Management Accountant

About Boundless:

Boundless is shaping what great global employment looks like. With Boundless, our goal is to remove all barriers to international employment around the world - knowledge, compliance, and cost. We are levelling the playing field across the global jobs market and making it easier for employees to access well paid opportunities from wherever they call home.

The Boundless product is more than just the software that onboards and manages payroll for employees; our product offering revolves around delivering compliant employment. For each country that we cover, we provide employment contracts, communicate important employment obligations, and guide our customers on how to be a ‘good’ employer based on the culture in that country. Key users of the product are, of course, the customer and the employee but also in-country partners (payroll, benefits, etc) and Boundless payroll and HR teams.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the month end process for the parent company including performing balance sheet reconciliations and P&L reviews.
• Review and analyse monthly financial activities to ensure reasonableness, investigating and addressing discrepancies.
• Oversee and assist with the completion of accountancy and bookkeeping BAU tasks.
• Manage and coordinate relationships with outsourced overseas finance teams, ensuring accurate and timely submission of month end deliverables.
• Support the Financial Operations Lead to ensure compliance with all applicable financial regulations and standards across multiple international entities
• Assist in the preparation of financial plans, budgets, and forecasts, conducting variance analysis and reporting on key financial metrics.
• Identify and implement process improvement opportunities to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting, forecasting, and close processes.
• Ensure process documentation is sufficiently detailed, up to date and accurate.
• Provide financial insights and analysis to the CFO and business leaders to inform strategic decisions.
• Collaborate on various ad-hoc projects as needed to support the finance team's evolving needs and organisational objectives.

Requirements

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• 3+ years experience in a similar role, with a strong technical understanding of accounting principles and financial processes.
• Experience in financial reporting, statutory audits, and the preparation of financial statements.
• Detail-oriented with excellent project management skills, capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Results-driven with the ability to take ownership and deliver high-quality work within deadline.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with enthusiasm for problem-solving, data analysis, and continuous process improvement, with a focus on leveraging technology and automation to drive efficiency.
• Fluent in English.
• Eligibility to work in the EU or UK.

Nice to Have:

• Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) experience, including building financial models, conducting variance analysis, and supporting budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience managing relationships with outsourced finance teams, ensuring alignment on priorities and timely execution of deliverables.
• Technical knowledge of international accounting and tax regulations, including corporation tax and VAT.
• Expertise leveraging the Xero ecosystem to develop and implement scalable financial reporting processes.

Note: If you are a good fit but don’t have all the required experience, please apply! We love people who want to learn and we want to build a diverse and inclusive team.

Benefits

How we work:

• At Boundless, we want our work to fit our lifestyles. We don’t believe in counting hours and we want everyone to focus on goals and achievements instead. We know that everyone has different needs when it comes to how they work, when they’re most productive, and how they manage their life. We’re all responsible adults and we trust each other.
• Boundless is a remote-first team. That means that you can work remotely from any of these countries that Boundless supports within Europe, and you will enjoy the security of having full, compliant employment through our platform.
• Everyone on the team is entitled to 41 paid days off per year (including public holidays, 4 company days off, and birthday leave). Your well-being is a high priority.