusted ownership, caring meritocracy and constructive feedback where we elevate each other and challenge the status quo.

Join a young company with an entrepreneurial culture operating at lightning speed we have global ambitions.