Financial Accountant / CMA

You'll take full ownership of the accounting backbone in Germany while helping build a highly automated, AI-driven finance function. Operating at the intersection of accounting, systems, and automation, your goal is to systematically eliminate manual work and build a finance setup that scales with the business.

What you'll do

• Own day-to-day preparatory bookkeeping and ensure accuracy, completeness, and audit readiness of all financial data
• Take full responsibility for general ledger reconciliations, including accruals, fixed assets, and AR/AP positions
• Support and continuously improve the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing process under HGB
• Prepare internal financial reporting and ensure consistency across all finance outputs
• Act as the key interface to external accounting firm and ensure high-quality, timely deliverables
• Identify inefficiencies in current processes and actively redesign workflows
• Drive automation across accounting processes and leverage AI tools to reduce manual effort and accelerate closing cycles

What you'll need

• Solid experience in accounting, bookkeeping, or finance
• Commercial training or degree with focus on accounting or finance
• Certification such as Bilanzbuchhalter or CMA (Certified Management Accountant) or comparable qualification
• Strong knowledge of German GAAP (HGB)
• High confidence in Excel and comfortable working with structured data
• Fluent in German and English with clear cross-functional communication
• Structured, reliable work style; hands-on and pragmatic with ownership mindset
• Comfortable with financial systems such as DATEV and DATEV Unternehmen Online (DUO)

Nice to have

• Experience with expense tools and Salesforce
• Curiosity about automation and motivation to work with AI tools in daily workflows

What they offer

• Fulfil a role with entrepreneurial freedom and help scale a high-impact business model
• Join an experienced founding team of serial and 2nd-time founders
• Attractive base and bonus compensation program
• Collaborate with top-tier investors and angels as well as leading market experts