Your Impact

As a Controller/ Accountant, you will be at the heart of our finance operations, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and compliance across all financial processes. You will drive reliable financial reporting, empower strategic decisions with precise budgeting and forecasting, and safeguard adherence to accounting standards and internal policies. Your work will not only strengthen our financial foundation but also enable the company to grow with confidence and transparency.

Your Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements according to Swiss GAAP or IFRS.
• Uploading data entries into Datev German financial system.
• Conduct budget preparation, financial forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger accounting.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting to senior management.
  
• Coordinate and support external audits.
• Maintain internal control systems to safeguard company assets.
• Collaborate closely with other departments to streamline financial processes and
  improve operational efficiency.
• Provide financial analysis including SaaS KPI tracking and guidance to assist strategic
  decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, including tax filings, VAT, and
  statutory reporting.
• Manage financial transactions and integrations through software platforms including
  Xero, Stripe, HubSpot, and Revolut.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA, ACCA, or equivalent
  certification preferred.
• Strong command of both German and English (spoken and written) is required.
• Highly self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently with a sense of ownership.
• Minimum of 2 years of professional accounting and controlling experience.
• Have worked with any financial software tools (specifically Xero, Stripe, HubSpot, Revolut)  
• Good analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills as well advanced Excel skills.
• Detail-oriented with high accuracy and reliability.
• Knowledge of IFRS and Swiss GAAP is a plus.
• Knowledge of Datev and the German accounting system is a plus.

???? Don’t worry if you don’t tick every single box - what matters most to us is your motivation, willingness to learn, and ability to grow into the role.

Why You’ll Love Working at aleno

• Flexible working hours. Due to the customer support and the daily cycle of our core customer base, 10:00-15:00 CET is required. If you need to finish up earlier, it’s fine — that’s just the default. Other than that, there are no restrictions — just attend the meetings and stay in alignment with the team.
• Paid time off. All bank holidays are off. On top of that, there are 26 days of paid time off and 5 days of sick leave.
• Opportunity for professional growth in a rapidly expanding company.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Hardware. We can take care of your laptop and a headset (if needed).
• Traveling. Company retreats are expected but not mandatory (once for the whole company and once for the product team). All conferences, local events, and online events (meetups, conferences, etc.) are highly encouraged but not mandatory. Traveling expenses can be covered in case of being a speaker and clearly mentioning aleno (for hiring, marketing, etc.)

Role Details

Location: Wroclaw
Start date: As soon as possible
Workload: Fulltime

Our Hiring Process

We aim to make our hiring process transparent, respectful of your time, and focused on finding the right mutual fit. After reviewing your application, we’ll invite selected candidates to a series of interviews. These typically include a conversation with the team, a technical or role-specific exercise, and time to get to know our culture and ways of working.

We do our best to keep the process efficient and streamlined — usually completing all steps within a couple of weeks.

About us

aleno was founded in Zurich in 2014 by a team that had experienced first-hand how difficult it can be to run ones own restaurant. aleno is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
Our great team also operates from many other locations such as Berlin, Munich and Wroclaw.We have a dynamic corporate culture with a start-up mentality. We have passionate restaurateurs, sales and tech experts working hand in hand in flat hierarchies. Together, we are shaping the path to a new era of hospitality.