Accountant

The position

Sympower is seeking a detail-oriented and autonomous Accountant to join our team in Athens. While you will be based in our Greek office, you will report directly to and collaborate daily with our central Finance team located in Amsterdam.

In this role, you will be a vital extension of our global finance operations of multiple entities within the Nordics, Greece and the Netherlands. Your primary focus will be overseeing the Accounts Receivable (AR), performing multi-currency bank reconciliations, calculating month-end accruals and other month-end activities. The ideal candidate is a good communicator who enjoys a hybrid work environment.

What is in it for you

We are committed to creating an inclusive, values-based culture where everyone feels that they belong and has the opportunity to do meaningful work.

We offer a market competitive compensation package, including but not limited to:

• 30 Days Paid Holiday Leave

• 1 Day Paid Wellness Leave

• 1 Day Paid Birthday Leave

• Paid Maternity and Partner Leave

• Pawternity Leave

• Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

• Remote Office Budget

• Internet Allowance

• Development Plan & Budget

• Stock Appreciation Rights

• 2 Days Paid Volunteer Leave

Learn about all of our benefits on our careers page.

What you will do

• Invoicing: generate, verify, and issue accurate customer invoices across various European entities, ensuring compliance with local billing requirements and VAT guidelines.

• Payment Processing: Post daily payments to the correct accounts and entities within Netsuite, our ERP system.

• AR aging management: Monitor entity-level AR aging reports, identify overdue accounts.

• Bank reconciliations: Perform regular reconciliations for multiple corporate bank accounts across multiple European countries and currencies to ensure ledger balances match bank statements.

• Inter-company transactions: Assist with recording and reconciling inter-company billings and transfers between the various European subsidiaries.

• Support the year-end audit for the Group. 

• Participate in automating processes where needed.

• Hybrid working: availability to work at the office in Athens and collaborate with our other Greek based colleagues across Commercial and Trading.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

• 2-5 years of accounting experience preferably in an international environment.

• Knowledge of Excel/Google sheets.

• Strong communication skills and willingness to work as a team.

• Detailed orientated with strong focus on timely and quality deliverables. 

• English fluency is required.

Who we are

Sympower is accelerating the global transition towards ‘net-zero’ by helping to build smarter, cleaner renewable energy systems. Using our proprietary software platform, we help balance the supply and demand of electricity across international energy networks.

We help businesses, grid operators, asset owners and other energy stakeholders around the world reduce their carbon emissions, integrate more distributed renewable energy resources, and generate new revenue streams by participating in demand-side response services.

Learn more about us in this video.

Since 2022, Sympower has been a certified B Corp, which shows the company is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency across 5 impact areas: governance, workers, community, environment, and customers.

Sympower is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.

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