Financial Accountant

Zoomo; Madrid; On-site; EUR 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Monthly team outings

Annual learning and development (L&D)"

Mental wellbeing support

Global and country-specific benefits"

Product e-bikes access

Job summary

Zoomo is hiring an experienced accountant to join our fast-growing finance team in Madrid. You will help standardize monthly close, reporting, and tax compliance across seven-country operations while supporting payroll and automation initiatives.

You should have 2+ years in accounting, a degree in accounting or finance, strong Excel skills, and comfort using AI tools. English fluency is essential, and knowledge of Xero is a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of accounting experience.
• University degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent experience.
• Solid understanding of accounting concepts and GL maintenance.
• Startup experience preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving and time-management skills.
• Strong Excel skills; comfortable using AI tools (Claude, Gemini).
• Fluency in English.
• Xero knowledge/exposure a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist in monthly management reporting with variance commentary.
• Oversee fixed assets, capex accounting and reporting.
• Ensure records are audit-ready and support audits.
• Handle indirect tax filings and local compliance.
• Support payroll processes with the payroll team.
• Collaborate with local ops on financial requests.
• Identify bottlenecks and automate month-end tasks.
• Contribute to process improvements with global finance team.
• Document automated workflows for repeatability.
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

Skills

Fluency in English

Excel skills

Problem solving

Time management

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

University degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Xero

Job description

At Zoomo, our vision is to transition every urban mile to Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs). Zoomo is the world's leading platform to access ebikes for professional use. We operate across Europe, UK, North America and Australia.

In 4 years, with an international team of 200+ people, we helped transition millions of urban miles to LEVs by deploying the best delivery ebike and by developing a leading fleet management software. Zoomo vehicles are used by major players in the food, grocery and parcel delivery segments. Our partners include UberEats, Amazon, JustEat Takeaway, Doordash, FedEx and many more.

Expect to join a high-performing team that wants to lead the charge towards carbon-neutral cities.

The Role

If you are a proven and qualified accountant looking to jump into an amazing opportunity in a global leading scale-up and take the next step in your career, this is the right role for you! You will be joining the team at an important point of our journey, where we are reinventing and improving our financial reporting every month and striving to provide numbers faster and more accurately.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage month-end closing process, monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts and timely resolution of variances.
• Assist in preparing monthly management reporting and provide comments on movements.
• Take ownership of the fixed assets and capital expenditure accounting and reporting.
• Ensure that all financial records are accurate and timely for annual audits.
• Manage the indirect tax filings timely and meet all local compliance requirements for their assigned countries.
• Support payroll payments in conjunction with the payroll team.
• Support local operations team on financial requests.
• Identify manual steps in the month-end close and reconciliations and build automations to reduce cycle time.
• Use AI and automation tooling (e.g. use Claude to speed up recurring finance tasks and self-serve analysis).
• Own documentation of automated workflows so they're repeatable across the seven-country finance team.
• Work with the wider international finance team, and other team leaders in ensuring an efficient finance team including documenting process improvement.
• Other ad hoc duties as required from time to time.

With 2 years+ of accounting experience, you’ll have a good knowledge of accounting concepts. Your exceptional organisational skills are a given, as is your ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. Additionally, you’ll have:

• University degree in accounting or finance or equivalent practical experience, ideally professionally qualified or working towards it
• Solid understanding of accounting concepts and general ledger maintenance
• Solid understanding of business processes and how processes could scale
• Our team is high-performing and results-driven, and our ideal candidate will have prior startup experience
• Excellent problem-solving skills & time management skills with the ability to effectively manage deadlines and conflicting priorities.
• Strong Excel skills and high comfort using using AI (eg Claude, Gemini) to engage in technical day-to-day work; genuinely interested in redesigning processes rather than just running them.
• Ability to effectively communicate in a clear and timely manner.
• Ability to effectively operate as part of a wider team towards a common goal of improving the function.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and make decisions where required.
• Fluency in English is essential.
• Xero knowledge/exposure alongside working in a startup environment would be a bonus.

We offer you the chance to be part of a team at the cutting edge of the world’s electrification journey, including:

• Working with a switched-on team that strives to make the streets greener and serve the rider
• Base salary €25,000–€35,000 (depending on experience)
• Global and country-specific benefits packages
• Flexible working that is focused on the delivery of OKRs
• Monthly team outings & events
• Get to know our product by using one of our e-bikes
• Annual learning and development allowance
• Mental wellbeing support

Zoomers currently represent 45 nationalities and we celebrate diversity and inclusion with equal opportunities for all.