Management Accountant
GoCardless · Lisbon · €36,000–€54,000 (stated in the posting)
About us
GoCardless, a Mollie company, is a global leader in bank payments. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect, manage and send bank payments through Direct Debit, real-time payments and open banking. With US$130bn+ processed annually across 30+ countries, we handle recurring and one-off payments without the chasing, stress, or expensive fees. Our end-to-end payment platform also features AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud, alongside connections to over 350 platforms businesses use everyday.
We are headquartered in the UK, with teams and operations spanning North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please visit www.gocardless.com and follow us on LinkedIn @GoCardless.
Mollie is the leading payments and financial services partner for business, rooted in Europe, with global reach.
The role
This is a key role in the Financial Control team. We are responsible for the month-end close, the preparation of financial accounts, and play a key role in delivering audits. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will be a Management Accountant with experience delivering month-end activities and performing P&L and balance sheet reconciliations.
What excites you
Ownership:
- Own revenue accounting across all GoCardless entities, from recognition through to reporting
- Own the intercompany (IC) process end to end: manage IC accounts, ensure all IC transactions are recorded and settled, and reconcile IC balances as part of the monthly close
- Own key balance sheet accounts across the group, completing monthly reconciliations and resolving variances in a timely, documented manner
Collaboration:
- Play a key role in the annual audit, acting as a reliable, well-prepared point of contact for auditors across your areas of responsibility
- Work closely with teams across the business, including Billing and Management Reporting
- Contribute to finance projects and process improvement initiatives, including system implementations and controls enhancements
Analysis:
- Produce P&L variance analysis and commentary
What excites us
- Demonstrate proven experience in a financial control or management accounting environment
- Use Excel or Google Sheets with confidence
- Show strong attention to detail
- Communicate confidently with internationally based stakeholders
Nice to have:
- Apply revenue accounting experience, including knowledge of IFRS 15
- Perform multi-currency balance sheet reconciliations, ideally across multiple entities
- Familiar with NetSuite and FloQast apps
- Hold an accounting qualification
- Use AI to identify process efficiencies
Base salary range: €36,000 - €54,000 (including 13th and 14th salary)
Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point (€36,000 - €42,000) of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.
(some of) The good stuff
- Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
- Work away scheme - gives you the option to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period
- Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle
- Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
- Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget
- Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)
Life at GoCardless
We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.
Diversity & Inclusion
As of April 2025, we had 806 employees (GeeCees) globally, with 524 based in the UK, 163 based in Latvia and 119 across our other offices.
To ensure that we're representative of the world around us - and to be able to review relevant benchmarks - we ask GeeCees to voluntarily disclose diversity data. This year, the proportion of GeeCees providing data increased to 88% (up from 79% in 2024). With regards to diversity within GoCardless, we can see GeeCees identifying as:
Asian, Black, Mixed or Other — 25%
Neurodiverse — 9%
LGBTQIA+ — 9%
Disabled — 1%
Average age — 33
Female — 45%
Male — 55%
We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support.
If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here
Sustainability
We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. Check out our sustainability action plan here.
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