Team Lead Accounting (m/f/x)

Scalable Capital is a leading digital investment and banking platform with a full banking licence, empowering people across Europe to shape their own finances. Scalable Broker offers affordable professional investing in stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and derivatives, and allows savings plans. Scalable Wealth provides digital wealth management and white‑label solutions to banks and B2B partners. The company also offers attractive interest rates, loans and private equity, and a dedicated exchange for retail investors. Over one million clients have entrusted more than €30 billion to the platform.

Founded in 2014, Scalable Capital employs more than 700 people across Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Milan and London and is developing the next generation of financial services.

Job Description

• Lead and scale the Accounting function, covering German GAAP (HGB/RechKredV) and IFRS requirements.
• Design, standardise and automate accounting processes across existing and new workstreams to improve efficiency, quality and control.
• Own and drive cross‑functional accounting projects, coordinating with internal stakeholders and external partners such as auditors and tax advisors, and continuously improve the accounting process landscape.
• Take end‑to‑end responsibility for the monthly and annual close, including monthly tax reporting and support for related reporting requirements.
• Contribute to the design of booking logic and posting patterns within our in‑house core banking system, ensuring accurate and scalable accounting treatment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial accounting under German GAAP (HGB) and handling tax‑related matters.
• Proven hands‑on experience preparing (consolidated) annual financial statements and managing the external audit process.
• Solid knowledge of tax‑relevant accounting topics, e.g. VAT and related reporting requirements.
• Highly organised, detail‑oriented, structured and precise, with strong problem‑solving skills.
• Business‑fluent in German and English (written and spoken).

Additional Information

• Be part of one of the fastest‑growing and most visible fintech startups in Europe.
• Work with an international, diverse, inclusive and ever‑growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients.
• Use the latest hardware and tools.
• Learn and grow by participating in in‑house knowledge‑sharing or career development sessions and using your individual education budget.
• Learn and experience German culture first hand by joining free German language classes.
• International relocation support is provided if required.
• Flexible vacation policy and the opportunity to work from abroad.
• Benefit from an attractive compensation package and the company pension scheme.
• Monthly contribution of 50% for the ‘Deutschland Jobticket’.
• Complimentary subscription of Scalable Capital’s PRIME+ Broker.
• Flexible and discounted sports activities with Urban Sports Club.