The Role: How you'll make an impact at Personio

This position can be office-based or fully remote from one of the following countries: Germany, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, or the UK. 

We enable the rapid but sustainable growth of Personio and ensure the financial health, legal stability, and strategic direction-setting of the organization. If you want to work and learn in an interdisciplinary team of Finance, Legal, and Strategy (“FLS”) and want to have a strong impact on Personio from day one, the FLS team is the right place for you. We see ourselves as a co-pilot of our business leaders and partner collaboratively with the entire organization, to enable data-driven decision-making by providing thoughtful analysis and insights. 

We are seeking a highly motivated Finance System Specialist to join our team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in evolving our finance system landscape where accounting meets systems and thus contribute directly to Personio’s growth journey.

Role Responsibilities: What you'll do

• Accounting System Support: Support the Accounting team in all areas from AR, AP, Asset Accounting, Banking, General Ledger, Tax, Consolidation and Reporting

• Audit: Support the core accounting team to manage the day-to-day financial operations and ensure high quality work for audit purposes

• Period Close: Support group accounting with monthly, quarterly & annual reporting under IFRS and local GAAP for multiple entities

• Continuous automation: Assist the functional finance teams by continuously driving automation and addressing process inefficiencies

• Integrations: Good understanding of interfaces between existing business systems (e.g. Salesforce, Chargebee, Workday and others) and their associated data flows

• Documentation: Ensure data flows and finance processes are documented in a structured manner and aligned with internal guidelines

• System Management: Perform ERP configuration & management while providing first level support to end users

Role Requirements: What you need to succeed

• At least 3 years experience with Accounting, Finance or Controlling functions  and are familiar with cloud-based business systems for finance or planning (e.g. SAP S/4Hana, Oracle Netsuite, Workday or similar)

• Expertise in accounting, financial analysis and reporting, data management, and project management

• Ideally a qualified accountant or working towards same

• Be process-focused with a view to continuous improvements to processes that scale

• You have an affinity for system design and data, good analytical skills and a structured and independent way of working

• Ability to prioritize and function well in a dynamic and ambiguous environment

• Ability to deliver in a highly collaborative manner that generates buy-in and enthusiasm from peers and other stakeholders

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Data Science or similar is nice to have

• You are business proficient in English. German and any other European language are nice-to-have

Why Personio

Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:

• Receive a competitive reward package – reevaluated each year – that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years (because we love what we do, but we also love vacation!)
• Make an impact on the environment and society with 2 (fully paid) Impact Days –  one for an individual project of your choice and one for a company-wide initiative
• Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities with PersonioCares
• Find your best way to work with our office-led, remote-friendly PersonioFlex! Most teams offer a roughly 50% remote, 50% in-office working framework
• Invest in your development with an annual personal development budget to use on professional memberships, external certifications, conferences, and more
• Connect with your fellow Personios at regular company and team events like All Company Culture Week and local year-end celebrations
• Engage in a high-impact working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes