SumUp

accountant in fintech

In short

Senior accountant role at SumUp, a fintech providing payment and financial tools to small businesses, handling vendor invoices, accruals, reconciliations, and payment processing across several legal entities in an onsite, office-based setting. The role requires strong accounting fundamentals, ERP (SAP or similar) experience, and advanced Excel skills, with involvement in rolling out a new procurement system (ZIP) and driving process automation.

About SumUp
SumUp provides simple and affordable financial tools that help small businesses thrive. More than 4 million businesses in 37 markets rely on SumUp to manage payments, finance, and customer relationships.
Responsibilities
•Process and post vendor invoices and credit notes across several legal entities, ensuring accuracy and meeting deadlines
•Prepare and post monthly accruals and support month-end close activities
•Reconcile vendor balances, resolve discrepancies, and manage day-to-day vendor communication
•Prepare weekly payment proposals and complete weekly bank postings
•Support the rollout of the ZIP procurement system, including testing and stabilising new workflows
•Identify process inefficiencies and contribute ideas for automation and standardisation
Requirements
•Strong knowledge of core accounting principles, including debit and credit reconciliation, accruals, and deferrals
•Experience processing prepayments and payments in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
•Familiarity with SAP or a similar ERP system used for procure-to-pay processes
•Comfortable using Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and data tables
•Excellent written and spoken English
•Curious about AI and automation, and uses or is keen to use AI tools responsibly to streamline repetitive tasks, improve accuracy, and make procure-to-pay processes more efficient
Benefits
•€2000 Annual L&D budget
•10 Paid days of educational leave for conferences and/or further education
•25 Days of paid leave, plus one extra day per year of service up to 35, public holidays, and special leave options
•Additional health insurance and life insurance
•On-site yoga and a co-sponsored Multisport card
•Tax-free food vouchers and flexibility via the Re:Benefits platform
•Free shuttle buses to Joliot-Curie metro station
•One-month sabbatical after 3 years of service
•Referral bonus

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