General Accountant

About Malt

Malt was founded in 2013 and, since then, we have built the fastest growing freelance marketplace, gathering a community of 700k+freelancers, 50k+ companies, and 600+ Malters. We’ve built the industry’s leading freelance management solution — all on a powerful,data driven tech platform — to match companies with the right freelance talent. But we’re more than just a connector. Our marketplace streamlines freelancer-client communications, simplifies administrative and legal tasks, expedites invoicing and payments, and so much more. It’s all about giving both freelancers and companies added peace of mind, so that every experience on Malt is nothing less than (inter)stellar.

In 2024 we target 800M€ of GMV, with 100 M€ ARR runway in addition to breaking even / becoming fully profitable.

We are a tech company with a human approach

- Strong company culture fueled by 600+ Malters from 40+ nationalities

- Multiple offices per country (France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the UAE)

- Committed to equality and diversity (50% of people managers are women)

- Strong career path policies allowing all Malters to develop and grow equally

- Backed by renowned investors including ISAI, Serena, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs and BPI France

Explore your future career 🔭The Finance mission is to put Malt in a good position to reach its profitability ambition while maintaining a high growth. To do so, we (1) support the business with value-added analysis to make the best possible decisions, (2) facilitate and consolidate the forecasting and budgeting processes and (3) set up and maintain internal control processes, including reporting of our financials for both internal and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities ✨

- Strong participation in month-end closing process (closing at WD5)

- Implement, realize and improve control tools for P&L statements, balance sheet items and analytics

- Work with FP&A to identify and explain fluctuations in monthly financial informationPerform monthly balance sheet reconciliations

- Integrate the invoices & expense reports into Netsuite 

- Prepare and manage the cut-off bookings (accruals and prepaid expenses)Monitor and improve the AP process and the analytic allocation

- Manage the payments to the vendors and employees (expense reports)Support the annual year-end audit and any regulatory or tax audits

- Manage the fixed assets (acquisition, depreciation, write-off) in relation to the IT department

- Be in charge of payroll analysis (booking of payroll entries, provision for paid holidays, provision for bonuses)

- Be the key contact for the Engineering & Product teams on the accounting topics

- Work with the Tax and Cash manager for all tax-related matters in connection with accounting

About you 🧑‍🚀

- At least 4 years of Accounting experience in an equivalent role

- Great rigor and organization skills

- You have a real team spirit and a positive attitude

- You are results-oriented and curious to test and improve new processes and organizations

- You are comfortable with Excel. Netsuite and/or Spendesk is a plus

- Fluent French and English

How to join the mission? 🚀

- Interview with Jenifer (current Head of Accounting) to delve into your experience and the specifics of the role

- Business case with Leandro (General Accountant) to present a concrete case of the day-to-day business at Malt

- Interview with Hugo (CFO) to discuss the expectations around the role and Malt’s long-term vision

- Professional Reference check