Senior Accountant - IFRS

Jackalope Digital LLC; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 55 000 - 80 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Pleo, a fast-growing spend management company, is seeking a Senior Accountant / Financial Reporting specialist to strengthen accounting execution, audit management, and monthly consolidated results analysis in a high-growth environment.

You'll leverage AI and automation to redefine modern accounting with IFRS excellence and financial rigor, working across Finance with cross-functional teams to elevate processes and controls.

Qualificações

• 6+ years of IFRS experience in real-world scenarios.
• Experience with consolidated results and variance analysis.
• Audits end-to-end or primary finance contact for auditors.
• Proven use of AI and automation to improve accounting outcomes.
• Ownership mindset with strong judgment in a fast-changing environment.
• Ability to translate complex accounting issues into scalable processes.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare and post journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and drive high standards for period close.
• Own the preparation of audit schedules, coordinate responses to requests, and close audit questions efficiently.
• Deep dive into monthly results, flag risks and unusual transactions, and provide decision-ready insights to finance leadership.
• Identify accounting risks and strengthen internal controls to scale processes.
• Actively leverage AI tools to improve efficiency and standardise recurring accounting work.

Conhecimentos

IFRS experience

Audit management

AI & automation in accounting

Ownership mindset

Stakeholder communication

Process improvement

Ferramentas

AI tools

Descrição da oferta de emprego

About Pleo

Messy spend management is tricky business. And tedious processes are a lose-lose situation for all involved, not just finance. At Pleo, we're changing that. We build spend solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike - with a vision to help all businesses 'go beyond'.

The word 'Pleo' actually means 'more than you'd expect', and living by that mantra has been the secret to our success over the last 10 years.

Now, we're at a pivotal moment in our journey; every move we make has a direct impact on our 40,000+ customers, our business, and our collective success. We need people who take pride in uncovering customer needs, who turn complex problems into simple solutions, challenge the way things are done (respectfully), and always aim high. With great ambitions driving us forward, we can’t say we’ve got this whole thing figured out. And frankly, that's half the fun! What we can say is that we're a driven, progressive, and, importantly, a kind bunch of 850+ people from over 100 nationalities, all committed to delivering the future of business spending, together.

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Accountant / Financial Reporting specialist to join our Finance Team at Pleo. In this role, you'll help strengthen core accounting execution, audit management, and monthly consolidated results analysis while being part of a high-growth environment as we scale our financial infrastructure. If you're excited about leveraging AI and automation to redefine modern accounting with a strong focus on IFRS excellence and financial rigor, then this is the opportunity for you!

Who you'll be working with and reporting to

You’ll report to our Accounting Associate Director and work closely with teams across the Finance organisation. You will be part of a team dedicated to technical rigor and operational efficiency, partnering with cross-functional departments to elevate our accounting processes to the next level.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Accountant, you will:

• Prepare and post journal entries, perform balance sheet reconciliations, and drive high standards for period close improving quality and speed.

• Own the preparation of audit schedules, coordinate responses to requests, and drive the closure of audit questions to ensure a predictable, well-documented process.

• Deep dive into monthly results, flagging risks, unusual transactions, and key movements while providing decision-ready insights for finance leadership.

• Identify accounting risks, implement practical mitigations, and strengthen internal controls to ensure our processes are scalable and accurate.

• Actively leverage AI tools to improve efficiency and consistency, identifying opportunities to standardise and simplify recurring accounting work.

What you bring

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• 6+ years of experience with a strong ability to apply IFRS in real-world scenarios.

• Comfort working with consolidated results, analysing variances, and exercising complex accounting estimates and judgments.

• Proven experience managing audits end-to-end or acting as the primary finance contact for external auditors.

• A track record (or clear potential) of using AI and automation to improve accounting outcomes and efficiency.

• The ability to operate effectively in a fast-changing environment with an "ownership mindset" and excellent judgment.

• Strong ability to translate complex accounting issues into scalable process improvements and clear insights for stakeholders.

Why is this role a good fit for you

This role is a good fit for you if:

• You want genuine agency at group level rather than executing instructions handed down by a central team

• You'd rather design a process than inherit one, and you want to see your own work implemented

• You like variety. This is a different topic most days, not a fixed monthly cycle

This role is not a good fit for you if:

• You want a settled, mature environment where the process is set and the day looks the same. That's the clearest reason this role doesn't work out for people

• You need stable priorities. It's volatile here. Several topics run at once, progress depends on other people, and priorities can change overnight

• You want to stay inside accounting. A large part of the job is working with teams outside Finance and with external advisors in each country

How you'll develop in this role

In your first 6 - 12 months at Pleo, you’ll:

• Lead the Audit Readiness initiative to drive impact in our year-end execution and documentation standards.

• Collaborate with the Finance team to embed AI-forward ways of