Bitstack - Financial Controller & Accounting Manager
Requirements
• 10 years of relevant professional experience, with a career path starting in audit at a top-tier firm (Big Four or equivalent), followed by industry experience as a Financial Controller, Accounting Manager, or Senior Accountant. • 10 years of relevant professional experience • Demonstrated experience managing external accounting partners and statutory auditors is essential. You should be able to describe specific examples of leading external relationships through close cycles, audits, or regulatory engagements. • Demonstrated experience managing external accounting partners and statutory auditors • Strong knowledge of French statutory accounting (Plan Comptable Général). Familiarity with IFRS is a plus. • Strong knowledge of French statutory accounting • Hands-on experience with modern accounting platforms or ERP systems (Pennylane, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or similar). Familiarity with crypto sub-ledger tools (Cryptio, Bitwave, Lukka, or similar) is highly valued. • Hands-on experience with modern accounting platforms or ERP systems • Sector experience in crypto or fintech is highly valued. Experience in other B2C platforms (digital media, e-commerce, marketplace, consumer subscription) is also useful. Direct experience with regulated financial products (e-money, Banking-as-a-Service, payments) is a strong plus. • Sector experience in crypto or fintech is highly valued • Languages: native French, professional working proficiency in English. • Languages • Strong technology and data fluency. Comfortable working with data tools (SQL or equivalent), light scripting (Python, JavaScript, or similar), AI productivity tools, and automation platforms. Sees technology as a core source of leverage for the finance function, not as a complement to the role. • Strong technology and data fluency. • Holistic perspective and strong business judgment. Able to connect accounting, tax, and controls topics to broader business decisions, well beyond technical compliance. • Holistic perspective and strong business judgment. • High autonomy and ownership mindset. Comfortable making decisions and driving outcomes with limited supervision, in a fast-moving environment. • High autonomy and ownership mindset. • Strong communicator. Able to engage credibly with external partners (accountants, auditors, tax advisors, regulators), challenge constructively, and translate technical topics for non-finance audiences. • Strong communicator. • Growth mindset. Curious, open to learning, and energised by an evolving scope as the company scales. • Growth mindset.
Responsibilities
• Lead French statutory accounting and own monthly and annual closes, transitioning the company from an annual to a monthly close cadence. • Manage the relationship with the external accounting firm and, from 2027, the appointed statutory auditor. • Lead the company's tax compliance across direct and indirect taxes — corporate income tax, VAT (including reverse-charge on non-EU services), and other applicable taxes — in close coordination with our specialist tax advisor. • Design and own the company's accounting policies, including revenue recognition for subscription and card interchange revenue streams, accruals, intercompany transactions, FX treatment, and other technical positions as they emerge. • Build and own the bad debt provisioning and collections framework for the new subscription business, in coordination with Product, Engineering, and Customer Service. • Build and maintain reconciliation workflows between Cryptio (crypto sub-ledger), the subscription billing platform, the Banking-as-a-Service provider, and Pennylane (core accounting platform). • Lead audit readiness preparation, including documentation, internal controls design, and audit trail integrity across the company's accounting systems. • Drive automation and AI adoption across the finance function — building workflows, leveraging AI for analysis and reporting, and using data and tooling as a core source of leverage. • Contribute to the broader finance systems roadmap, including the selection and implementation of close-management software and finance productivity tools. • Partner with the Data Lead to ensure finance data needs are met in the company's data warehouse. • Core accounting: Pennylane • Core accounting: • Crypto sub-ledger: Cryptio • Crypto sub-ledger: • Treasury: Agicap • Treasury: • Procurement / SaaS contracts: Vertice • Procurement / SaaS contracts: • Close management: Numeric, FloQast, or equivalent (to be selected and implemented) • Close management: • Analytics: Internal data warehouse, Metabase • Analytics: • Productivity: Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, Claude, ChatGPT • Productivity:
Benefits
• €65K – €80K • Offers Equity • It all started with an idea in 2021. Initially built to democratize Bitcoin in France, Bitstack has gone from a simple product that invests spare change in bitcoin, to a crypto-native bank bringing a better way to save, spend, and grow money to our 300K+ users. We want to rebuild finance from the ground up to empower people to achieve financial freedom by participating in a more open and inclusive financial system. We’re a small, ambitious team of operators. We believe in moving fast, sweating the details, and creating products people truly love. At Bitstack, you’ll have the opportunity to shape not just our products, but the culture and practices of our entire organization. Bitstack is backed by YC, leading VCs like 13books Capital, Stillmark, Serena, and many more. We are building a product our users love and we are just getting started! • 🌎 Work from our office in Paris (Bourse) or Remote • 🕑 Flexible working hours • 👩⚕️ One of the best health insurance plans with 100% employer contributions • 🏄 Monthly team activities and annual offsites • 🍉 Swile meal vouchers • 🤑 Competitive salary based on experience & Bitstack stock options • Diversity & Inclusion • We hire talented and passionate people from all kinds of backgrounds, we don’t care about your age or where you studied. If you’re excited about the role but your past experience doesn’t match every bullet point in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. What matters most is that you’re a builder at heart, you share our values, and you’re enthusiastic about our mission.#LI-TT1
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