Senior Manager, Accounting

At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth. Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations, all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers.

The Purpose: As the Senior Manager, Accounting, you will lead a high-performing team of professionals across EMEA, overseeing accounting operations for a rapidly scaling payments organisation. You will drive operational excellence, modernise financial processes, and ensure the accounting function keeps pace with the company’s international growth and regulatory demands. You will also ensure compliance with evolving accounting regulations across all relevant jurisdictions and strengthen our internal control framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Strategy: Lead, mentor, and develop the Accounting organisation across EMEA, fostering a culture of performance, accountability, continuous improvement and collaboration. Shape the long-term strategy for global accounting and controllership to support the company’s international expansion. Drive a transformation agenda focused on automation, AI-enabled workflows, and data-driven decision-making.
• Operational Excellence: Lead the global month-end close processes, delivering timely and accurate financial results. Strengthen accountability and adherence to project timelines, with a specific focus on audit requirements. Shorten the close cycle through automation, process redesign, and systems integration. Ensure alignment between actuals, internal reporting, and the investment model; identify and explain variances. Improve aged receivable collections and partnership with commercial team and legal to progress best practice. Partner with the wider Accounting and Technology teams to design and deliver a seamless Finance IT ecosystem, including the implementation and optimisation of a new ERP and the rollout of billing and reporting tools across EMEA.
• Audit, Compliance & Controls: Act as a key partner to the Group Accounting team in delivering the year-end audit process for group IFRS financials and local statutory accounts. Communicate with audit partners on local Statutory accounts (outside of Germany). Maintain strong governance over financial policies, accounting standards, and transfer pricing documentation. Collaborate closely with the Technical Accounting team on group accounting matters, policy interpretations, and audit readiness. Own and further develop the group-wide Accounting Manual and internal control framework that mitigates financial and operational risks.

Key Requirements:

• Qualified accountant with 10+ years experience in Accounting or Controllership roles, including managing distributed international teams.
• Proven leadership experience with a strong track record of motivating and developing high-performing, multi-country teams.
• Deep technical expertise in IFRS and local accounting standards.
• Strong experience operating within complex global financial services regulatory frameworks.
• Background in payments or fintech is preferred.
• Proven experience with ERP platforms, automation technologies, and large-scale finance systems transformations.
• Exceptional project management capabilities, with a track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Highly analytical, strategic, and able to distil complex issues into clear, actionable insights.
• Advanced Excel and data-analysis skills; familiarity with automation or AI-enabled tools is an advantage.

What’s in it for you:

• Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation, so you can strike the balance between office and home working.
• In addition to our 28-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year.
• Learning and Development - We offer a GBP 1,000 annual budget to support your professional growth—because investing in your development benefits us all.
• Insurance - We want our employees to benefit from various insurances including a medical insurance (BUPA health care plan) and a 5% matching pension plan through Now Pensions.
• Enhanced Family Leave - We offer enhanced family leave to support you during key life moments.
• Workplace Nursery Scheme - Save on childcare through salary exchange.
• Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership.
• Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.
• Pet-friendly office - Because work is better with your paw-tners by your side.

Our Principles:

• We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.
• We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully.
• We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers.
• We make things better: We boldly explore new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.
• We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.