Senior Accountant, EMEA

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Senior Accountant managing multi-entity accounting, reporting, audits, and ERP activities for Oyster’s global employment platform. Remote role focused on EMEA entities and statutory compliance.

Responsibilities:

  • Own day-to-day accounting, monthly reporting, and ERP activities for Oyster entities worldwide, with a focus on EMEA
  • Manage full-cycle accounting and intercompany transactions for global subsidiaries
  • Prepare and review financial statements and balance-sheet reconciliations across multiple entities
  • Lead month-end and year-end close activities, maintaining checklists and documentation
  • Coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual local statutory filings and provide support packages
  • Oversee local statutory audits and resolve auditor questions and adjustments
  • Reconcile local statutory records to the ERP
  • Conduct financial analysis, identify trends or discrepancies, and present decision-useful insights
  • Own assigned ERP activities and improve accounting standards, controls, documentation, and automation
  • Coordinate dependencies across Finance, Payroll, Tax, Legal, and external partners
  • Execute ad hoc financial projects
  • Support junior teammates with practical guidance

Requirements:

  • At least 5 years of accounting experience, including at least 1 year operating at senior-accountant scope
  • CPA (or part-qualified) or an equivalent professional accounting qualification
  • Strong knowledge of multi-entity accounting, intercompany transactions, financial reporting, reconciliations, close, and audit support
  • Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and manipulation of large datasets
  • Meticulous attention to detail and a logical, evidence-based approach to problem solving
  • Ability to prioritize competing deadlines and maintain quality across several entities
  • Strong written and spoken English
  • Effective stakeholder management in an asynchronous environment
  • Proactive follow-through, sound judgment, and a continuous-improvement and automation mindset
  • Reliable home internet connection
  • Authorization to work where you live
  • NetSuite or comparable ERP experience, payroll accounting or SaaS experience, high-growth startup or rapidly changing international environment experience, and accounting across EMEA jurisdictions are bonus/nice-to-have qualifications

Benefits:

  • Fully remote work from home
  • Work from anywhere, subject to authorization to work where you live
  • 40 days off per year including holidays and vacation, or more if required locally
  • Plumm mental health support
  • Monthly wellbeing allowance through ThanksBen wallet
  • At least three months’ paid parental leave with job protection for up to 12 months or as required locally
  • WFH stipend for laptop and home office equipment
  • Inclusive, trust-based work environment
  • Asynchronous and collaborative working environment