Junior Bookkeeper [CLOSED]

About the role:

We are looking for an all-round Junior Bookkeeper to provide our clients with solid financial information about their business.

Who you’ll be working with:

We are Insight Matters.

We believe that every business owner deserves the same financial insight that a Corporate CEO has, and that these insights are critical for them to achieve their goals.
We are a full-service financial support service, working mainly with e-Commerce and Service companies - delivering bookkeeping, management reporting & analysis & financial consultancy to our clients.

Our clients use our services to answer critical business questions: 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?

Our team is fully remote and currently spread out over various countries in Europe and Asia, while our clients are mainly in the US, Europe, and Asia. We are a small but growing team - where delivering quality to our clients is the #1 priority and have an open and informal team culture based on trust and transparency.

You’ll be working mostly with a Senior Accountant who is experienced in international accounting standards and financial shared services and with Maj, Co-Founder/COO, an experienced controller and auditor.

What you’ll be doing

As we are a young company with a rapid growing number of clients, you will run bookkeeping for a number of our clients in various industries spread across multiple countries. You will be focused on daily and weekly accounting tasks, mostly focused in AR, AP and Inventory at the same time provide support in monthly and yearly financial closing.

Responsibilities

• Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded
• Update accounts receivable and issue invoices
• Update accounts payable and perform reconciliations
• Perform bank reconciliations
• Perform account reconciliations
• Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines
• Assist with reviewing of expenses, payroll records etc. as assigned
• Update financial data in the relevant accounting platform to ensure that information will be accurate and immediately available when needed
• Prepare and submit weekly/monthly reports
• Assist senior accountants in the preparation of monthly/yearly closings
• Assist with other accounting projects

To succeed in this role, you most likely have:

• 2+ years’ experience in bookkeeping or preferably accounting, AR/AP management, Inventory accounting, Invoicing and Billing
• 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 accounting platforms such as but not limited to QBO, Xero and Hubdoc
• Experience with working remote
• Strong business acumen
• Experience having responsibility for businesses operating in the international market is a plus

Personal traits that will help us both succeed:

• Super organized & structured
• Eye for detail
• Dares to asks questions
• 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
• Sees constructive feedback as an opportunity to learn, not as criticism.
• Flexible working hours with the only requirement that at least half of your standard work hours fall between 8 am – 5 pm CET

What is 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 closely with 2 complementary founders
• Working with in an open, supportive and positive team culture
• A setting where initiative is appreciated and rewarded

Benefits:

• Competitive salary 1.200-USD per month (based on 40 hours) (Believe you should get more? Convince us!)
• 20 days paid holiday per year (on Full Time Basis)
• Performance related bonus scheme/profit share in the future
• Training budget and time
• Working hours: 28-40 hours per week (for the right candidate we can adjust this up or down)
• Fully remote work, flexible working hours – set your own work rhythm, with the only requirement that at least 50% of your standard work hours fall between 8 am – 5 pm CET

Application process

1 - Click Apply and complete the application form - following that you’ll get a request to send us a link to a video of up to 5 minutes (not longer) of you introducing yourself and tell us a little about you and why you think you’re the right person for our role.

2 - There’ll be a second stage, likely an initial brief interview but possibly something different based on some processes we’re testing right now

3 - Test project - a chance to see if our working styles match.

4 - In depth skills interview – We’ll focus on the skills and experience you bring to the table.

5 – In depth culture fit interview – We’ll focus on your style, our style and our company culture. This fit is crucial to make our working relation a win-win

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!