Accounting Payments Specialist
Accounting Payments Specialist
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Job Description
We are a Berlinbased startup that has successfully established a leading B2B marketplace for industrial metals across Europe.
The multibillioneuro metal trading industry is operated on Excel PDF and Email. We are on a mission to transform buying and selling in one of the oldest industries of the modern world with seamless and intuitive digital solutions. Our technologies increase liquidity accelerate transactions reduce scrapping rates and enhance buying convenience for hundreds of steel and metal distributors across Europe.
As a lean team of young international and passionate talents weve recently reached breakeven and are gearing up for the next phase of growth. We are looking for an outstanding individual who wants to join an exciting early stage startup as an Accounting & Payments Specialist to work closely with our senior management and a highly motivated team.
Tasks
As an Accounting & Payments Specialist you will join the team fulltime or parttime and play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial processes and records together with the CFO and Trading Operations team. Specifically you will:
- Ensure that all legal and internal accounting and invoicing policies are adhered to
- Take ownership of bookkeeping and accounting in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB)
- Create and book invoices reconcile payments and oversee factoring payments
- Support trading operations in overdue receivables management
- Manage and organize financial data within our ERP systems and DATEV
- Coordinate monthly and annual closing activities
- Participate in projects related to working capital optimization
- Continuously develop and improve existing processes in financial accounting
- Cooperate with auditors and tax consultants
- Carry out general financial and administrative tasks
Requirements
- Successful completion of commercial training preferably with further training as a certified public accountant or a comparable business degree
- 3 years of progressive professional experience in financial accounting ideally in a trading organization
- Solid knowledge of accounting in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB)
- Confident knowledge of MS Office/ Google Sheets DATEV UnternehmenOnline and common invoicing software
- High affinity for numbers and technology as well as analytical thinking skills
- Excellent command of German (both written and spoken) and have a good command of English
- Strong sense of responsibility and reliability
- Independent structured and careful way of working
- Ability to work in a team and strong communication skills
- Discretion and confidentiality when dealing with sensitive financial data
Benefits
- First hand experience with an exciting Berlin tech startup on a steep growth curve
- Work closely with an experienced team keen to train and invest in you
- Fastpaced environment and strong company culture for high performing individuals
- Unrivaled autonomy and ownership
- Open and fun shared working environment/culture
- Office located in the heart of Berlin
- Flexible working hours with hybrid work
- Competitive compensation depending on experience
Employment Type
Full Time
