Senior Accountant

Join our fast-growing company as a Senior Accountant in Berlin. You will be the right hand of our Head of Accounting, responsible for maintaining our general ledger, monthly close, and payroll. You will play a key role in our mission to scale sustainably and provide clarity and confidence in financial decisions. Your tasks will include bookkeeping, preparing financial statements, supporting year-end closing, and optimizing accounting processes. You should have at least 5 years of experience in general ledger accounting, strong payroll knowledge, and a hands-on mentality.

Be the right hand of the Head of Accounting, ensuring the general ledger, close, and payroll are maintained accurately.

We’d love to meet you if you know the general ledger inside out and close the books with confidence – and you’re just as happy to roll up your sleeves in day-to-day operations

About Doodle

• You understand payroll end-to-end: not just the postings, but what’s taxable and why. You enjoy turning complex rules into clean, compliant and efficient processes
• If you’re motivated by impact, eager to improve how things are done, and excited to grow with us – we’d love to hear from you
• At least 5 years of experience as a general ledger accountant, ideally in an international company with multiple entities and foreign currencies
• Ambition to grow into a role with team lead responsibility

Responsibilities

• Own the bookkeeping for the Doodle Group, including accruals, revenue recognition, bank postings, intercompany transactions, and reconciliations.
• Support the year-end closing under local GAAP, prepare monthly and quarterly VAT and sales tax returns, and work closely with local tax advisors.

Requirements

• Strong payroll know-how: payroll accounting, wage tax and social security, and a clear view of what is taxable (benefits in kind, team events, allowances). Experience working with external payroll providers; Swiss payroll knowledge is a plus
• A degree in business with a focus on finance, or an apprenticeship in accounting with further training (e.g. Bilanzbuchhalter)
• A hands-on mentality: you take on complex topics and daily operations alike
• Proven closing experience: confident with monthly and year-end closings, balance sheets and reconciliations; solid HGB knowledge, IFRS is a plus
• Extreme attention to detail and a strong sense of accuracy, while meeting deadlines
• Solid tax compliance background in VAT; experience with intercompany, consolidation and transfer pricing
• Fluent English and good German
• Ability to work in a small matrix organisation and an international company; a team player who values a strong feedback culture

Preferred

• Experience in treasury, e.g. cash management, liquidity planning and FX
• Hands-on experience with Oracle NetSuite (strongly preferred) and excellent Excel skills; experience with Chargebee or other billing-system integrations is a plus
• Experience in optimizing processes, using AI