Director, Accounting & Tax

Job Title: Director, Accounting & Tax

Location: Poland

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Scandit gives people superpowers. Whether enabling delivery drivers to make quicker deliveries, matching a patient with their medication or allowing retailers to make store operations more efficient, our technology automates workflows and provides actionable insights to help businesses in a variety of industries. Join us, as we continue to expand, grow and innovate, and help take Scandit to the next level.

Overview

Are you a seasoned accounting leader who combines deep technical expertise with a talent for building teams, working hands-on and scaling processes? We're looking for a Director, Accounting & Tax to take ownership of our global accounting operations, tax and treasury, and to build a finance engine that can support Scandit's next phase of growth.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Group Controlling, you will lead our General Accounting, Accounts Payable and Tax & Treasury functions, and act as deputy across the wider Controlling organization. You'll manage and develop a multidisciplinary team, own the integrity of our books, and partner closely with FP&A, Revenue & Order-to-Cash, external auditors and advisors. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who wants to shape how a fast-growing, international company runs its accounting.

Your opportunity

• Own the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close, including multi-currency consolidation and intercompany accounting ensuring a timely, accurate and well-controlled financial close across all entities
• Lead, mentor and develop the Accounting and Accounts Payable teams, raising the bar on technical skills, ownership and career growth
• Own group tax compliance, including corporate income tax, VAT and transfer pricing operations, working closely with external advisors across jurisdictions
• Oversee day-to-day treasury operations, including cash management, FX exposure and cash-flow forecasting
• Act as deputy to the Senior Director Group Controlling, stepping in on group controlling and governance matters as needed
• Ensure accurate and timely accounts payable and vendor management, with robust controls throughout the procure-to-pay cycle
• Develop, document and scale accounting policies, processes and internal controls to keep pace with the company's growth
• Perform technical accounting research (IFRS, US GAAP and/or Swiss GAAP FER) and translate conclusions into accounting positions, memos and day-to-day practice
• Lead the annual statutory and ad hoc audits, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements in all relevant jurisdictions
• Drive continuous improvement of our ERP and finance systems, automating manual processes and improving data quality
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver clean, reliable financials and actionable insight to senior leadership
• Take a leading role in projects, such as system implementations and establishment-and integration of new legal entities

Who we look for

• 10+ years of progressive experience in accounting, consolidation and tax, including several years leading and developing teams. Experience working in external audit is a plus. 
• A recognized professional qualification (e.g. CPA, ACCA or equivalent)
• Strong technical accounting knowledge (IFRS, US GAAP, and/or Swiss GAAP FER) in a multi-entity, international environment
• Solid tax expertise across corporate tax, transfer pricing, VAT and other indirect taxes, ideally with international exposure
• Experience owning or overseeing treasury and cash management
• A track record of scaling accounting operations and strengthening internal controls in a high-growth company, ideally SaaS or B2B technology
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite (or a comparable ERP system) and other tools such as accounting transformation platforms, P2P transformation platforms etc.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, comfortable partnering with leadership and external auditors and advisors
• A proactive, process-oriented leader with a continuous improvement mindset, open to embracing the opportunities presented by agentic AI
• Business fluent English required, both written and spoken 

The good stuff

Here are just some of the reasons why people choose to build their career at Scandit:

• We are certified as a “Great Place to Work” in 7 countries!
• Smart, people-first culture
• An attractive individual equity plan in a high growth company
• Flexible, office, hybrid or home working
• Innovation hackathons for all, not just the techies
• Global team outings
• Festive/end of year all company celebrations
• Your birthday off
• Learning and development opportunities
• Top notch tech pack to enable you to do your most productive work
• Brand new optimized-for-hybrid working HQ in Zurich as well as local offices in hotspots London, Tampere, Warsaw, Boston and Tokyo
• As well as specific benefits related to the location you are joining

You could be the difference

At Scandit we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and are proud to be a safe space for all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical [dis]ability or length of time spent unemployed.

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