Our mission? Making day-to-day banking easier for SMEs and freelancers thanks to an online business account that's combined with invoicing, bookkeeping and spend management tools. Thanks to its innovative product, highly reactive 24/7 customer support and clear pricing, Qonto has become the leader in its market.

Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 450,000 customers. Thanks to our wonderful team of 1,400+ Qontoers, we also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking!

Our values:

Customer focus | Prioritize customers in everything you do

Ownership | Own your part, get things done

Teamwork | Make (team)work easy

Mastery | Continuously raise the bar

Integrity | Always do what’s right, and respect people

Our beliefs: At Qonto, we're committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 50% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.

Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process.

Join us as our very first Lead General Accounting to steer Qonto toward our continuous growth trajectory! Your role will be to ensure global general accounting's ongoing accuracy and lead a skilled team across France and Germany. You will work in very close collaboration with Marjorie, our Head of Accounting & Consolidation, to reshape our accounting processes, and our standards, and drive change to support our success in the best way possible.

👩‍💻👨‍💻 As a Lead General Accounting at Qonto, you will:

• Management: Manage a team of 3 General Accountants:

-> Onboard them on new topics, and ensure continuous improvement

-> Set up a balance sheet culture with a monthly closing objective of D+5

• External stakeholders: Main point of contact for the Auditors

• New accounting GAAP: Implementing any new accounting rules applicable to business

• M&A: Participate actively in the integration of new acquisition

• ERP: Be the main contributor to the new ERP implementation project

• Teamwork: Be a main contact for consolidation lead, AP lead, finance transformation, and FP&A

🤔 What you can expect:

• Drive Impact: Your efforts will directly shape Qonto's future, setting new standards in our field.

• Tech-Enabled: Harness advanced accounting technologies for unparalleled efficiency.

• Cultivate Innovation: Propel continuous growth with your forward-thinking approach.

• Lead Collaboration: Forge strong paths with teams across Qonto, amplifying collective success.

🤝 About your future manager:

Marjorie, your future manager, brings a wealth of experience in accounting and consolidation gathered from her first years in audit and corporate environments. Her leadership style promotes autonomy, innovation, and a strong sense of team spirit.

🏅 About You:

• You have a solid background in accounting gathered in both audit/accounting advisory and corporate, with in-depth knowledge of French GAAP and IFRS (ideally DSCG or DCG)

• You have strategic thinking in line with business goals and also can roll up your sleeves when needed

• Proficient with major ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Sage or Oracle) and you like to leverage technology to streamline processes

• Excellent problem-solving skills, capable of driving change and fostering a culture of continuous improvement

• You are experienced in managing a team before and are willing to orient and support your team members

• Based in Paris or willing to relocate, with excellent communication skills in both English and French.

At Qonto we understand that true diversity isn't just about ticking boxes on a hiring checklist. Apply regardless of the boxes you tick! Who knows? You may have the missing piece of the puzzle we've been searching for all along. 

🎁 Perks

A tailor-made and dynamic career track. An inclusive work environment. And so much more to help you succeed.

- Offices in every country to welcome you anytime you want (France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Serbia);

- Tailor-made remote work policy depending on the job you apply for;

- Competitive salary package;

- A meal voucher;

- Public transportation reimbursement (part or global);

- A great health insurance (depending on the country);

- Employee well-being initiatives: access to Moka Care to take care of your mental health and great offers for sports and wellness activities;

- A progressive disability, and parenthood policy as part of our commitment to the Parental Act (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners;

- Monthly team events.

💪 Our hiring process:

- Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future managers

- A remote exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a taste of what working at Qonto could be like

We will send you an interview guide so you can best prepare yourself.

On average, our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours 🤞

To learn more about us:

Qonto's Blog | Les Échos I L'Usine Digitale | Courrier Cadres

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