n8n - Head of Accounting and Tax
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Requirements
• Must-Have • Senior accounting leadership in high-growth SaaS: 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a B2B SaaS environment with multi-entity, multi-currency operations. You have built or significantly scaled an accounting function, not just maintained one. • Senior accounting leadership in high-growth SaaS: • IFRS and SaaS revenue expertise: Strong international accounting knowledge, including SaaS revenue recognition (ASC 606/IFRS 15), recurring billing, intercompany accounting, and group consolidation. Experience with an IFRS conversion or dual-GAAP environment is a strong signal. • IFRS and SaaS revenue expertise: • German GAAP and local tax knowledge: Hands-on experience with HGB financial statement preparation and German tax compliance (VAT, corporate tax, trade tax). • German GAAP and local tax knowledge: • Process and control builder: You are known for designing and scaling accounting processes, accelerating close cycles, and raising quality in fast-growing, under-documented environments. You bring structure without bureaucracy. • Process and control builder: • External advisor and auditor management: Proven ability to manage relationships with statutory auditors, tax advisors, and external service providers across multiple jurisdictions. You know how to get value from advisors without becoming dependent on them. • External advisor and auditor management: • AI and automation fluency: You actively use AI tools (LLMs, automation platforms, intelligent workflows) in your daily work to accelerate output, improve accuracy, or reduce manual effort. Not theoretical interest; demonstrated practice. • AI and automation fluency: • Leadership and communication: Strong judgment, analytical rigor, and clear communication in English. You work effectively in distributed, async-first, cross-border teams and can translate accounting complexity into business language. • Leadership and communication: • Nice-to-Have • Big 4 audit background: Foundational experience at a major audit firm that shaped your rigor and methodology. • Big 4 audit background: • Formal qualifications: Degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent commercial training such as Bilanzbuchhalter, Steuerberater, or Tax Clerk. • Scale-up to IPO experience: You have operated in a company that went through rapid scaling and/or IPO preparation, and you understand what the finance function needs to look like at each stage. • Workflow automation experience: Familiarity with workflow automation tools (ideally n8n, but Make, Zapier, or similar may also count) and/or experience building finance-specific automations.
Responsibilities
• We are a remote-first, high-talent-density team with a strong builder culture and real autonomy. If you want to build something meaningful at a company that is redefining workflow automation, we would love to hear from you.
Benefits
• At n8n, you will not just "run accounting." You will build the financial backbone of one of Europe's fastest-growing AI and developer-first SaaS companies. • Here is what makes this role different: • Real building mandate: Insource accounting within 3 months, deliver a sub-5-day close within 12 months, lead an IFRS conversion by 2027, and select a new ERP. These are not aspirations on a slide; they are your deliverables. • Real building mandate: • End-to-end ownership: You own the full accounting, tax, and compliance stack across three entities in Germany, the US and the UK. No matrix reporting, no shared services layer between you and the work. • End-to-end ownership: • High visibility: You report directly to the VP Finance and Legal, who sits on the senior leadership team. Your work shapes board-level reporting and capital markets readiness. • High visibility: • AI-native team: n8n's Finance function is building toward an AI-native operating model. You will have the tools, the mandate, and the support to push the boundary of what a modern accounting function looks like. • AI-native team: • Team you will shape: The Finance team is scaling from roughly 8 to 16 people in 2026. You will build and develop your own team, with budget and autonomy to do it right. • Competitive compensation 💸 – We offer fair and attractive pay. • Ownership 💪 – Our core value is to “empower others,” and we mean it—you’ll get a slice of n8n with equity. • Ownership • Work/life balance 🏖️ – We work hard but ensure you have time to recharge: • Work/life balance • Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are. • Europe: • US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are. • Health & wellness 🩺 – • Health & wellness • Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.* • Europe: • US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families—plus a no-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA—along with dental and vision coverage. • Future planning 💰 – • Future planning • Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.* • Europe: • US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match. • Financial security 🛡️ – • Financial security • Europe: • US: Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance to support you and your loved ones. • Career growth 📈 – We hire rising stars who grow with us! You’ll get €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching to level up your skills. • Career growth • A passionate team 🤩 – We love our product, and we prove it with regular hackathons where we see who can build the coolest thing with it! • A passionate team • Remote-first 🌏 – Our team works remotely across Europe, with regular off-sites for team bonding. Some roles, like sales in the US, are hybrid—please check the job description. • Remote-first • Giving back 🤝 – We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about. • Giving back • AI enablement 🤖 – We believe in working smarter—everyone gets an unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools to boost productivity and creativity. • AI enablement 🤖 – • Transparency 🙏 – We all know what everyone’s working on, how the company is doing—the whole shebang. • Transparency • An ambitious but kind culture 😍 – People love working here—our eNPS for 2024 is 94! • An ambitious but kind culture • Country-specific details are provided in your contract.
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