Senior Manager - Accounting

We're driven by a mission to make digital payments accessible to everyone, everywhere. With our innovative payment solutions, we empower businesses of all sizes to access new markets and connect with more customers. Our clients include some of the world's most innovative companies, such as Ant Group, PayPal, and Stripe, who depend on PPRO to accelerate their growth.
Our strength lies in our diverse and global team, spanning various nationalities and international locations. We’re all united by a shared a passion for building – whether that’s trusted relationships with our customers, or next generation products that make payments simpler, faster, and more secure for everyone
At PPRO, we believe that everyone can make a difference. We encourage our team members to seize opportunities to maximize their impact, adopt a growth mindset, build trust with each other and our customers, and drive change across the industry. We’re just at the start of our journey to become the leading payments technology provider globally – and that’s where you come in.
The Purpose:
We're currently seeking a Senior Manager, Accounting to support our team’s strategy, growth and innovation. You will collaborate closely with the VP, Head of Accounting & Tax to develop and implement high-quality accounting processes, ensuring compliance with German GAAP (HGB) and IFRS. Your role will involve managing key entities within the group, supporting audits, and contributing to the financial success of the company.We are looking for someone who has strong technical accounting knowledge within these areas, excellent problem solving skills, is a strong communicator, thrives on process improvement, and enjoys working in a challenging, fast–paced environment to support our continued success.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide technical accounting advisory and be the subject matter expert to support German GAAP and Group IFRS compliance.
• Prepare monthly financial statements for German subsidiaries, ensuring accuracy and adherence to regulatory standards.
• Manage responsibilities for statutory close/compliance processes
• Be a key partner with our Group auditors to ensure efficient and effective audit process
• Apply a controls-based culture on financial oversight; identify and remediate control deficiencies as required.
• Drive to continuously improve the automation of accounting and reporting processes; rethink the status quo for continuous improvement and gaining efficiencies
• Drive engagements with global / regional accounting and cross functionally
• Ad-hoc global or regional finance projects as necessary

You'll need to have:

• Degree educated in Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics or equivalent
• Big four trained (5+ years post qualification) with financial services experience 
• Expertise in German GAAP & IFRS with strong knowledge and experience in reporting & consolidations
• Significant experience managing external auditors 
• Business level English and German
• Strong communication, collaboration and teamwork skills across all levels
• Proven critical thinking capability
• Managed multiple stakeholders, preference in a matrix organisation
• Good communication skills and ability to work with remote teams across departments
• Ability to identify and drive business accounting process improvement
• Experience with major ERP systems a plus (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle)

What's in it for you ? :
Hybrid working - We offer flexible working, so you can strike the right balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year
Insurance - Because better safe than sorry - we want our employees to benefit from various insurances including accident insurance, disability insurance, direct insurance (bAV) and travel insurance. 
Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet
Professional and personal development - We provide leadership cafes, on-the-job training, and access to LinkedIn learning to help you gain knowledge beyond your role. We also offer German language courses to our non native speakers employees.
Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.