Senior Accountant

Back Office Bermuda; Lisboa; Remote; EUR 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Back Office Bermuda Ltd is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our Lisbon-based client delivery team. This fully remote-to-start role supports Bermuda-based clients and will transition to a hybrid Lisbon office model by the end of 2027.

You will own day-to-day general ledger activities, drive month-end close, and ensure accurate financial reporting across four client entities, with one client representing about 70% of the workload.

Qualifications

• Five years of accounting experience required.
• Familiarity with IFRS or GAAP (US/Canada) is a strong plus.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with cloud-based accounting platforms such as QBO or Xero.
• Business-fluent English, written and spoken – client-facing role.
• Based in Lisbon, with the legal right to work in Portugal.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity of accounting records by recording, verifying, and consolidating transactions.
• Verify, allocate, post, and reconcile accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Keep clients compliant with legal and regulatory obligations, including statutory filings and government payments.
• Own the month-end and year-end close, including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Analyse financial trends, prepare cash flow forecasts, and support budget preparation and variance analysis.
• Support internal controls and recommend process improvements including software or controls.
• Act as the day-to-day accounting contact for clients and resolve queries.
• Take on ad hoc projects such as consolidating accounts after mergers.

Skills

Excel skills

IFRS/GAAP knowledge

Client-facing communication

English fluency

Education

Contabilista Certificado (OCC) / ACCA / ACA / CPA / CIMA

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Xero

Job description

About the Role

Back Office Bermuda Ltd (BOB) is a Bermuda-based company providing outsourced business operations support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We help clients with day-to-day administration, customer communication, sales support, invoicing, accounting, bookkeeping, and operational execution.

We are hiring a Senior Accountant to join our Lisbon-based client delivery team. This is full-time, client-facing role supporting Bermuda-based clients.

The Senior Accountant will own day-to-day general ledger activities, drive the month-end close process, and ensure accurate financial reporting. This role suits a proactive professional with meticulous attention to detail, a love of problem-solving, and the confidence to communicate clearly with clients. You'll be expected to move comfortably from high-level financial analysis down to hands-on transactional work, and to deliver work to an excellent standard with little supervision.

The role is fully remote to start and will transition to a hybrid Lisbon office model by the end of 2027.

Title: Senior Accountant

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Start Date: 1 December 2026, subject to notice period

Contract: 12 months, full-time, renewable annually

Working Hours: 11:00-20:00 Lisbon time, Monday to Friday (overlapping with Bermuda business hours)

Compensation: €45,000 - €55,000 gross per year, paid monthly over 12 months, depending on experience

Travel: Willingness to travel to Bermuda around twice a year

What You’ll Do

The Senior Accountant’s primary responsibility will be providing accounting support to four clients, with one client accounting for roughly 70% of the workload. The balance will be split across three smaller, less complex entities.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the integrity of accounting records by recording, verifying, and consolidating transactions.
• Verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling accounts payable and receivable.
• Keeping clients compliant with their legal and regulatory obligations, including preparing and reconciling statutory filings and ensuring government payments are made on time.
• Owning the month-end and year-end close, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement).
• Analysing financial trends, preparing cash flow forecasts, and supporting budget preparation and variance analysis.
• Supporting internal controls and recommending process improvements, including software or controls that improve the speed and accuracy of reporting.
• Acting as the day-to-day accounting contact for your clients, explaining results and resolving queries.
• Taking on ad hoc projects as needed, such as integrating the accounts of combined entities.

What We’re Looking For

Required:

• A widely recognised accounting certification – Contabilista Certificado (OCC), ACCA, ACA, CPA (US or Canada), CIMA, or equivalent
• Familiarity with IFRS or GAAP (US or Canadian); hands-on reporting experience under either is a strong plus
• At least five years of accounting experience
• Strong Excel skills and experience with cloud-based accounting platforms, such as QuickBooks Online or Xero
• Business-fluent English, written and spoken – this is a client-facing role
• Based in Lisbon, with the legal right to work in Portugal

Preferred:

• Strong preference for candidates with hands-on experience integrating or consolidating the accounts of two entities, for example after an acquisition or merger
• Experience at start-ups or scale-ups

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