Bookkeeper

Bending Spoons; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Remote working

Learning budget

Health insurance

Relocation package

Parental support

Company equity discount

Job summary

Bending Spoons Milan office is seeking a finance professional to manage invoicing, month-end closures, ERP, and M&A accounting processes. You will prepare monthly statements, oversee cash flow, and help drive accurate financial reporting.

We value problem solving from first principles, strong ownership, and clear communication in English. You’ll work with a small, ambitious team and enjoy generous benefits, flexible hours, relocation support, and equity opportunities.

Qualifications

• Reasoning ability.
• Drive.
• Team spirit.
• Proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage invoicing and reconciliations. Handle transactions and invoicing with third-party vendors and distribution partners, as well as across our subsidiaries. Oversee accounts receivable and accounts payable journals, ensuring accurate monthly controls. Perform bank reconciliations and manage outgoing payments.
• Take an active role in month-end closures and ERP management. Maintain detailed records of revenues, costs, and cash flow. Oversee ERP processes to support the preparation of financial statements for both individual and consolidated entities.
• Support the M&A accounting processes integration. Manage bookkeeping for newly acquired companies, support in the design of new processes, and assist in their migration to our systems.
• Prepare financial reports. Help produce accurate monthly financial reports to support strategic decision-making. Partner with our Technology team to prepare annual statements and implement accounting automations that enhance efficiency and reliability.
• Provide audit support. Collaborate with the Finance team and coordinate with tax advisors, auditors, and consultants to ensure smooth preparation for both internal and external audits.

Tools

ERP system

Job description

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate. And a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.

In pursuit of this objective, we acquire and improve digital businesses, not to sell on, but to own and operate for the long term. The transformations we make are often deep—designed to speed up innovation, benefit customers, and strengthen business performance. Here, hierarchy is minimal and teams are small and talent-dense. We operate established products with the ambition, agility, and urgency of a startup. Across the company, we integrate AI deeply into how we work so that human judgment and machine intelligence reinforce each other.

For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. That’s our promise to such a candidate.

A few examples of your responsibilities

• Manage invoicing and reconciliations. Handle transactions and invoicing with third-party vendors and distribution partners, as well as across our subsidiaries. Oversee accounts receivable and accounts payable journals, ensuring accurate monthly controls. Perform bank reconciliations and manage outgoing payments.
• Take an active role in month-end closures and ERP management. Maintain detailed records of revenues, costs, and cash flow. Oversee ERP processes to support the preparation of financial statements for both individual and consolidated entities.
• Support the M&A accounting processes integration. Manage bookkeeping for newly acquired companies, support in the design of new processes, and assist in their migration to our systems.
• Prepare financial reports. Help produce accurate monthly financial reports to support strategic decision-making. Partner with our Technology team to prepare annual statements and implement accounting automations that enhance efficiency and reliability.
• Provide audit support. Collaborate with the Finance team and coordinate with tax advisors, auditors, and consultants to ensure smooth preparation for both internal and external audits.

What we look for

• Reasoning ability. Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
• Drive. You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit. You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What we offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. You’ll work in small, result-oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We go to great lengths to hire individuals of outstanding potential—then, our priority is to put them in the ideal position to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And if you’ve got what it takes, you’ll soon be playing an essential role in major projects, too.
• All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited backing for learning and training, top-of-the-market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location. We help each Spooner set up the conditions to do their best work.
• Competitive pay and access to company equity at a discount. Typically, we offer candidates with limited experience an annual salary of £41,255 in London and €39,892 elsewhere in Europe. Those with highly relevant experience typically receive between £56,345 and £85,797 in London and between €54,346 and €82,557 elsewhere in Europe. Candidates offered a permanent contract may choose to receive part of their compensation in discounted company equity.

Commitment & contract

Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time.

Location

Milan (Italy), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland).

The selection process

In our screening process, we prioritize verifiable signals of excellence, regardless of seniority. There are no preferential paths beyond what your application demonstrates, and we evaluate every candidate through the same process.

Some people hold back because they feel they lack experience or have an \"imperfect\" CV. If you like the role and believe you could excel over time, don’t self-reject.

Before you apply

Bending Spoons is a demanding environment. We’re extremely ambitious and we hold ourselves—and one another—to a high standard. While this tends to lead to extraordinary learning, achievement, and career growth, it also requires significant commitment.

To help you ramp up quickly and set yourself up for success, we expect you to spend most days in our Milan office during your first few months with us, regardless of your long-term work location. It’s the best way to rapidly absorb our company culture and build trust with your new teammates. We’ll support you with generous travel and accommodation assistance. After that, you’re welcome to work from one of our offices, or remotely from approved countries—depending on what we agree at the offer stage.

If the role speaks to you and you’re excited to give your best, we’d love to hear from you.