Finance Manager (all genders)

Overview

About the Role You'll be the person who brings order to Thorit's day-to-day bookkeeping, owning accounts payable, receivable, and general ledger end-to-end and building the processes that let the company scale cleanly. This is a hands-on, high-trust role: you'll work closely with our external tax advisor and take real ownership of how bookkeeping runs. What You'll Do Own accounts payable, accounts

What you'll do

• About the Role You'll be the person who brings order to Thorit's day-to-day bookkeeping, owning accounts payable, receivable, and general ledger end-to-end and building the processes that let the company scale cleanly.
• This is a hands-on, high-trust role: you'll work closely with our external tax advisor and take real ownership of how bookkeeping runs.
• What You'll Do Own accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger bookkeeping, including bank reconciliation Build a documented, repeatable monthly close process where none exists today Clean up aged debtor and creditor items and keep OPOS lists current Prepare and submit monthly advance sales tax returns (Umsatzsteuervoranmeldungen) accurately and on time Support the annual financial statements in direct collaboration with our external Steuerberater Handle travel expenses for the team Document Finance SOPs in Confluence so processes outlive any one person What You Bring Must-haves Several years of hands-on experience in German financial bookkeeping (Finanzbuchhaltung) Working fluency in DATEV Solid general knowledge of German commercial and tax law as it applies to bookkeeping Comfort working independently and building structure without close day-to-day supervision Native-level German and working business English Nice-to-haves Payroll experience (Lohn- und Gehaltsabrechnung) and knowledge of DEÜV/ELStAM/DATEV Lohn + Gehalt, a plus if payroll is ever brought in-house, but not required since it currently runs externally Experience supporting the annual financial statement alongside an external tax advisor Prior experience in a scaling company or consultancy environment Your Team You'll report directly to our CEO and will be part of the Business Functions that runs Thorit internally, separate from our client-facing Practices.
• Tech Stack DATEV (Kanzlei-Rechnungswesen, Zahlungsverkehr, with Lohn + Gehalt as a plus), Confluence, Forecast.it , Claude AI, and HubSpot for internal operations context.
• What We Offer Pension & Allowances: Company pension scheme via Allianz with graduated employer contribution from €50 to €290 per month, plus Lunchit meal allowance worth up to €100 per month Health & Mobility: Business Bike Leasing, Urban Sports Club access at 8,000+ locations Learning: Full Blinkist Business library (4,500+ books), 3 months of Babbel, HubSpot certifications fully funded Flexibility: Up to 4 we.

Requirements

• Practical experience with Finance Team.
• Relevant academic or project background for a Finance Manager (all genders) role.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Comfortable working on-site in Böblingen Headquater.

Skills