Staff Accountant (Maternity Cover)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

It is our duty to create and advance a diverse and inclusive company where all Taulians feel they are celebrated. All individuals are welcomed, free to express themselves and rewarded for showing up as authentically every day. By hiring women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, veterans, people of all sexual orientations and from underrepresented and marginalized communities, Taulia will revolutionize fintech.

About Taulia

Taulia is a fintech company that is part of the SAP group. More than 2 million businesses in over 150 countries collaborate on our network. Our customers include Airbus, AstraZeneca, and Nissan. We help them and their suppliers access cash when and where they need it most. Some of our customers have improved their working capital by more than $1 billion while making their supply chains more resilient and sustainable. For more information, please visit www.taulia.com. Compensation is based on a variety of factors including (but not limited to): skills, depth of work experience, certifications, geography, etc. Total compensation for this role includes a generous benefits program, RSU incentive plan and annual performance bonus. Additionally, compensation is reviewed annually and career pathing opportunities are available for continued development.

About the Job

Taulia is searching for an excited, enthusiastic, and attentive Staff Accountant to join us as we grow our presence in Europe.

Responsibilities

• Globally manage the accounts payable (AP) process, including invoice recording, payment preparation, AP account reconciliation, and vendor inquiries.
• Manage the Travel and Entertainment (T&E) expense reimbursement process, including reviewing and approving employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with company T&E policy, conducting regular policy reviews and updates, actively participating in T&E process improvements, and addressing employee inquiries.
• Own various GL accounts, including recording of transactions, reconciling and reporting.
• Manage month-end close for certain processes and accounts owned. Continuously work towards improving efficiency and accuracy of financial close.
• Streamline, automate, develop, and implement best practice accounting procedures by analyzing current procedures and recommending changes when needed.
• Identify new processes, as the business continues to change and critically analyze variations from expectations.
• Examine existing processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Assist in accounting for international operations, ensuring that processes for assigned accounts are consistently applied to key foreign subsidiaries.
• Contribute to establish and strengthening internal control processes and procedures, including analysis, documentation, identifying and implementing improvements.
• Liaise with FP&A, sales, account management teams, and other cross-functional teams to gather data, improve processes, and support business needs.
• Work closely with the team to accomplish team and company goals.
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting requests.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience required

You have proven your ability to operate effectively in a dynamic and complex environment. As the role requires operational diligence as well as a working understanding of accounting concepts, a mix of technical and functional education and experience is preferred. You will have the chance to work autonomously.

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field or 3+ years of accounting/finance work experience.
• Public accounting experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of Excel and financial accounting systems – NetSuite is preferred.
• Ability to manage workload to meet established deadlines.
• Eagerness to learn and expand into new areas of responsibility.
• Proven ability to think critically and solve complex problems.
• Excellent time management and project management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, operate with goal-oriented perspective, and to see projects through to completion.