Accounting Manager

You will work closely with the global finance team (predominantly UK based, as well as US, Argentina and Singapore), ensuring compliance with accounting standards, streamlining financial operations, and supporting automation initiatives. This role requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and a deep understanding of accounting principles. Reporting to and working with Senior Controllers and Accounting Leadership, this person is comfortable and confident in a high growth company where structure, procedures, and policy are in development, familiar with a fast pace, and is able to prioritize in building a scalable, efficient accounting and reporting function.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**:

- **Coach and lead a team**:Oversight of the local accounting team, ensuring that local processes and responsibilities are well defined in order for the team to meet their objectives
- **Intercompany Accounting**: Record intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and matching/eliminations across multiple entities, ensuring accurate financial reporting.
- **Reconciliations**:Payroll, Fixed asset and other general ledger reconciliations.
- **Collaborate on Process Standardization efforts**: Work with accounting leadership to implement best practices for intercompany transactions and financial workflows.
- **Collaboration**: Work cross-functionally with finance, tax, compliance and legal teams to optimise intercompany arrangements and compliance.
- **Month-End, Quarter-end and Year-End Close**: Ensure timely and accurate intercompany reporting as part of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close processes.
- **Compliance & Audit**: Support external audits and ensure intercompany policies adhere to regulatory and accounting standards (e.g., UK GAAP, US GAAP).
- **Technology & Automation**: Leverage financial systems (e.g., ERP, reconciliation tools) to drive efficiency and scalability.

**WHAT YOU WILL NEED**:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field with 6-8 years of relevant experience
- Qualified Accountant / CPA is a requisite
- Familiarity with intercompany accounting and consolidation concepts
- Familiarity with reconciliation processes for bank, fixed assets, payroll, accruals / provisions and deferrals etc.
- Familiarity with month-end, quarter-end and annual close processes
- Experience in finance transformation, process automation, or ERP implementation is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills with a proactive, problem-solving mindset
- Proficiency in accounting software and financial tools (e.g., NetSuite or similar).
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving industry.
- Fluency in English, written and spoken.

**COMPENSATION & PERKS**
- Competitive full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
- This is a hybrid role based in our Palermo office, with a mandatory in-office presence three days per week.
- The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an exciting, emerging industry.
- Performance-based bonuses
- Apple equipment provided by the company
- Work from Anywhere Policy: You can work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days per year.
- Blockchain is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, and apprenticeship. Blockchain makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time._
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