Senior Accountant

Tasks

quantilope s finance team drives business growth through strategic, financial and operational leadership across our existing four entities in Europe and the US and as we expand. As Senior Accountant (m/f/d), you will play a crucial role in insourcing and scaling our accounting function. You will take responsibility for a wide range of accounting matters including revenue recognition, general ledger accounting, indirect tax filings and payment of vendor bills and expenses. As our first in-house accountant you will work closely with our Global Director of Controlling & Accounting to ensure appropriate accounting and financial processes are in place to support our rapid and scaling growth plans on our way towards $100 million in annual recurring revenue. You will own the monthly, quarterly and annual financial closing and reporting. You prepare entries for general ledger and sub-ledger entries, calculating and reconciling accruals and managing and reviewing intercompany invoices and payments.

• You are responsible for processing and paying expense claims.
• You will submit VAT and sales tax returns and payments.
• You act as a point of contact for internal and external enquiries related to accounting and liaise with external parties such as auditors, tax advisors and banks.
• You improve and maintain our policies and procedures, tools and systems.
• You work on exciting projects and cross-functional activities to support the rapid growth of our business.
• You will train and mentor junior accountants and student workers as we grow.

Requirements

• You have a commercial education, ideally as a tax clerk or accountant, or a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or a related field.
• You are a natural self-starter who works well both independently and in a team.You have a positive, energetic and doer- attitude with a willingness to proactively jump into topics.
• You have good technical knowledge of German accounting (HGB) and international accounting standards (IFRS/US-GAAP).
• You have experience in international companies with multiple subsidiaries, including consolidation accounting, multi-currency accounting and multi-country legal compliance.
• You have advanced application software experience with Microsoft Excel, ERP systems (e.g. NetSuite) and other financial tools.
• You have very good written and spoken German and English skills.
• You have experience in revenue recognition for SaaS companies.

Benefits

• A team with colleagues coming from all over the world, based in Hamburg, Vilnius, London and New York.
• The chance to revolutionize and disrupt the traditional market research industry through a ground-breaking product that generates enthusiasm among our customers.
• Ample career growth opportunities with open access to executive members and leaders, team learning budgets and many internal and external training offers.
• Very fast decision-making processes and flat hierarchies.
• Unlimited paid time off and the chance to work abroad for up to 6 weeks per year.
• A bright, stylish office in the heart of Hamburg which you can reach with your subsidized HVV ProfiCard.
• A multi-cultural, open-hearted team with a start-up spirit, international company retreats & social events.

Our team comes from a range of backgrounds and we put emphasis on diversity. Even if you don't fit 100% of our profile or prerequisites, we still encourage you to submit your application. Our Finance Team has diverse skills, and we re as interested in your potential as we are in your experiences!

We at quantilope love diversity and welcome all people regardless of their age, gender, sexual identity, nationality, religion & belief, ethnic & social background as well as disability. Together with you, we want to live diversity, equality & inclusion

quantilope is an insights automation platform empowering brands to do high-quality research better, faster, and more efficiently. Our technology automates advanced research methodologies on an end-to-end platform connecting the entire market research process from the survey set up to advanced analyses and reporting. Supported by a team of certified research consultants, quantilope provides researchers with the expertise and tools to run robust research projects in as little as 1 - 5 days.