Group Accountant (m/f/d)

Main Responsibilities

• Own the full accounting cycle for Chaos’s Holdings and Management entities including general ledger, AP/AR, fixed assets, and monthly/quarterly/annual close in line with German GAAP and group reporting requirements across 8 jurisdictions.
• Serve as primary contact for external auditors, tax advisors, and statutory filings.
• Manage local treasury and payment cycles in coordination with Chaos’s group finance team.
• Define and maintain global standards for the consolidation working with teams across Chaos’s international entities to harmonise workflows, close process gaps, and drive automation in NetSuite and connected finance tools.
• Actively manage the month-end and year-end closing processes for the entire group to ensure consolidated financial statements are prepared in line with international accounting standards.
• Support the Accounting Director with process improvement across finance. Suggest opportunities and ways of improving overall efficiencies and improved ways of working to enable a culture of optimization.
• Work with our consolidation software, Lucanet, to ensure data integrity and the effective preparation of consolidated financial statements.

Required Experience

• Track record in financial accounting within an international corporate environment ideally a technology, software, or SaaS business.
• Experience with German statutory requirements and local GAAP is essential. Experience with IFRS is also advantageous.
• Experience with large international group consolidations and international accounting standards is essential.
• Experience of driving process improvement projects across finance to ensure best practices.

Required Skills

• Advanced command of German GAAP and local statutory reporting
• Detailed knowledge of IFRS and group consolidation
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP, and comfort with finance tooling in a software product environment
• A strong command of LucaNet as a financial consolidation tool is required for this role
• Fluent in English and German (written and spoken) are mandatory; additional languages are an advantage.
• Able to operate confidently across Chaos’s multicultural, multi-time zone teams.
• A process-improvement mindset, with the ability to step back from operational tasks, spot inefficiencies, and build scalable solutions that work across the group.

Required Qualifications and Certifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a comparable field
• A professional qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA) is advantageous but not required if offset by strong practical experience
• We welcome people who value teamwork, stick to their commitments and are curious to explore new ways for achieving mastery.

We offer

This position is based in Karlsruhe, Germany with hybrid/remote working options (two days per month in the office, with the remaining time remote). Applicants must hold a valid work/residence permit for the respective location.