Accountant

What this job can offer you

Our Finance team at Remote covers everything from Tax, Accounting, and Treasury to Strategic Finance, Investor Relations, and M&A. We're focused on keeping our finances healthy and straightforward, which means managing risks, making smart money moves, and guiding strategic choices with solid financial insights. We're here to support Remote's growth and make sure we're ready for whatever comes next, in every part of the world we operate. Our job is to ensure that as we grow and evolve, our finances do too, in the most effective way possible.

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as an Accountant, joining our Finance, Tax & Accounting team.

What you bring

• Post qualification accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant
• Demonstrated experience using core finance systems (SAP or similar is a bonus)
• Ensure compliance with GAAP principles
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Good financial analysis skills
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good time management and ability to meet constant deadlines
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast paced, hyper growth environment
• Ability to work with little to no supervision
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly with Excel
• Writes and speaks fluent English
• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key responsibilities

• Responsibility for posting transactions in SAP
• Close & reconcile sub-ledgers: AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Bank, Intercompany
• Record and reconcile payroll for various countries
• Support month-end and year-end close process
• Performing monthly balance sheet reconciliation, support in variance analysis preparation
• Ensuring that your portfolio follows local statutory requirements, i.e. VAT returns, Statutory Financial Documents, CIT returns and all other filings are finished and filed in accordance with local legislation & timelines.
• Perform analysis and contribute to other projects as requested
• Provide support in statutory close and Financial Statement preparation

Practicals

• You'll report to: Manager Accounting and Controls
• Team: Accounting
• Location: EMEA: Spain, Portugal
• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is between $24,000 USD to $43,000 USD. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager with a test 
3. Interview with Director, Accounting Controls
4. Bar Raiser Interview
5. Prior employment verification check(s)

Benefits

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
3. If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here. 

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.