Accounting Lead

We're looking for an

Accounting Lead who takes real ownership of Accounting and Finance Operations, with a clear center of gravity in

Quote-to-Cash

: how customer contracts turn into invoices, receivables, and recognized revenue in an energy scale-up.

Alongside taking our Accounting function to the next level under HGB, this is where you'll leave the biggest mark: turning Q2C from firefighting into a designed, scalable process.

• Activities
• Quote-to-Cash & Revenue Recognition
• Take Q2C to the next level: own invoicing, AR, and dunning end to end.

Don't just run them – redesign them into scalable, partly automated processes together with Business Ops, Sales, and Tech.

• Own Revenue Recognition across our energy products, including PPA, spot, futures, and direct marketing. Write the policy, document it, and defend it with our auditor.
• Shape how billing-relevant customer and contract data is structured across systems.
• Accounting
• Own the monthly and annual close under HGB end to end. Your team runs the execution; you set the standard, the cadence, and the quality bar.
• Own tax coordination with our external advisor, VAT, and internal controls.
• Redesign core Accounting processes with a clear focus on automation, and build the documentation that makes us audit-ready: process descriptions, close checklists, controls, and audit trails.
• Define energy-specific accounting principles together with external advisors.
• Lead our first full external audit as the single point of contact for our auditors.
• Team leadership
• Take full functional and disciplinary responsibility for your team, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and development.
• Coach the team on structure, prioritization, and project delivery – not just technical accounting.
• Work cross-functionally with Business Ops, Tech, Sales, Treasury/FP&A, our external tax advisor, and auditors.

Requirements

• Must-haves
• 6+ years of hands-on Accounting experience with a strong HGB foundation and ownership of the monthly and annual close, including audit experience.
• A proven track record of structurally redesigning Quote-to-Cash
• including invoicing, AR, dunning, and revenue recognition – rather than simply running it.

You've reshaped a Q2C process at least once and can walk us through what changed, why you changed it, and what the impact was.

People leadership experience with full ownership

: you've led at least two people and were responsible for hiring, performance, and development. You can point to how they grew under your leadership.

• A process design and automation mindset. You're openly opinionated about modern, lean tool stacks.
• Business-fluent English and German at B2+ level – enough to work with HGB, DATEV, tax advisors, and auditors.
• Nice-to-haves
• Experience in the energy market, for example PPA, spot, futures, or direct marketing.
• Experience with ERP selection or rollout.
• Familiarity with IFRS.
• Hands-on experience with tools in our stack: DATEV, Moss, Airtable, n8n, and Langdock.
• Application Process
• Intro Call Experience Deep Dive Leadership Check Onsite Case Study