Accountant

Remote - Referral Board; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Remote is seeking an Accountant to join our Finance, Tax & Accounting team. You will handle posting transactions, reconciliations, payroll across multiple countries, and assist with month-end close. This role supports global operations and requires strong GAAP knowledge and Excel proficiency.

The position emphasizes accurate financial analysis and timely delivery in a remote, fast-growing environment, with an emphasis on collaboration and automation capabilities within the finance function.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification accounting experience.
• EMEA timezone is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant.
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP is a plus.
• Must ensure GAAP compliance and accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Posting transactions in SAP.
• Close and reconcile sub-ledgers (AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Bank).
• Record and reconcile payroll for multiple countries.
• Support month-end and year-end close processes.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and variance analyses.
• Ensure compliance with local statutory requirements and filings.
• Contribute to financial statement preparation.

Skills

Accounting experience

EMEA timezone

Excel

English fluency

GAAP

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world.

What this job can offer you

Our Finance team at Remote covers everything from Tax, Accounting, and Treasury to Strategic Finance, Investor Relations, and M&A. We're focused on keeping our finances healthy and straightforward, which means managing risks, making smart money moves, and guiding strategic choices with solid financial insights. We're here to support Remote's growth and make sure we're ready for whatever comes next, in every part of the world we operate. Our job is to ensure that as we grow and evolve, our finances do too, in the most effective way possible.

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as an Accountant, joining our Finance, Tax & Accounting team.

What you bring

• Post qualification accounting experience


• EMEA timezone is required


• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant


• Demonstrated experience using core finance systems (SAP or similar is a bonus)


• Ensure compliance with GAAP principles


• Accuracy and attention to detail


• Good financial analysis skills


• Good communication skills, both written and verbal


• Good time management and ability to meet constant deadlines


• Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast paced, hyper growth environment


• Ability to work with little to no supervision


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly with Excel


• Writes and speaks fluent English


• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus


• Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency.

Key responsibilities

• Responsibility for posting transactions in SAP


• Close & reconcile sub-ledgers: AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Bank, Intercompany


• Record and reconcile payroll for various countries


• Support month-end and year-end close process


• Performing monthly balance sheet reconciliation, support in variance analysis preparation


• Ensuring that your portfolio follows local statutory requirements, i.e. VAT returns, Statutory Financial Documents, CIT returns and all other filings are finished and filed in accordance with local legislation & timelines.


• Perform analysis and contribute to other projects as requested


• Provide support in statutory close and Financial Statement preparation

Practicals

You'll report to: Manager Accounting and Controls

Team: Accounting

Location : EMEA

Start date : As soon as possible

Application process

• (async) Profile review


• Interview with recruiter


• Interview with future manager with a test


• Interview with Manager, Accounting


• Interview with Director, Accounting Controls


• Bar Raiser Interview


• Prior employment verification check(s)


• (async) Offer

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the