Senior Accounting & Controlling Manager

Smeetz is the leading AI-powered unified commerce platform for the European leisure and entertainment industry with 200+ venues, 10+ countries, €10M raised, and a Series A in motion.

We need a trusted senior operator to own the operational backbone of Finance: full accounting cycle across 5 entities (CH, UK, FR, US, ES), payroll, payment cycles, reporting, and controlling, automated end-to-end with AI and modern tooling.

Reports directly to the CEO. This is a delegation hire: leadership stops worrying about Finance once you’re in the seat. We move fast and expect the same with precision without bureaucracy.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting Ownership: Full cycle with journals, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, month-end and year-end close. Mentor the Operations Assistant on AP/AR
Multi-Entity Compliance: Primary contact for accounting partners in UK, FR, US, ES. Review and approve subsidiary financials and tax presentations. Support audits, statutory filings, transfer pricing
Payroll & Payments: Own end-to-end payroll across jurisdictions. Run regular AP cycles to safeguard funds availability. The CEO does not need to follow up
Reporting & Controlling: Timely financial statements, KPI dashboards, budget-to-actual, variance analysis, cash flow. Challenge department leads when material deviations from budget appear; surface root causes to the CEO with clean supporting analysis
Data Integrity: Streamline workflows between Sales, Account Management, Implementation, and Finance. Eliminate reconciliation friction
Automation & AI: Drive AI adoption inside Finance. Replace manual work with AI and no-code automation (Anthropic Claude, n8n, Notion, Zapier). Goal: a Finance function that runs on systems, not on hours

Requirements

7+ years in accounting, with 3-5+ years in a senior or managerial role
Hands-on IFRS multi-entity experience; Swiss GAAP and transfer pricing a strong plus
BSc in Accounting/Finance; ACCA, CPA, MSc, MBA, or equivalent qualification a plus
Practical command of QuickBooks; advanced Excel and Google Sheets, Chargebee a plus
Concrete example of implementing AI or automation in a finance context
Full professional English; French, Spanish, or German a plus
SaaS or scale-up experience a plus; SQL exposure a plus

Personal attributes

Trustable: leadership delegates Finance to you and stops worrying
Precise: accuracy is a personal standard, not a checklist
Fast & energetic: bias to action. Ships work. Doesn’t wait for instructions
Process-driven: turns inefficiencies into repeatable, automated workflows
AI-native: tools are leverage, not threats. You drive AI adoption
Independent: self-directed, communicates outcomes not status updates
Calm under pressure: month-end, audits, escalations, etc

Benefits

Direct reporting line to the CEO with full ownership of the function
Performance-driven culture: successes recognised and rewarded with increased earning potential and expanded ownership responsibilities
Modern tooling stack (QuickBooks, Notion, Anthropic Claude, etc.)
International exposure across CH, UK, FR, US, ES, etc