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.