PlantingSpace - Startup Financial Accountant

• Around 4 years of experience: ideally 1–2 years in Big 4 or mid-tier audit, followed by 2–3 years at a tech startup where you owned real accounting work (not just supported it), in an environment that values automation and constant process improvement • Professional German, spoken and written — you'll need it for Swiss corporate filings, advisor interactions, and cantonal governance • Solid grounding in German HGB and/or Swiss OR (some familiarity with UK employment compliance is a plus) • Hands-on with modern finance tools — Xero or equivalent, invoice management tools, various banking platforms, and ideally Deel or a comparable global payroll platform • A process-improvement mindset — you notice what's manual and ask whether it should be; you don't wait to be told something can be better • You don't accept "that's how we've always done it." When you spot a manual step, your instinct is to understand why it exists and whether it should — and then to fix it properly, not patch it. You document what you build so that the next person can pick it up without asking you ten questions. • You hold yourself to a no-error standard. In a role covering payroll, tax, and audit, "almost right" has real consequences — and you know that. You're the person who reads the output twice before sending it, not because someone told you to, but because that's who you are. • You're comfortable working with smart, demanding people who push back, ask hard questions, and expect you to do the same. This isn't a role where you execute quietly and wait for instructions — you're expected to flag problems early, propose solutions, and take ownership of outcomes. • On our website you can find more about our team and work culture, as well as example tasks that share some insight into the type of things team members are working on.