Senior Accountant, Operational Finance (d/f/m)

DataGuard

YOUR JOB Are you someone who thrives in fast-paced environments where accuracy, structure, and ownership truly matter? Your main goal will be to help build and scale our financial operations for the next stage of growth and take ownership of key accounting processes. If improving workflows, driving automation, and ensuring reliable financial reporting excites you - then this role could be the perfect next step. LET'S PROTECT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE DATA We are a fast-growing security and compliance tech company with a clear purpose: we protect the people behind the data. With over 200 team members worldwide and with offices in Munich, Berlin, London, Vienna and Stockholm we help more than 4,000 global customers get certified fast and build a strong and scalable risk posture. With AI-powered automation, self-serve capabilities and additional tailored expert advice, we offer our customers a seamless security and compliance experience to stay ahead of the rapidly evolving security landscape and challenges like the surge in cyber-attacks. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING * You take ownership of key accounting processes including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, monthly accruals, fixed asset management and payment runs, ensuring accuracy and efficiency at scale. * You take full ownership of month-end and year-end closing activities, delivering reliable, compliant financial reporting aligned with HGB requirements. * You lead the preparation of annual financial statements (HGB) and act as a key contact during internal and external audits. * You challenge existing workflows, proactively driving improvements and automation in collaboration with Finance and DataOps. * You take ownership of project-based financial initiatives and operational improvements together with our Director of Financial Controlling to strengthen our finance infrastructure as we grow. WHAT YOU'LL GET IN RETURN * The freedom, trust, and tools (we work with DATEV) to do what you love and make an impact in a purpose-driven company, committed to doing genuine good in the digital world. * Enjoy a high degree of flexibility with tailored working hours, choice of work location, and benefits that support your lifestyle, health, and family needs. * Join a secure, future-focused role in a dynamic scale-up positioned to make a major impact in the rapidly expanding Security & Compliance market. * Grow along expert or leadership paths with support from employee accelerator programs, bi-annual feedback cycles, and a personal training budget. * Work in an environment that values autonomy, rapid decision-making, a flat hierarchy, and collaborative, eye-level communication to keep things moving forward. THE QUALITIES YOU'LL NEED FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AT DATAGUARD * German GAAP & Tax Law: You possess excellent knowledge of HGB and German tax regulations * You bring 3+ years of experience in financial accounting with end to end closing responsibility, including 1+ years experience in a high growth tech or SaaS company * Detail-Oriented & Reliable: You are detail-oriented, structured, and reliable - You have a proactive, adaptable, and ownership driven mindset with the ability to thrive in changing environments and successfully deliver projects from start to finish. * Communication Skills: You have excellent German skills and communicate clearly and confidently in English * Educational Background: Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field, and certified training as Bilanzbuchalter * Strong proficiency in DATEV, Chargebee, and Excel, combined with a modern, tech driven mindset, solid AI literacy, and experience with systems such as Yokoy/Perk, Xero, Salesforce, or Adyen being a strong plus. * Nice to have: Experience with complex accounting topics such as VAT, transfer pricing, intercompany accounting, or experience in an international environment. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS: No matter your origin, ethnicity, gender identity, religion or individual requirements; at DataGuard, all that counts is the person you are. As Guards and Guardettes, we are united not only by our dedication, but also by our shared belief in our purpose: Protect the people behind the data. Convince us with your personality and your skills – and together we will make great things happen. We are looking forward to meeting you! #LI-DNI

Taxfix

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. THE OPPORTUNITY: Taxfix is building a portfolio of AI-native, SaaS-oriented businesses across different stages of maturity — from established profit pools to scaling businesses and earlier-stage growth bets. We are looking for senior commercial leaders who can take ownership of one of these business areas and build it into a focused, repeatable, and durable growth engine. This role is for high-agency commercial builders who combine strong revenue ownership, sharp customer understanding, and disciplined execution with the ability to operate in ambiguity, experiment quickly, and make clear strategic choices. You will report to the COO or a designated business line leader and work closely with a senior product counterpart in a joint business-building setup. You will own the commercial side of the business while shaping shared priorities across product, monetization, and growth. You will partner closely with Product, Marketing/Growth, Sales, Partnerships, Operations/Service Delivery, Finance, Legal, Data/Analytics, and People. The initial focus is Germany, with potential to support expansion into additional markets. The exact scope will depend on your experience spike and where we see the strongest fit.   YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES: Own commercial strategy and outcomes. Define growth ambition, profitability targets, commercial priorities, and the execution roadmap for a major business area. Make key commercial choices. Shape ICP, segmentation, positioning, value proposition, pricing, packaging, channels, and customer lifecycle. Build repeatable growth loops. Improve acquisition, activation, conversion, retention, expansion, and win-back through disciplined experimentation. Lead revenue generation. Build or scale the right commercial motion — product-led, sales-assisted, partner-led, account-based, lifecycle-driven, or hybrid. Partner closely with Product. Work with a senior product counterpart on roadmap implications, monetization priorities, and business-critical product choices. Establish performance discipline. Define KPIs, forecasting, dashboards, review rituals, and accountability mechanisms. Build strong teams. Hire, coach, and raise the bar for commercial talent while creating clear ownership and leadership capacity. Manage complexity. Anticipate regulatory, operational, data, partner, and compliance risks and create practical guardrails.   WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE: Success depends on the maturity and economics of the business you lead. In more mature businesses, success may mean sharper focus, stronger pricing and commercial discipline, better profitability, healthier cash generation, and durable growth. In scaling or earlier-stage businesses, success may mean clearer ICP and positioning, stronger conversion and retention, validated propositions and channels, healthier unit economics, and repeatable growth loops. Across all cases, success means stronger commercial judgment, faster learning, better execution, and tight alignment between product direction, monetization, and business outcomes.   YOUR PROFILE: * 10+ years of experience in commercial, sales, GTM, strategy, or general management roles; experience in SaaS, subscriptions, platforms, marketplaces, fintech, or B2B services is strongly preferred. * Proven ability to build or scale a commercial engine, including sales motion, segmentation, pricing, packaging, channels, lifecycle, and operating cadence. * Strong sales background with hands-on ownership of revenue outcomes, pipeline quality, conversion, forecasting, and commercial performance. * Strong P&L and unit economics orientation, including CAC, payback, retention, expansion, margin trade-offs, service cost, and cash implications. * Strong product-commercial judgment and ability to work closely with Product without relying on hierarchy. * High ownership, structured execution, and comfort operating in ambiguity. * Data-driven and experiment-minded, using evidence, customer signals, and fast learning loops to improve performance. * Talent multiplier with experience hiring, coaching, delegating, and developing strong leaders. * Fluent in English; German is a strong plus.   PARTICULARLY RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SPIKES We are hiring across several priority business lines and do not expect every candidate to cover all of them. We are especially interested in profiles with one or more of the following spikes: Consumer SaaS / self-service Experience scaling consumer SaaS, subscription, or product-led growth businesses with high-volume digital funnels, including conversion, lifecycle, retention, pricing, experimentation, and efficient acquisition. Consumer SaaS / expert-assisted services Experience scaling SaaS subscription businesses where software and service delivery are deeply connected, including expert support, operations, quality control, capacity planning, and service economics. SaaS for self-employed professionals Experience building and scaling Business SaaS solutions for self-employed professionals, SMEs, accountants, or similar B2B ecosystems, including sales-led or partner-led GTM, onboarding, retention, expansion, and platform monetization. WHY TAXFIX?  * A chance to do meaningful, people-centric work with an international team of passionate professionals. * Holistic well-being with free mental health coaching sessions and yoga. * A monthly allowance to spend on an extensive range of services that you can use and roll over as flexibly as you like. * Employee stock options for all employees—because everyone deserves to benefit from the success they help to create. * 30 annual vacation days and flexible working hours. * A generous learning budget to support your personal and professional development and guidance from our internal L&D experts. * Work from abroad for up to six weeks every year. Just align with your team, and then enjoy your trip. * Plenty of opportunities to socialise as a team. In addition to internal meetups, our international team hosts regular get-togethers—virtually and in person when possible. * Free tax declaration filing, of course, through the Taxfix app—and internal support for all personal tax-related questions. * Have a four-legged friend in your life? We’re happy to have dogs join us in the office. Excited? So are we. Learn more about Team Taxfix on our blog and get a glimpse of our culture.   At Taxfix, we believe that incredible things happen when you have a wealth of perspectives and experiences. We're proudly committed to equal employment and development opportunities no matter your gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, colour, disability, or place of origin. To help mitigate any potential unconscious biases, we ask that you refrain from including your picture, age, or marital status on your CV. Let your experiences speak for themselves. Not sure if you meet all the requirements for this role? Please apply anyway. You might bring something special to the team that we hadn't considered previously.

Bunch

bunch is building the backbone of private markets. We are enabling next-gen fund operations with one integrated system that combines secure data infrastructure, AI-powered workflows and expert fund services. If you value ownership, growth through real responsibility, and working with a thoughtful, ambitious team, this role might be for you. We are looking for a Head of Finance to be the most senior finance hire at bunch as we rebuild our finance function from the ground up. bunch has just closed its Series B, is actively acquisitive, runs multiple entities across geographies and is building toward Series C and ultimately an exit. This role owns capital, forecasting, budgeting, investor reporting, M&A finance, and EPR implementation and architects a function that scales from scrappy to exit-grade. You will own the Finance function at a high-growth, VC-backed fintech at an inflection point, reporting to the General Counsel, working directly with the founders and management team. Your role * Own the full budgeting cycle end-to-end — top-down and bottom-up — working with the founders, department heads, and all teams. You'll run monthly variance reviews, drive quarterly budget control processes, challenge and sign off on procurement and vendor requests, and translate business strategy into financial plans with clear KPIs and milestones. * Build and maintain a robust cash forecasting model, providing regular management updates on burn rate and runway. * Prepare monthly and quarterly updates for board meetings, present financial performance to investors, and field questions on KPIs and progress. * Set up the analytical foundations expected of a Series C/D company. You'll own unit economics, cohort analyses, and profitability modelling; centralise Finance as the single source of truth for financial and operational KPIs; drive data quality improvements across Sales, Analytics, and other teams; and support commercial strategy with pricing analysis. You'll also hire to build out this function over time. * Lead all financial aspects of equity rounds — modelling, due diligence management, and investor responses. Your first major milestone: get bunch Series C ready. * Manage financial due diligence on acquisitions, build M&A models, support target selection, and own Finance's role in post-merger integration. You'll also develop relationships with banks to secure acquisition financing when needed. * Own bunch's banking relationships and build a strong network of German and European banking partners. Manage liquidity optimisation strategies and establish treasury policies for the group. Keep other financial risks such as currency risk in mind and develop mitigation strategies as appropriate (e.g. hedging) * Scope and lead the implementation of an ERP system across the bunch group. * Own existing non-dilutive funding disbursements and lead future applications — including grants and other funding options across our markets. * Lead audits from the Finance side, coordinating with external tax advisors and accountants. Act as primary liaison for all external bookkeeping, accounting, and tax advisory relationships — including cost reviews and optimisation. * Set the standard for excellence in the team, drive process optimisation and automation, and ensure Finance is a high-performing function that's a genuine driver of bunch's growth. About you * 6+ years of progressive experience in an in-house finance role (ideally SaaS or VC-backed environment), PE, reputable management or financial consultancy, and/or investment banking, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role * Proven experience in VC-backed financing rounds post-Series B * Track record of building robust financial models from scratch and comfort working with multi-entity and multi-currency structures * Familiarity with accounting, billing, and spend management tools (e.g. DATEV, Stripe, Moss, Spendesk) as well as ERPs (NetSuite, etc.) * Proven ownership of forecasting and budgeting cycles, not just supporting them * Hands-on now, strategic later as the role grows into a VP level; wants to “do” and build from scratch, not just managing others * Combines excellent technical expertise with the versatility, commercial flexibility and presence to be the strategic finance partner for management and represent bunch to investors and external partners — equally comfortable in the boardroom and in the spreadsheet * Excellent communication skills, i.e. able to translate complex financial data into clear narratives for non-finance stakeholders * High levels of proactivity and solutions-orientedness * Fund industry or fintech experience is a plus, not a requirement * Comfort with operating with ambiguity and building processes where none or few exist * Fluent in English, B2/C1+ German strongly preferred Workplace & Benefits * Benefit from working with a diverse mix of talents, unrivalled energy, and team spirit within a culture of drive and ownership * Take part in a network of people passionate about investment and work closely with the most interesting players in private markets * Flexible hours and a hybrid office setup (3 days/week in office) * 4 remote calendar weeks/year * 28 days of vacation, 2 company days, plus local public holidays * A competitive compensation package * A great tech and work setup with everything you need Hiring process * People Team Interview (30 min) – Meet us & ensure mutual fit * Deep Dive Interview (45 min) – Collaboration, ownership, and culture * Case Study (90-120 min) – Technical skillset evaluation * 2-3 Stakeholder Interviews (30 min each) – Meet the Founders and your most important stakeholders About bunch bunch is building the operating infrastructure for the next generation of private markets. We combine AI-powered automation with deep regulatory expertise to replace fragmented spreadsheets and manual processes with one integrated platform across the fund lifecycle, purpose-built for private markets heading toward $32 trillion in Assets Under Management. We've 4x our ARR in 2025, crossed 150 fund managers and 12,000 LPs on the platform, and just closed our $35M Series B in May 2026. We're looking for ambitious people who want real ownership of hard problems, and who care about building infrastructure that actually matters to the people using it. ____ At bunch, we're committed to an inclusive environment where diversity is valued and celebrated. We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants. We process personal data in line with applicable laws (including GDPR). See our Privacy Policy for details on your rights and how to reach us.