Financial Accountant

About the Job

As a key growth accelerator, A11 partners with Europe’s most ambitious startups and scaleups, corporates and SMBs to connect them with top-tier talent ready to make an impact. 

We’re looking for an experienced Financial Accountant / CMA (m/f/d) who takes full ownership of our accounting backbone in Germany while helping us build a highly automated, AI-driven finance function.

As a Financial Accountant / CMA, you’ll work closely with leadership, external accountants, and operators across the company to turn finance into a real leverage function. This is not a traditional accounting role. You will operate at the intersection of accounting, systems, and automation. Your goal is not just to keep the books clean, but to systematically eliminate manual work and build a finance setup that scales with the business.

Join the A11 Ecosystem – A next-generation supply chain platform, the company is redefining how one of the world’s largest industries sources, distributes, and finances materials. Engineered to unlock the full potential of global trade, it harnesses agentic AI and workflow automation to provide seamless, high-efficiency access to premium materials at scale. Since its commercial rollout, the platform has fueled exponential growth, optimizing procurement for thousands of businesses while setting new benchmarks for speed, transparency, and efficiency. Its competitive edge lies in full digitization and AI-driven supply chain management automation, eliminating inefficiencies and creating a direct, intelligent bridge between suppliers and buyers. With a team of 80+ FTEs across Europe (Berlin HQ), China, and India, the company is rapidly scaling toward profitability, driving triple-digit million GMV, and setting new industry standards in autonomous, AI-powered supply chain orchestration.

In this role, you’ll:

• Own day-to-day preparatory bookkeeping and ensure accuracy, completeness, and audit readiness of all financial data
• Take full responsibility for general ledger reconciliations, including accruals, fixed assets, and AR/AP positions
• Support and continuously improve the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing process under HGB
• Prepare internal financial reporting and ensure consistency across all finance outputs
• Act as the key interface to our external accounting firm and ensure high-quality, timely deliverables
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and leadership on accounting, tax, and finance-related topics
• Identify inefficiencies in current processes and actively redesign workflows
• Drive automation across accounting processes - from data capture to reconciliation and reporting
• Leverage AI tools to reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and accelerate closing cycles

The AI-first finance mandate - Your role is not to scale work , it is to eliminate it.
You will:

• Use AI and modern tooling as your “junior team” to handle repetitive tasks
• Build workflows where data flows automatically from source to reporting
• Reduce dependency on manual bookings, reconciliations, and Excel-based processes
• Continuously question why something is manual and replace it with scalable solutions
• Help define how a lean, high-output finance function operates at scale

Your Profile: 

• You bring solid experience in accounting, bookkeeping, or finance
• You have completed commercial training or a degree with a focus on accounting or finance
• Ideally, you hold a certification such as Bilanzbuchhalter or CMA (Certified Management Accountant) or a comparable qualification
• You have strong knowledge of German GAAP (HGB)
• You are highly confident in Excel and comfortable working with structured data
• You are curious about automation and motivated to work with AI tools in your daily workflows
• You are fluent in German and English and communicate clearly across functions
• You work in a structured, reliable way and keep control even under pressure
• You are comfortable working with financial systems such as DATEV and DATEV Unternehmen Online (DUO); experience with expense tools and Salesforce is a plus
• You are hands-on, pragmatic, and take ownership instead of waiting for instructions

Please note that this position is based onsite in Berlin. 

Benefits and Perks:

• Fulfil a role with entrepreneurial freedom and help scale a high-impact business model
• Join an experienced founding team of serial and 2nd-time founders
• Attractive base and bonus compensation program
• Collaborate with top-tier investors and angels (incl. various unicorn founders) as well as leading market experts

If you’re eager to join the A11 Ecosystem and shape what’s next, we want to hear from you!

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

A11 is committed to diverse and equal opportunities hiring for all – applicants, candidates, and employees alike. We value humans – with all our glorious multifaceted backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences – and look forward to your application.