Accountant
Job description
An accounting role at n8n focused on owning core accounting operations (procure-to-pay, expenses, month-end close) while building a lean, AI-native accounting function using automation and AI tools. The role reports to the Head of Accounting & Tax.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote · Germany
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Manage the end-to-end P2P process in Ramp, from invoice intake and coding to approval follow-ups and biweekly AP payments, ensuring strong controls
- Improve AI-assisted coding, automation rules, and exception handling to reduce manual work and keep transactions accurate
- Support colleagues with expenses, reimbursements, and corporate card questions, resolving issues efficiently
- Own assigned OPEX, card spend, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations
- Partner with FP&A to ensure accurate GL and cost-center coding, timely financial information, and a reliable month-end close
- Maintain clear accounting records, support audit requests, and document processes to ensure continuity and effective controls
- Use n8n, AI tools, and modern accounting platforms to identify opportunities for automation and continuously improve workflows
- Validate AI-generated outputs, prioritize human review where risks are highest, and maintain reliable evidence for stakeholders, regulators, and auditors
- Help scale accounting processes across our growing multi-entity business, with opportunities to broaden expertise into AR and revenue accounting over time
What we're looking for
- Hands-on GL and AP/P2P experience, with solid fundamentals in journal entries, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, and reconciliations
- Working knowledge of HGB or IFRS, understanding of invoice requirements and VAT fundamentals, and knowing when to seek expert guidance
- Excitement to experiment with AI, build better workflows, and learn how to validate automated outputs rather than simply execute transactions
- Confidence using spreadsheets and accounting systems, with strong attention to coding accuracy, data quality, and financial controls
- Taking responsibility for daily operations, following through on commitments, and proactively identifying ways to improve how things work
- Effective communication in English, collaboration across teams, and enjoyment in helping colleagues solve operational challenges
Nice to have
- Experience with AI-native ERPs, Ramp or similar P2P platforms, Q2C tools, or workflow automation platforms like n8n
- Experience working across multiple entities, ideally in a global business with an expanding international footprint
- Familiarity with SaaS business models, multi-currency accounting, AR, or revenue recognition
- Audit background or relevant accounting qualifications
- German language skills (not required for the role)
Your team
Accounting
A lean, AI-native accounting function; you'll report to the Head of Accounting & Tax and work alongside an experienced team.
Benefits
US: multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families, plus a no-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA, along with dental and vision coverage
- Competitive compensation
- Equity
- Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are
- US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are
- Europe: benefits according to local country norms
- Europe: pension contributions according to local country norms
- US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match
- US: company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance
- €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching
- Regular hackathons
- Remote-first with regular off-sites for team bonding
- $100 per month to support open source projects
- Transparency
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About n8n
The AI orchestration of your wildest imagination.
n8n is the open workflow orchestration platform built for the new era of AI. Backed by a fiercely inventive community and 500+ builder-approved integrations, we're changing the way people bring systems together and scale ideas for impact.
Mission
We give technical teams the freedom of code with the speed of no-code, so they can automate faster, smarter, and without limits.
Key facts
- over 260
- 2019
- Berlin
- Workflow orchestration / automation software
- Cultivated a community of more than 650,000 active developers and builders
- Earned 190K+ GitHub stars, making us one of the world's Top 40 most popular projects
- Backed by top investors, from Sequoia's first German seed to SAP's recent strategic investment - bringing us to a $5.2bn valuation
- Team works across Europe and the US, with centre of gravity in Berlin
- Company language is English
Partners & customers
What they value
- Empower others
- Autonomy
- Curiosity
- Experimentation
- Continuous learning