Senior Accountant

The Saas Co; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company is seeking an experienced accountant to oversee financial operations including billing, payroll, and reporting. This role offers ultimate flexibility with 100% remote work and minimal bureaucracy, allowing you to thrive in a supportive environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in accounting principles, experience in a SaaS setting, and excellent organizational skills. Join a friendly team that values autonomy and collaboration.

Benefits

100% remote work

Flexible time off

Freedom and autonomy

Small friendly team

Minimum bureaucracy

Qualifications

• At least 5 years experience as an accountant.
• Experience with Billing or Revenue Recognition tools.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of accounting including billing and payroll.
• Responsible for financial reporting and analysis.
• Support Leadership Team in tax matters.

Skills

Analytical

Time Management

English

German

Education

Bachelor's degree in accountancy

Tools

Stripe

Chargebee

Cloud accounting tool

Job description

• Oversee all aspects of accounting for our entities billing, general ledger, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, revenue recognition, tax and various special analyses.
• Maintain general ledger reconciliations with adequate documentation for all balance sheet accounts.
• Responsible for financial reporting, analysis, and commentary of your portfolio and support with consolidation and monthly group reporting
• Run annual financial statements and audits, preparing and filing of VAT, sales tax and GST returns
• Support our Leadership Team in tax matters and international billing, monitor and prepare intercompany transactions
• Work with external accountants, tax advisors, auditors and other service providers
• Play a vital part in the companys financial management which includes all account reconciliations and reporting to necessary parties
• Supervision and optimization of the company s accounting principles, practices, procedures, and initiatives

What You bring to the table

• Bachelor s degree in accountancy or similar qualification and at least 5 years experience as an accountant
• Prior work experience at a SaaS or Software company
• Experience with Billing or Revenue Recognition tool (Stripe, Chargebee)
• Experience with all-round accounting (AR, AP, Payroll, GL, tax, audit)
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS
• Experience in supporting annual audits
• Skills in any cloud accounting tool
• A good knowledge of HGB and German tax laws would be an advantage
• Independent, structured, solution-oriented and analytical way of working
• Great time management skills and strong ability to stay organized and deliver closer to financial deadlines
• Strong English skills, German is a plus

Whats in it for You

• Ultimate flexibility: We re 100% remote. You can work from wherever you like, whenever you like.
• Freedom and autonomy: We re a high-trust team, and you ll be given lots of flexibility to solve problems in your own way with plenty of help from the team when you need it.
• Minimum bureaucracy: We don t like to get bogged down with meetings and red tape. We like to be efficient and keep momentum steady sustainable.
• Small friendly team: We help each other out, have fun, and joke around.
• Our network: We are a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals that regularly exchange ideas, knowledge, learning and expertise with each other internally.
• Flexible time off: We want you to recharge your batteries when needed