Senior Accountant

Founded in 2019, Novutech is a dynamic digital transformation partner with a team of over 60 consultants across Europe. We specialise in finance-focused digital transformation projects for international scale-ups and mid-sized enterprises. Our expertise lies in leveraging a core technology stack and the experience from hundreds of successful projects. We are committed to designing, delivering, and supporting end-to-end solutions that drive growth and efficiency.

About the Role

Novutech is strengthening its Finance team. We are looking for an ambitious, qualified Senior Finance Accountant to own day-to-day accounting execution across the Group, with NetSuite at the core of our ecosystem. In this role, you will not only ensure accounting rigor and audit-ready compliance; you will act as a driving force for automation, process scalability, and the day-to-day adoption of AI within our finance operations.

Responsibilities

Core Accounting, Close & Internal Controls

• Own core accounting execution in NetSuite across all Group entities, guaranteeing timely, compliant, and audit-ready general ledger records.
• Process supplier bills, payroll-related bills, contractor invoices, Payhawk transactions, and other accounting entries in line with company policies and coding standards.
• Prepare month-end journals, including accruals, amortisation, allocations, payroll entries, fixed asset additions and disposals, and other recurring schedules.
• Maintain complete, audit-proof balance sheet reconciliations for all entities, actively investigating differences and resolving reconciling items on a monthly basis.
• Design and enforce automated booking quality controls covering cost centres, VAT codes, amortisation schedules, and intercompany dimensions to catch anomalies at source.
• Drive a structured, predictable month-end close calendar in line with Group governance, ensuring all tasks, journals, and reconciliations are completed and documented before period lock.
• Uphold strict segregation of duties, internal financial controls, and risk-managed approval workflows across all accounting and banking processes.

AI-Driven Operations, Automation & Scalability

• Champion the daily adoption of AI tools (including Dust custom assistants and workflows) across finance operations: automating transaction categorization, drafting variance commentaries, querying finance policies, and accelerating reconciliation.
• Partner with the Finance Manager to systematically identify manual bottlenecks, designing automated rules, alerts, and workflows across NetSuite and integrated apps.
• Optimize procure-to-pay automation: enforce e-invoicing, digital invoice ingestion via Zone Capture / Payhawk, and automated vendor coding to eliminate repetitive manual entry.
• Build and maintain scalable finance documentation, AI knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) that empower the finance function to scale efficiently as company transaction volume grows.

Treasury, Cash Operations & Compliance

• Prepare supplier, contractor, and salary payment batches in Embat, strictly respecting delegation of authority and multi-tier approval policies.
• Supervise bank connectivity and automated cash reconciliations across European entities in NetSuite and Embat, ensuring weekly clearance of in-transit items.
• Develop rolling cash forecasting models based on automated NetSuite invoice schedules, Payhawk trends, and real-time bank position feeds.
• Oversee employee card expense and reimbursement compliance in Payhawk, enforcing receipt submission rules, tax validation, and prompt error resolution.

Revenue, Intercompany & Statutory Compliance

• Perform invoice quality and compliance checks (VAT validation, reverse-charge applicability, entity and contract accuracy) prior to automated billing runs.
• Support outgoing e-invoicing, customer balance verification, monthly AR ageing reviews and the resolution of invoicing queries.
• Manage automated revenue recognition schedules in NetSuite, ensuring strict compliance with accounting standards (including commission accounting and multi-element deliverables).
• Supervise payroll journal entries, pension reconciliations, and compliance filings across European jurisdictions in coordination with payroll partners.
• Work with Customer Success, Project Sponsors, HR, and external providers to ensure finance inputs are complete and delivered on time.

Reporting, Analytics & Governance

• Supervise VAT return filings, European sales lists, and statutory tax compliance with our global accounting firm, maintaining audit-ready documentation and sign-off