[Hiring] Group Financial Accountant @Lokalise

Role Description

Our Finance team is the backbone of Lokalise's financial operations—ensuring accuracy, compliance, and control as we scale. Reporting to the Financial Controller and working closely with FP&A, you will step into a broad, hands-on role.

• Own the month-end close across multiple entities, managing journals, accruals, reconciliations, and reporting strictly to the group timetable.
• Own balance sheet integrity, with a specific focus on payroll and employment costs.
• Act as the internal client for outsourced accounting, payroll, and EOR platforms. Review output, hold them to SLAs, and review/approve payroll across our US, UK, Spanish, Latvian, and EOR entities to meet statutory deadlines.
• Prepare and post payroll/employment cost journals into the ERP, ensuring data integrity between our HRIS and payroll providers.
• Provide detailed analysis and actionable commentary on Operating Expenses and other critical areas of the P&L.
• Lead the charge on documenting and improving workflows. Transition manual reviews into risk-based, threshold-driven controls.
• Support annual audits and statutory reporting alongside our auditors and outsourced providers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a hands-on accounting role within a SaaS or tech company, including payroll accounting processes (journals, accruals, and control account reconciliations), month-end close, and balance sheet reconciliations across multiple entities.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent), or qualified by extensive relevant experience.
• Experience acting as the internal client for external accounting, payroll, or EOR providers — reviewing their output and holding them accountable for accuracy and compliance.
• Solid working knowledge of multi-country payroll and payroll-to-GL processes (journals, accruals, and control account reconciliations).
• Accounting ERP experience and highly advanced Excel/Google Sheet skills.
• Comfort leveraging AI and automation tools in your day-to-day work, proactively exploring how AI-driven workflows can reduce manual effort and improve controls.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Requirements

• Wider EU payroll exposure.
• Experience with EOR providers (Oyster, Deel, Remote, Papaya).
• Experience migrating to or implementing a cloud ERP.
• Experience with Rillet, Ramp, Stripe or Xero.

Benefits

• 💰 Competitive salary and employee stock options.
• 🌍 Fully remote setup with flexible working hours.
• 🏢 Co-working budget for those days you want a change from your home office.
• 🌴 Flexible vacation policy to recharge when you need to.
• 🖥️ Home office setup budget: monitor, desk, ergonomics, whatever helps you do your best work.
• 📚 Learning & development budget to grow your skills and career.
• 🏥 Health insurance to keep you covered.
• 🧘 Wellness allowance to support your mental and physical well-being.
• 🤝 Great startup culture: remote but close-knit, with regular retreats and social events to stay connected.