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HOLY is Europe's fastest-growing consumer brand in the soft drink space, having scaled to €250M+ D2C revenue across DACH, France, UK, and Poland in under four years. The company offers a portfolio of beverages (Energy, Iced Tea, Hydration, Milkshake, and Syrup Bottle) across 50+ flavors, backed by top-tier consumer investors and a community of 2M+ loyal customers. With 200+ team members, HOLY is transitioning from pure D2C to omnichannel retail while maintaining profitability and ambitious growth targets.
You will join as Accounting Manager for General Ledger, reporting to the CFO. This is a hands-on role with clear ownership of core accounting operations. Your mission is to maintain a reliable, clean general ledger that enables fast decision-making across the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own defined GL accounts end-to-end: postings, reconciliations, documentation, and follow-up on open items
- Support month-end and year-end close cycles: prepare accruals, prepayments, reclassifications, and balance sheet reconciliations
- Review unclear or unusual bookings; ensure consistent Chart of Accounts usage and escalate accounting treatment questions
- Partner with AP, AR, and FP&A teams to ensure accounting data is timely, reliable, and useful for reporting
- Identify recurring issues and build simple SOPs to make the close faster and more scalable
- Prepare schedules, documentation, and explanations for statutory reporting, tax matters, and external audits across multiple entities
You will work in a startup culture emphasizing flat hierarchies, fast pace, and personal development. The role offers significant impact on HOLY's international expansion, collaboration with an ambitious and authentic team, and a modern setup including a central Berlin office (Prenzlauerberg), flexible working hours, competitive salary, and meaningful equity.
Requirements:
- Degree or Ausbildung in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Tax, or comparable qualification
- 2+ years of relevant accounting experience, ideally in general ledger accounting, audit, or tax advisory
- Good knowledge of German GAAP (HGB) and core accounting principles; multi-entity experience is a plus
- Confident with reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, and month-end close routines
- Comfortable with accounting systems and Excel/Google Sheets; DATEV experience is a plus
- Pragmatic, reliable, detail-oriented working style with strong follow-through on open items
- Clear communication in English with Finance and non-finance stakeholders; German is a strong plus for invoices, auditors, tax advisors, and authorities
- Structured, detail-oriented, hands-on mindset; you enjoy making numbers clean and understandable; you take ownership and dig into accounting logic until things make sense
