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Senior Accountant (EMEA)
OtherRemote — EMEA, UTC-4 to UTC+4
Published on 2026-10-08
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About this role
Own day-to-day accounting, monthly reporting, and ERP activities for Oyster entities worldwide, with a focus on EMEA. Lead close and audit work, resolve complex discrepancies, and improve accounting processes, controls, and automation in a distributed finance function.
About the company
Oyster is a global employment platform that lets companies hire, pay, and manage workers in other countries through employer-of-record and related services.
The team
Finance and Accounting
What you'll do
- Manage full-cycle accounting and intercompany transactions across global subsidiaries.
- Prepare and review financial statements and balance-sheet reconciliations.
- Lead month-end and year-end close activities and maintain supporting documentation.
- Coordinate statutory filings and oversee local statutory audits.
- Reconcile local statutory records to the ERP and investigate discrepancies.
- Conduct financial analysis and present decision-useful insights.
- Improve accounting standards, controls, documentation, and automation.
- Coordinate with Finance, Payroll, Tax, Legal, and external partners.
What we're looking for
- At least 5 years of accounting experience, including 1 year at senior-accountant scope.
- CPA, part-qualified, or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
- Strong multi-entity accounting, intercompany, reporting, reconciliation, close, and audit-support experience.
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and large datasets.
- Strong written and spoken English and effective asynchronous stakeholder management.
- Sound judgment, attention to detail, and ability to manage competing deadlines independently.
Nice to have
- Experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP.
- Payroll accounting or SaaS experience.
- Experience in a high-growth international environment.
- Accounting across EMEA jurisdictions, including statutory reporting and local-to-group reconciliation.
Benefits
- Fully remote work, subject to work authorization in the country of residence.
- 40 days of annual time off, including holidays and vacation, or more where locally required.
- At least three months of paid parental leave for new parents.
- Monthly wellbeing allowance and access to mental health support.
- Home-office equipment stipend.