Senior Group Accountant

Overview

The AI orchestration of your wildest imagination. n8n is the open workflow orchestration platform built for the new era of AI. We give technical teams the freedom of code with the speed of no-code, so they can automate faster, smarter, and without limits. Since our founding in 2019, we’ve grown into a diverse team of over 160 working across Europe and the US, connected by a shared builder spirit with our centre of gravity in Berlin.

That’s the company we’ve built. Now we’d love to see what you can build. If you’re applying, try n8n out — whether you’re technical or not — and share a screenshot of your first workflow with us. The easiest place to start is app.n8n.cloud/register. We’re in a defining moment of an incredible journey. Come and build with us.

Your main goal will be to build and own an investor-grade group consolidation backbone that enables fast, accurate reporting as n8n scales internationally.

To do so, you’ll take end-to-end ownership of group accounting standards, consolidation, and close excellence across entities:

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual group consolidation, including eliminations and consolidated financial statements.
• Drive a faster, predictable close by defining calendars, checklists, and variance thresholds across entities.
• Act as the consolidation standards setter, reviewing outputs and ensuring consistency and accuracy at group level.

• Lead the conversion of local GAAP financials to IFRS for group reporting, including adjustment entries and reconciliations.
• Develop, document, and roll out group-wide accounting policies with a strong focus on SaaS topics.
• Maintain clear, audit-ready documentation of accounting judgments and technical positions.

• Set up and manage intercompany accounting, reconciliations, FX translation, and transfer-pricing-related entries.
• Act as the main finance contact for subsidiaries on group reporting requirements and timelines.
• Support external audits at group level and continuously improve and automate accounting processes and systems.

• 📊 Multi-entity consolidation expertise: You have 8+ years of accounting experience with hands-on ownership of IFRS consolidations, eliminations, and adjustments.
• 📘 IFRS for SaaS mastery: You bring strong working knowledge of IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IFRS 2, FX accounting, and development cost capitalization in a SaaS context.
• 💳 Subscription revenue accounting: You have practical experience reconciling subscription billing data to the general ledger.
• 🔁 Intercompany & FX execution: You’re experienced with intercompany reconciliations, FX translation and revaluation, and transfer-pricing-related journal entries.
• 🧾 Audit-ready mindset: You’re comfortable owning auditor-facing schedules, reconciliations, and clear documentation of accounting judgments.
• ⚙️ Systems & execution focus: You’re advanced in Excel or Google Sheets, comfortable with ERPs and consolidation tools, and known for strong close discipline with an automation mindset.

• 🚀 Finance transformation projects: You’ve worked on ERP migrations, consolidation tool implementations, or close automation initiatives.
• 📈 Equity & SBC exposure: You’ve had hands-on involvement with share-based compensation accounting and equity roll-forwards.
• 💡 High-growth SaaS background: You’ve worked in fast-scaling B2B SaaS or open-source or fair-code business models.
• 🌍 International statutory exposure: You’ve supported statutory requirements beyond HGB, such as US or UK entities.
• 🧠 Data-fluent finance: You’ve used basic SQL, scripting, or close management tools to support reconciliations or controls.

Why join us?

At n8n, your work won’t disappear into a spreadsheet maze. You’ll play a pivotal role in building an automation-first, investor-grade finance foundation for one of Europe’s fastest-growing AI workflow platforms. You’ll partner closely with senior finance leadership, have high autonomy as a senior IC, and directly influence how we scale our reporting, audits, and international expansion. You’ll join a team that values clarity,…