# Senior Financial Accountant

**Company**: Catawiki
**Location**: Lisbon
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary. We're a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 100,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our in-house experts.

We're looking for a hands-on Senior Financial Accountant to join our Accounting & Reporting team. This role is ideal for someone with strong accounting fundamentals, a proactive mindset, and the confidence to independently manage accounting responsibilities in an international and fast-moving environment.

**Your Core Responsibilities:**

- Own selected month-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and balance sheet reviews.

- Manage accounting areas or entities through the close process with a strong focus on accuracy, completeness, and timely delivery.

- Act as a key Finance partner to Payroll, ensuring accurate payroll processing and payment controls.

- Analyse financial movements and variances, providing clear insights to stakeholders.

- Ensure accounting activities are performed in line with internal policies and reporting requirements.

- Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation and coordinating follow-ups.

- Work with external accounting partners for foreign entities and support local reporting activities where needed.

- Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to resolve accounting and reporting questions.

- Use Workday Financials in daily work and support process improvements where relevant.

- Represent Accounting & Reporting in cross-functional projects and assess the impact on Finance processes and controls.

- Proactively identify risks, issues, and opportunities for simplification.

- Drive improvements in Finance processes, controls, and reporting to support scalable and efficient ways of working.

**What Makes This Role Exciting:**

- High ownership and autonomy.

- International exposure.

- Real impact.

- A modern way of working.

**What You'll Bring:**

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Economics, or similar.

- Certified Accountant (Contabilista Certificado) status or equivalent.

- Solid experience in financial accounting.

- Hands-on experience with month-end close activities.

- Strong understanding of accounting principles; IFRS knowledge is a plus.

- Experience supporting audits and working with internal or external stakeholders.

- Experience with Workday Financials is a plus.

- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

**Why You'll Love Working with Us:**

- Create a visible impact.

- Learn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives.

- A culture of connection defines us.

- Celebrate life's moments with us.

## Skills

### Required
- financial accounting
- month-end close activities
- accounting principles
- IFRS
- Workday Financials
- English

### Nice to have
- Certified Accountant (Contabilista Certificado)
- experience with audits
- experience with internal or external stakeholders

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