# Senior Accounting & Controlling Manager

> Smeetz · Algeria (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-05-06

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Operations Team

## Description

Smeetz is the leading AI-powered unified commerce platform for the European leisure and entertainment industry with 200+ venues, 10+ countries, €10M raised, and a Series A in motion.

We need a trusted senior operator to own the operational backbone of Finance: full accounting cycle across 5 entities (CH, UK, FR, US, ES), payroll, payment cycles, reporting, and controlling, automated end-to-end with AI and modern tooling.

Reports directly to the CEO. **This is a delegation hire**: leadership stops worrying about Finance once you're in the seat. We move fast and expect the same with precision without bureaucracy.

### Key responsibilities

-   **Accounting Ownership:** Full cycle with journals, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, month-end and year-end close. Mentor the Operations Assistant on AP/AR.
-   **Multi-Entity Compliance:** Primary contact for accounting partners in UK, FR, US, ES. Review and approve subsidiary financials and tax presentations. Support audits, statutory filings, transfer pricing.
-   **Payroll & Payments:** Own end-to-end payroll across jurisdictions. Run regular AP cycles to safeguard funds availability. The CEO does not need to follow up.
-   **Reporting & Controlling:** Timely financial statements, KPI dashboards, budget-to-actual, variance analysis, cash flow. Challenge department leads when material deviations from budget appear; surface root causes to the CEO with clean supporting analysis.
-   **Data Integrity:** Streamline workflows between Sales, Account Management, Implementation, and Finance. Eliminate reconciliation friction.
-   **Automation & AI:** Drive AI adoption inside Finance. Replace manual work with AI and no-code automation (Anthropic Claude, n8n, Notion, Zapier). Goal: a Finance function that runs on systems, not on hours.

## Requirements

-   7+ years in accounting, with 3-5+ years in a senior or managerial role
-   Hands-on IFRS multi-entity experience; Swiss GAAP and transfer pricing a strong plus
-   BSc in Accounting/Finance; ACCA, CPA, MSc, MBA, or equivalent qualification a plus
-   Practical command of QuickBooks; advanced Excel and Google Sheets, Chargebee a plus
-   **Concrete example of implementing AI or automation in a finance context**
-   Full professional English; French, Spanish, or German a plus
-   SaaS or scale-up experience a plus; SQL exposure a plus

### Personal attributes

-   **Trustable:** leadership delegates Finance to you and stops worrying.
-   **Precise:** accuracy is a personal standard, not a checklist.
-   **Fast & energetic:** bias to action. Ships work. Doesn't wait for instructions.
-   **Process-driven:** turns inefficiencies into repeatable, automated workflows.
-   **AI-native:** tools are leverage, not threats. You drive AI adoption.
-   **Independent:** self-directed, communicates outcomes not status updates.
-   **Calm under pressure:** month-end, audits, escalations, etc.

## Benefits

-   Direct reporting line to the CEO with full ownership of the function
-   Performance-driven culture: successes recognised and rewarded with increased earning potential and expanded ownership responsibilities
-   Modern tooling stack (QuickBooks, Notion, Anthropic Claude, etc.)
-   International exposure across CH, UK, FR, US, ES, etc.

## Apply

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