{"id":4028395,"url":"https://alion.io/job/pliant-accountant-mfd","title":"Accountant (m/f/d)","company":{"id":7363,"name":"Pliant","domain":"getpliant.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/pliant","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":95,"open_postings":35,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":70,"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"}},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Berlin, Germany"],"countries":["DE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Google Sheets","optional":true},{"name":"SQL","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T13:05:04Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-10","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T23:06:20Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"ABOUT US\nPliant is a modular B2B payments platform combining commercial card issuing, payment accounts, FX and spend management for businesses and AI agents.\nBusinesses across travel, e-commerce, insurance and AI-native technology use Pliant to manage complex payment workflows, while fintechs, software platforms and banks use its infrastructure to build and operate their own commercial payment offerings.\nPliant's API-first platform also enables AI agents and applications to access regulated payment infrastructure with permissions, controls and auditability built in.\nFounded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant serves businesses and partners across Europe and North America. A principal member of Visa and Mastercard, Pliant issues commercial cards in 13 currencies across 32 countries under its European e-money license and through regulated partners in the UK and US.\nLearn more atwww.getpliant.com.\nABOUT THE ROLE\nWe're looking for someone who owns their areas end to end: knows HGB well enough to challenge a tax advisor, closes the month without being chased, and never accepts a manual step just because “that’s how we’ve always done it”.\nYou join the Finance team of Pliant GmbH as the counterpart to our Head of Accounting. You independently own defined areas, from month end close and liquidity to partner billing and audit. You are the technical sparring partner on HGB and accounting questions, and you provide reliable cover during absences. Bookkeeping and tax filings are currently handled by our external tax advisors. You steer them, review their output and hold them to a high standard. In the mid-term, we plan to bring accounting in-house, and you will play a key role in building that setup.\nWhy this role is different:\nPliant is an AI-first company, and that includes Finance. We don't want to digitise the old way of doing accounting. We want to rethink it. We expect you to question the status quo, test new approaches and bring AI into our daily work, from reconciliations and close to reviews and reporting. As we bring accounting in-house, you get the rare chance to design it AI-first from day one, on a solid HGB foundation.\nThis is a full time position, and we’re ideally looking for someone based inBerlin who can join the team at our Berlin office.\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\nAccounting & Liquidity coordination\nRun month end close activities, reconciliations and intercompany bookings\n\nCoordinate our external tax advisor and bookkeeping, and review their output critically\n\nAct as technical sparring partner on HGB and accounting questions\n\nOwn the liquidity forecast independently and provide operational backup\n\nAP/AR & payments\nRun defined workflows through to completion, including follow-up on incomplete preparation\n\nOwn defined billing processes, from review to follow-up\n\nInvestigate issues and resolve routine exceptions within agreed authority\n\nAudit & due diligence\nPrepare and coordinate schedules, documentation and day-to-day requests from auditors and investors\n\nProcesses, ERP & automation\nMaintain our processes and SOPs, and drive ERP and automation projects with your process expertise\n\nUse AI agents, rules and integrations to remove manual work, and measure the impact: hours saved, close days shortened, fewer errors\n\nWHAT YOU’LL BRING\nA degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or similar, or a completed apprenticeship as Steuerfachangestellte/r. A Bilanzbuchhalter/in qualification is a strong plus\n\n3-5+ years of hands-on experience in German accounting, ideally a mix of tax advisory, audit firm, start-up and/or scale-up\n\nStrong practical HGB expertise: month-end and year-end close, accruals and provisions, audit preparation\n\nExperience working with and reviewing the output of external accountants or tax advisors\n\nYou work independently, challenge outputs and resolve issues instead of escalating them\n\nYou already use AI in your daily work and can show us a concrete example of a process you improved with it\n\nVery good German and English\nNice to have\n\nExperience with liquidity planning or cash forecasting\n\nExperience in fintech, payments, or a regulated company (e.g. e-money or payment institution)\n\nExperience with an ERP implementation or migration\n\nExcel/Google Sheets skills beyond the basics, SQL or no-code tools\n\nWHAT WE OFFER\nThe opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities that thrives on a strong exchange of knowledge and excellence\n\nAttractive remuneration\n\nFlat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere\n\nOpportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals\n\nFlexibility and possibility to work remotely\n\nMonthly mobility benefit\n\nWellhub Membership\n\nPliant Card with monthly credit to explore the product and enjoy food with colleagues\n\nPliant is an equal opportunity employer. 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