Trainee Accountant

About the role:
We are looking for an ambitious all-round junior bookkeeper/accountant to help us provide our clients with accurate financial information about their businesses.

Who you’ll be working with:

We are Insight Matters.

We provide our clients with financial insights that they use to grow faster, better, and healthier businesses. Based on our input, they make life changing decisions about hiring, investing, and improving their strategic plans.

Our clients use our services to answer critical business questions: like, "Can they invest in hiring a new person? Are they getting the right return on marketing? Where are they leaving money on the table? Which products or services are most profitable?”
We are a full-service financial support service, working mainly with e-commerce and other online companies - delivering the full finance function, from accounting to fractional CFO services, and from management reporting & analysis to internal control.
Our team is fully remote and currently spread out over various countries in Europe, Asia, and South America, while our clients are mainly in the US, Europe, and Asia. We are a team of 18 and are growing rapidly.

Our #1 priority is delivering quality to our clients – we are their trusted partner for big decisions, so quality is non-negotiable.
We place a strong emphasis on asking questions, learning from one another, and learning from our mistakes in our open, informal, equal, and trust-based team environment.

What you’ll be doing:
Together with your Senior, you will manage books for a number of our clients, who are in a variety of industries and dispersed across several nations, as we are a young company with a rapidly growing number of clients. The daily and weekly accounting tasks will require your full attention, with an emphasis on AR, AP, and inventory. You will also provide support with the monthly and annual financial closings.

Responsibilities:
- Execute accurate recording of business transactions through journal entries.
- Manage accounts receivable, invoicing, and accounts payable processes.
- Conduct meticulous bank and account reconciliations.
- Collaborate in reviewing expenses, payroll records, and other financial aspects.
- Manage complex accounting transactions, including intercompany reconciliations.
- Play a key role in month-end closing procedures, including reconciliations and journal entries.
- Assist in preparing balance sheets, income statements, and financial statements in line with legal and company guidelines.
- Prepare and submit detailed and timely weekly/monthly reports.
- Provide support in monthly/yearly closings and various accounting projects.
- Participate in budget creation, long-term forecasting, and budget monitoring.
- Assist in audit season, strengthen internal controls, and contribute to strategic financial analysis.
- Identify and suggest improvements in financial processes for enhanced efficiency.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with clients through effective communication
- Collaborate with management to develop financial strategies for cost reduction and revenue enhancement.

To succeed in this role, you most likely have:
- 1-3+ years’ experience in bookkeeping or accounting, AR/AP management, Inventory accounting, Invoicing and Billing - preferably in Big 4 or similar level.
- Experienced in handling multiple clients with weekly and monthly timelines
- Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices (IAS, IFRS, US GAAP)
- Experience with major accounting platforms such as but not limited to QBO and Xero together with various online financial platforms, such as but not limited to payment channels, banking, invoicing, expense reporting, ecommerce
- Experience with working remote
- Stable and reliable internet connection is required (30 Mbit minimum)

Personal traits that will help us both succeed:
· Super organized & structured
· Dares to ask questions
· Eye for detail
· Eager to learn and grow
· Ambition to grow with a start-up in a fast-paced, fully remote environment
· Proactively think, bring suggestions and ideas to the table
· Take initiative and not be afraid to make mistakes
· Constructive feedback is viewed as an opportunity to learn, not as criticism.
· Flexible working hours – you can set your own work rhythm, with the only requirement that at least three of your standard work hours fall between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CET

What's in it for you:
· A key role in a young and dynamic team that is changing the future of our clients
· Working with a variety of passionate entrepreneurs as clients
· Working with in an open, supportive and positive team culture
· A setting where initiative is appreciated and rewarded

Benefits:
· A competitive salary*
· 20 days paid holiday per year
· Performance related bonus scheme/profit share in the future
· Monthly contribution to your home office costs
· Training budget and time
· Working hours: 30-40 hours per week
· Fully remote work, flexible working hours – set your own work rhythm, with the only requirement that at least three of your standard work hours fall between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CET

*We kindly ask you to apply only if you are happy to work remotely as an independent contractor. Please note that you are responsible for any tax-related procedures in your country of residence.

If you are interested in this role, fill out this form: https://forms.clickup.com/4666620/f/4ed7w-19438/M31BOVJOXLBPBMQXOL