Geared toward experienced German accountants comfortable with rethinking processes and integrating AI into finance workflows, with a preference for candidates based in Berlin who can work in a hybrid setup.
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Original posting from Pliant via Ashby
ABOUT US
Pliant is a modular B2B payments platform combining commercial card issuing, payment accounts, FX and spend management for businesses and AI agents.
Businesses across travel, e-commerce, insurance and AI-native technology use Pliant to manage complex payment workflows, while fintechs, software platforms and banks use its infrastructure to build and operate their own commercial payment offerings.
Pliant's API-first platform also enables AI agents and applications to access regulated payment infrastructure with permissions, controls and auditability built in.
Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant serves businesses and partners across Europe and North America. A principal member of Visa and Mastercard, Pliant issues commercial cards in 13 currencies across 32 countries under its European e-money license and through regulated partners in the UK and US.
Learn more at www.getpliant.com http://www.getpliant.com.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're looking for someone who owns their areas end to end: knows HGB well enough to challenge a tax advisor, closes the month without being chased, and never accepts a manual step just because “that’s how we’ve always done it”.
You join the Finance team of Pliant GmbH as the counterpart to our Head of Accounting. You independently own defined areas, from month end close and liquidity to partner billing and audit. You are the technical sparring partner on HGB and accounting questions, and you provide reliable cover during absences. Bookkeeping and tax filings are currently handled by our external tax advisors. You steer them, review their output and hold them to a high standard. In the mid-term, we plan to bring accounting in-house, and you will play a key role in building that setup.
Why this role is different:
Pliant is an AI-first company, and that includes Finance. We don't want to digitise the old way of doing accounting. We want to rethink it. We expect you to question the status quo, test new approaches and bring AI into our daily work, from reconciliations and close to reviews and reporting. As we bring accounting in-house, you get the rare chance to design it AI-first from day one, on a solid HGB foundation.
This is a full time position, and we’re ideally looking for someone based in Berlin who can join the team at our Berlin office.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Accounting & Liquidity coordination
- Run month end close activities, reconciliations and intercompany bookings
- Coordinate our external tax advisor and bookkeeping, and review their output critically
- Act as technical sparring partner on HGB and accounting questions
- Own the liquidity forecast independently and provide operational backup
- AP/AR & payments
- Run defined workflows through to completion, including follow-up on incomplete preparation
- Own defined billing processes, from review to follow-up
- Investigate issues and resolve routine exceptions within agreed authority
- Audit & due diligence
- Prepare and coordinate schedules, documentation and day-to-day requests from auditors and investors
- Processes, ERP & automation
- Maintain our processes and SOPs, and drive ERP and automation projects with your process expertise
- Use AI agents, rules and integrations to remove manual work, and measure the impact: hours saved, close days shortened, fewer errors
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- A degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or similar, or a completed apprenticeship as Steuerfachangestellte/r. A Bilanzbuchhalter/in qualification is a strong plus
- 3–5+ years of hands-on experience in German accounting, ideally a mix of tax advisory, audit firm, start-up and/or scale-up
- Strong practical HGB expertise: month-end and year-end close, accruals and provisions, audit preparation
- Experience working with and reviewing the output of external accountants or tax advisors
- You work independently, challenge outputs and resolve issues instead of escalating them
- You already use AI in your daily work and can show us a concrete example of a process you improved with it
- Very good German and English
Nice to have
- Experience with liquidity planning or cash forecasting
- Experience in fintech, payments, or a regulated company (e.g. e-money or payment institution)
- Experience with an ERP implementation or migration
- Excel/Google Sheets skills beyond the basics, SQL or no-code tools
WHAT WE OFFER
- The opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities that thrives on a strong exchange of knowledge and excellence
- Attractive remuneration
- Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere
- Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals
- Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
- Monthly mobility benefit
- Wellhub Membership
- Pliant Card with monthly credit to explore the product and enjoy food with colleagues
Pliant is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities, and are committed to an inclusive hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the interview process, please let us know.
At Pliant we use the Ashby AI Criteria to assist with looking over resumes against our job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by our Talent Team and Hiring Team.
A human is behind these processes. Ashby does not automatically reject candidates or make final hiring decisions. Our teams review all results and make the final hiring decision with every candidate that applies.
Source: Pliant careers (Ashby)