Financial Accountant

PlantingSpace

Financial Accountant managing accounting, payroll, and compliance processes at finance tech startup. Collaborating with finance team and external providers, focusing on precision and process improvement.

Posted 4/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Accounting close & reporting — run the monthly close, reconciliations, and management accounts through our Xero/Dext/Banking stack, working alongside our external bookkeeper who handles day-to-day transaction processing
Tax & compliance — be the point of contact for our external tax advisor, who prepares tax filings; you provide the data, review the outputs, and make sure nothing slips through the calendar
Payroll — manage monthly payroll submissions and reconciliations alongside our global payroll provider Deel across 16 countries and 3 engagement models (direct employees, EoRs, contractors)
Corporate governance — maintain our share register, prepare AGM materials and board packs, and coordinate capital increase documentation with legal counsel; well-structured processes are already in place
Treasury operations — execute bank transfers, manage the quarterly liquidity plan, and administer fixed term deposits; this is checklist-driven work that rewards attention to detail and critical thinking
Vendor payments & AP — run the weekly invoice and payment cycle, keep vendor files current, and maintain our approval workflows
Audit support — prepare documentation and liaise with auditors for our annual limited audit; Elliot leads the process, you make sure everything is ready

Requirements

What you’ll need

Around 4 years of experience: ideally 1–2 years in Big 4 or mid-tier audit, followed by 2–3 years at a tech startup where you owned real accounting work (not just supported it), in an environment that values automation and constant process improvement
Professional German, spoken and written — you'll need it for Swiss corporate filings, advisor interactions, and cantonal governance
Solid grounding in German HGB and/or Swiss OR (some familiarity with UK employment compliance is a plus)
Hands-on with modern finance tools — Xero or equivalent, invoice management tools, various banking platforms, and ideally Deel or a comparable global payroll platform
A process-improvement mindset — you notice what's manual and ask whether it should be; you don't wait to be told something can be better

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Flexible working hours
Professional development budget
Home office setup allowance
Global team events

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Hard Skills & Tools

accountingreconciliationstax compliancepayroll managementcorporate governancetreasury operationsvendor paymentsaudit supportprocess improvementfinancial reporting

Soft Skills

attention to detailcritical thinkingcommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityinitiativeprocess-oriented mindsetinterpersonal skills