Finance Manager (all genders)

<h1><strong>About the Role</strong></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll be the person who brings order to Thorit's day-to-day bookkeeping — owning accounts payable, receivable, and general ledger end-to-end and building the processes that let the company scale cleanly. This is a hands-on, high-trust role: you'll work closely with our external tax advisor and take real ownership of how bookkeeping runs.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>What You'll Do</h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Own</strong> accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger bookkeeping, including bank reconciliation</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Build</strong> a documented, repeatable monthly close process where none exists today</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Clean up</strong> aged debtor and creditor items and keep OPOS lists current</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Prepare and submit</strong> monthly advance sales tax returns (Umsatzsteuervoranmeldungen) accurately and on time</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Support</strong> the annual financial statements in direct collaboration with our external Steuerberater</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Handle</strong> travel expenses for the team</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Document</strong> Finance SOPs in Confluence so processes outlive any one person</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>What You Bring</h1><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Must-haves</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Several years of hands-on experience in German financial bookkeeping (Finanzbuchhaltung)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Working fluency in DATEV</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Solid general knowledge of German commercial and tax law as it applies to bookkeeping</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfort working independently and building structure without close day-to-day supervision</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Native-level German and working business English</p></li></ul><h2><strong>Nice-to-haves</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Payroll experience (Lohn- und Gehaltsabrechnung) and knowledge of DEÜV/ELStAM/DATEV Lohn + Gehalt — a plus if payroll is ever brought in-house, but not required since it currently runs externally</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience supporting the annual financial statement alongside an external tax advisor</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prior experience in a scaling company or consultancy environment</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>Your Team</h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll report directly to our CEO and will be part of the Business Functions that runs Thorit internally, separate from our client-facing Practices.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>Tech Stack</h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">DATEV (Kanzlei-Rechnungswesen, Zahlungsverkehr, with Lohn + Gehalt as a plus), Confluence, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Forecast.it">Forecast.it</a>, Claude AI, and HubSpot for internal operations context.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>What We Offer</h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Pension &amp; Allowances:</strong> Company pension scheme via Allianz with graduated employer contribution from €50 to €290 per month, plus Lunchit meal allowance worth up to €100 per month</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Health &amp; Mobility:</strong> Business Bike Leasing, Urban Sports Club access at 8,000+ locations</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Learning:</strong> Full Blinkist Business library (4,500+ books), 3 months of Babbel, HubSpot certifications fully funded</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Flexibility:</strong> Up to 4 weeks per year working from anywhere in the EU with a €500 allowance, Spaces co-working membership, hybrid setup</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Culture &amp; Tools:</strong> Flat hierarchies with direct access to CEO and Leadership, modern stack (HubSpot, Jira, Confluence, Claude AI), Corporate Benefits across 800+ brands</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>About Thorit</h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">Thorit is the AI &amp; CRM consultancy for the agent-native enterprise. As a Diamond HubSpot Partner, we work with enterprise B2B clients across the DACH market, building the agent layer on top of HubSpot and the systems around it, then operating it with them. Agentic means software that acts on goals instead of waiting for clicks — that's the shift we help our clients make, and it's also how we run our own Finance operations: less manual, more structure.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>Ready to Apply?</h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">Send your application via Ashby. A cover letter is optional, but a concrete example of how you've brought order to a messy bookkeeping process is required.</p><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>