Senior Financial Accountant

🕒 August 26

🌐 United Kingdom, Latvia, +1 more countries – Remote

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇱🇻 Latvia – Remote 🇪🇸 Spain – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Lokalise

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

☁️ SaaS

🔌 API

🤝 B2B

💰 $50M Series B on 2021-12

SaaS • API • B2B

Lokalise is a software company specializing in localization and translation solutions for digital products. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools to automate and manage the translation of mobile apps, websites, software, games, and live chat. Featuring AI-driven translation, in-context editors, and robust integrations with platforms like Figma, Github, and Wordpress, Lokalise helps teams streamline their localization processes. The service is designed to bolster international growth by simplifying translation workflows, making it easier to expand into new markets while maintaining high-quality user experiences. It is particularly useful for developers, product managers, localization managers, and customer service teams looking to enhance their global reach efficiently.

📋 Description

• Own the month-end close across multiple entities, managing journals, accruals, reconciliations, and reporting to the group timetable. • Own balance sheet integrity, focusing on payroll and employment costs. • Act as the internal client for outsourced accounting, payroll, and EOR platforms; review output, enforce SLAs, and approve payroll across US, UK, Spanish, Latvian, and EOR entities. • Prepare and post payroll/employment cost journals into the ERP, ensuring HRIS and payroll-provider data integrity. • Provide analysis and actionable commentary on Operating Expenses and other critical P&L areas. • Document and improve workflows, transitioning manual reviews into risk-based, threshold-driven controls. • Support annual audits and statutory reporting with auditors and outsourced providers.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years in a hands-on accounting role within a SaaS or tech company, including payroll accounting processes (journals, accruals, and control account reconciliations), month-end close, and balance sheet reconciliations across multiple entities. • Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent), or qualified by extensive relevant experience. • Experience acting as the internal client for external accounting, payroll, or EOR providers — reviewing their output and holding them accountable for accuracy and compliance. • Solid working knowledge of multi-country payroll and payroll-to-GL processes (journals, accruals, and control account reconciliations). • Accounting ERP experience and highly advanced Excel/Google Sheet skills. • Comfort leveraging AI and automation tools in day-to-day work, proactively exploring AI-driven workflows. • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and employee stock options. • Fully remote setup with flexible working hours. • Co-working budget for those days you want a change from your home office. • Flexible vacation policy to recharge when you need to. • Home office setup budget: monitor, desk, ergonomics, whatever helps you do your best work. • Learning & development budget to grow your skills and career. • Health insurance to keep you covered. • Wellness allowance to support your mental and physical well-being. • Great startup culture: remote but close-knit, with regular retreats and social events to stay connected.