Senior Accountant, EMEA

Harvey; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey, an AI-enabled legal tech company, is seeking a Senior Accountant to support international accounting operations from Dublin. You’ll drive month-end close, reconciliations, and statutory reporting for global entities, ensuring accuracy and scalability as Harvey expands globally.

The role requires a qualified accountant with 5+ years international experience, IFRS/US GAAP knowledge, and ERP expertise (NetSuite). You’ll collaborate across teams to improve controls and enable growth.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Big 4 audit training is preferable.
• 5+ years post-qualification experience in a high-growth multinational environment.
• Demonstrated expertise with IFRS, FRS102, and US GAAP.
• ERP systems proficiency (NetSuite or similar cloud-based platforms) and Excel/Google Sheets.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with ability to manage priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute the monthly close to tight reporting deadlines under US GAAP for Harvey AI international entities, including journal entry processing.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations across all key international accounts.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly entity-level flux analysis for the international entities.
• Oversee local statutory audit and reporting requirements including coordination with external auditors and bridge files between local and US GAAP financials.
• Manage third party accounting service providers on daily and month-end operations.
• Prepare the monthly funding request for the international subsidiaries.
• Partner with US Corporate Accounting on accounting and reporting matters.
• Collaborate with international payroll on payroll journals and reconciliations.
• Support the tax team on all international tax filings and payments.
• Assist with global expansion initiatives including new entity setup and operationalization.
• Work with cross-functional teams on strategic projects.
• Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen controls as the business scales.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement AI solutions to drive measurable process improvements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Self-starter

Education

ACA/ACCA/CPA/CIMA or equivalent

Big 4 audit training

Tools

NetSuite

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Why Harvey

At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.

This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.

Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job’s Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we’re never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we’d love to build with you.

At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.

Role Overview

The Senior Accountant joins Harvey’s Finance team to support the company’s international accounting operations from the Dublin office. The team’s mission is to ensure Harvey’s financial records are accurate, compliant, and scalable as the company expands its global footprint. This role will drive core accounting workflows, month-end close, reconciliations, and statutory financial reporting for Harvey’s international entities. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in a high-growth start-up, is detail-oriented, and has excellent interpersonal and communication skills. This is a compelling opportunity to build foundational international accounting processes at one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the legal technology space

What You’ll Do

• Execute the monthly close to tight reporting deadlines under US GAAP for the Harvey AI international entities including journal entry processing

• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations across all key international accounts

• Prepare monthly / quarterly entity level flux analysis for the international entities

• Oversee local statutory audit and reporting requirements including coordination with external auditors, preparation of bridge files between local and US GAAP financial accounts, audit support and technical documentation

• Manage third party accounting service providers on daily and month end accounting operations

• Prepare the monthly funding request for the international subsidiaries

• Partner closely with US Corporate Accounting on accounting and reporting matters

• Partner with the international payroll team on the preparation of payroll journals and reconciliations

• Support the tax team on all international tax filings, payments and initiatives

• Support the company’s global expansion initiatives including new entity set up and operationalization

• Partner with cross functional teams on strategic projects

• Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen controls and increase efficiency as the international business scales

• Evaluate, recommend, and implement AI solutions to drive measurable process improvements across the team

What You Have

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent)

• Big 4 audit training is preferable

• 5+ years post qualification experience in high growth multinational environment

• Demonstrated technical expertise and practical application of IFRS, FRS102, and US GAAP

• Proficiency with ERP systems (NetSuite or similar cloud-based platforms preferred) as well as Excel/Google Sheets, and close management tools

• A proactive self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and is comfortable adapting to changing business requirements

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative, team-oriented mindset

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