Accountant Role at Remote.com – SAP & Multi-Country Finance in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
Work-Life Balance Signals: Remote.com's async-first model is a genuine structural commitment, not just marketing language. Flexible PTO, no mandatory meeting culture, and explicit encouragement to "put yourself and your family first" are strong green flags for sustainable work-life balance — rare in fast-growing fintech/HR-tech companies.
Compensation vs. Market Rates: The €45,250–€50,900 range is competitive for an accountant role in Portugal (where market rates for qualified accountants typically sit at €25,000–€40,000) and in line with, though slightly below, Spanish market rates (€35,000–€55,000 for similar roles). Remote's "above in-location rates" philosophy means you're likely paid above local median — a real financial advantage.
Skills You'll Develop:
- SAP proficiency — a highly marketable ERP skill globally
- Multi-jurisdiction accounting — VAT, CIT, and statutory filings across countries
- AI & automation in finance — explicitly required, positioning you at the frontier of modern accounting
- International payroll reconciliation across diverse legal frameworks
Company Stage & Culture: Remote.com is a well-funded, high-growth scale-up (Series C+). The role sits in a structured Finance team with clear reporting lines, suggesting enough process maturity to learn from, without being a slow-moving enterprise. Stock options add upside if the company pursues an IPO path.
Green Flags: Strong DEI commitment, internal mobility culture, and equity-focused pay. Watch for: "hyper-growth environment" signals high workload intensity and frequent change — ideal for ambitious professionals, less so for those seeking stability.
About Remote
Remote is solving modern organizations' biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and a future-focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.
With Innovation as one of our core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.
We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.
If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!
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.
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 field
- 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 Excel
- Writes and speaks fluent English
- Experience working remotely is not required, but considered a plus
- Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency.
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
- Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliation and support variance analysis preparation
- Ensure that your portfolio follows local statutory requirements (VAT returns, Statutory Financial Documents, CIT returns, and all other filings) 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 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 hiring globally. 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 is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands.
At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case-by-case basis.
The annual salary range for this full-time position is €45,250 – €50,900 EUR.
Benefits
Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:
- Work from anywhere
- Flexible paid time off
- Flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Budget towards co-working spaces, learning, and wellness (including gym memberships)
- Mental health support services
- Stock options
- Home office budget & IT equipment
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
- Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format.
- We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
- 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.
Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.
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.
At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines, see here.
Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.
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