Senior Finance Operations Leader – Accounting (d/f/m)

Our story:Every year millions of people are either filing their taxes in fear or giving up on their tax refund altogether. We're working on fixing that. Our intuitive app enables anyone, regardless of education or background, to file their taxes with newfound confidence. Spread across Germany, Spain and the UK, the team at Taxfix Group with its brands Taxfix and Steuerbot, is a compassionate group of solution-finders. We speak our minds openly, and with over 400 professionals, including tax experts, developers, and IT security experts, we're rich in ideas and voices. The group has facilitated more than 3.5 billion euros in tax refunds for its customers since its founding in 2016. Your challengeAs our Senior Finance Operations Leader – Accounting, you will lead the accounting and treasury organisation behind Taxfix’s growing multi-country business. Your focus will be on creating reliable, scalable and well-controlled finance operations across Group and statutory accounting, month-end and year-end close, consolidation, audit readiness, treasury and core Record-to-Report processes. You will lead an experienced team, establish clear priorities and ownership, and ensure that our accounting organisation delivers accurate and timely financial information. At the same time, you will continuously improve how the team works through stronger processes, documentation and pragmatic automation. Tax and Finance Systems Transformation are managed separately. You will collaborate closely with these teams where their work intersects with accounting and treasury, but they are not part of your direct remit. Your teamYou will lead an experienced Finance Operations team responsible for areas such as: Group and statutory accounting Month-end and year-end close Consolidation and financial reporting Record-to-Report processes Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash accounting interfaces Intercompany accounting and reconciliations Treasury and cash management Audit preparation and accounting controls The team has already established important foundations, including NetSuite as the group-wide ERP and a strong track record of successful external audits. Your role is to provide clear leadership, prioritisation and execution discipline while helping the team develop and scale sustainably. Your responsibilitiesLead, coach and develop the Finance Operations team, creating clear priorities, responsibilities and development opportunities. Own the timely and accurate execution of monthly and annual close processes across the Taxfix Group. Oversee statutory and Group accounting under HGB and support IFRS and consolidated reporting requirements. Ensure accounting quality across multiple legal entities in Germany, Spain and the UK. Strengthen financial controls, reconciliations, process documentation and audit readiness.  Act as the primary operational contact for external auditors, banks and accounting advisors. Establish effective review routines, escalation paths and performance standards across the accounting organisation. Improve the reliability and scalability of Record-to-Report and the accounting components of Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash. Oversee day-to-day treasury operations, including cash visibility, liquidity planning, banking relationships and related financial controls. Ensure clear ownership and reliable processes across treasury, intercompany activities and cash-related reconciliations. Collaborate with the separate Tax team on relevant accounting dependencies, without owning Tax compliance, Tax strategy or the Tax organisation. Partner with the Finance Systems Transformation team on NetSuite improvements, integrations, reporting quality and automation opportunities. Identify and implement pragmatic process and automation improvements that reduce manual work and improve accuracy. Provide accounting and treasury input into selected business initiatives, new products and operational changes. Maintain transparency with th