Finance manager in EdTech

Seven Education; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two paid volunteering days per year

30 days vacation

Dog-friendly offices

Hybrid with Berlin office presence

Learning time and language courses

Team-building budget

Job summary

Seven Education is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead accounting for multi-entity operations in Germany and Austria, driving modernisation of close processes and ERP integration. You will shape standardised controls, implement automation, and coordinate with external advisors.

The role requires strong knowledge of German GAAP and IFRS, fluency in German and English, and experience with multi-entity finance in an international environment. Hybrid work with Berlin presence is offered.

Qualifications

• Practical accounting experience with responsibility for annual financial statements.
• Experience in multi-entity or international environments preferred.
• Strong knowledge of German commercial law (HGB) and IFRS differences.
• Independently retrieve and validate ERP data; build analyses in Excel at a modeling level.
• Fluent German and English, including negotiations with advisors, auditors, banks.
• Experience with AI in day-to-day work or quick learner.
• Ability to review results critically, manage multiple topics, and fix issues directly.
• Collaborative, goal-oriented work style with shared responsibility with the Director of Finance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee ongoing accounting quality for German and Austrian entities and support monthly closes.
• Move manual close workarounds (revenue recognition, provisions, accruals) into NetSuite.
• Build central, documented standard processes for all entities (bank reconciliation, AP, recurring closing entries).
• Develop Payhawk further (receipt recognition, cost centers, approval logic) to interface with NetSuite.
• Drive selection and introduction of a travel tool.
• Automate reconciliations, analyses, and recurring entries using existing tools.
• Prepare data for transfer pricing including service/cost flows and intercompany loans; provide to external advisors and embed logic in systems.
• Contribute to IFRS gap analysis and implement differences between local GAAP and IFRS.
• Lead accounting for post-merger integration of new entities (COA mapping, opening balance sheet, NetSuite onboarding).
• Coordinate tax advisors, auditors, and banks across borders.

Skills

Accounting

IFRS

HGB (German GAAP)

NetSuite

Excel modeling

German & English fluency

Tools

Payhawk

Job description

Описание:

Seven Education develops an intelligent, AI-powered platform that helps schools and educational institutions work more efficiently. Our products reduce administrative tasks, improve communication, and enable teachers, institutions, and education leaders to focus on what really matters: learning, growth, and people. As a European EdTech group with more than 250 employees, we build intuitive, scalable solutions that make everyday life easier for schools and educational institutions. As Senior Finance Manager, you build the accounting standard that turns ten entities in six countries into one group.

Задачи:

You are responsible for the ongoing accounting quality of the German and Austrian entities and actively support the monthly closes. You gradually move manual workarounds in the close, for example for revenue recognition, provisions, and accruals, into NetSuite. You build central, documented standard processes for all entities, for example for bank reconciliation, accounts payable, and recurring closing entries. You develop Payhawk further, from receipt recognition, cost centers, and approval logic to the interface with NetSuite, and drive the selection and introduction of a travel tool. You automate reconciliations, analyses, and recurring entries using the tools we already have. You turn volumes of data that used to be a hurdle into a resource that we can analyze and use for decision-making. You prepare the data for transfer pricing, including service and cost flows as well as intercompany loans for each entity, provide it to our external advisors, and embed the agreed logic in the systems. You contribute to the IFRS gap analysis and implement the topics where local GAAP and IFRS differ. You lead the accounting side of the post-merger integration of new entities, from chart-of-accounts mapping and the opening balance sheet to NetSuite onboarding. You coordinate tax advisors, auditors, and banks across national borders.

Требования:

You have practical accounting experience and have prepared at least one annual financial statement with genuine responsibility, not just audited or reviewed one. Ideally, you have worked in a multi-entity or international environment. You have a good knowledge of German commercial law and accounting under HGB. You independently retrieve and check data from the ERP, without going through IT or Controlling, and build your own analyses in Excel at a modeling level. You speak and write German and English fluently, including in negotiations with advisors, auditors, and banks. You already use AI in your day-to-day work, for example for data analysis or automation, or learn quickly. You critically review results before using them further. You bring topics to completion rather than just preparing them, keep several topics in view at the same time, set clear priorities, and prefer to fix errors directly rather than pass them on. You work from goals and context rather than task lists, share responsibility with the Director Finance without waiting for assignments, and persuade local managing directors, advisors, and auditors even without formal authority.

Условия:

We work in a hybrid model: you can work remotely with flexibility, but you are also regularly in our Berlin office several days a week. Personal interaction in the office is an important part of our collaboration. At Seven Education, you actively shape the future of education in Europe and help sustainably improve everyday life at schools. You have two paid days per year for volunteering. Flexible working hours, hybrid working models, and remote work within the EU, Switzerland, and the UK are an integral part of how we work. Dedicated learning time, access to learning platforms, German and English courses, and continuous development opportunities support your personal and professional development. You work in a supportive, collaborative environment characterized by trust, openness, and team spirit. A team-building budget is available for workshops and joint events. You have the opportunity to take on responsibility, help shape structures, and grow together with a company that combines a start-up mentality with the ambition to build a leading European software group. 30 days of vacation, half days off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, and dog-friendly offices are part of what we offer.