Accounting & Payments Specialist (m/f/d) – Video Game Localization

Job description

LEVEL UP AND START A NEW ADVENTURE! The numbers behind the games you play A voice actor in Berlin. A translator in São Paulo. A game publisher in California paying us in dollars. All of it has to land in the books correctly, in the right currency, on the right date. Altagram localizes video games into more than 60 languages from Berlin, Montréal and Seoul. Four legal entities, several currencies, a few hundred freelancers, and clients who are among the biggest names in gaming. Our tax advisors do the bookkeeping and the annual accounts. An external provider runs payroll. You are the person inside the company who makes both of those work, and who owns the day to day of money going out and money coming in. It is a hands-on role with real authority, and it reports directly to the CEO. ⚡ What you will own Every week All incoming and outgoing invoices: checking, approval, and getting them where they need to go. Preparing the payment runs across our banks, Airwallex and Blueport, for confirmation by the CEO. Receivables and dunning. You chase what we are owed, with escalation agreed inside the finance team. Supplier and freelancer queries: replying, chasing missing or incorrect invoices, checking bank details, sorting out payment questions. Every month Collecting, checking and handing over all documents to our tax advisors through DATEV Unternehmen online, on a rhythm that keeps us GoBD-compliant. Feeding our external payroll provider what it needs for Germany and Spain: joiners, leavers, absences, changes. Reconciliation checks and cash monitoring. Day-to-day contact for our tax advisors and our payroll provider. What makes this different Four entities across Germany, Spain, Korea and Canada, in several currencies. Improving the processes you inherit. If something takes longer than it should, we want to hear about it, and we are happy to support you using AI to make it easier. Keeping our Verfahrensdokumentation up to date, the written record of how our accounting actually runs, and your own projects in the finance function, agreed directly with the CEO. Your profile ✅ What we need from you Completed commercial training with a focus on accounting, or equivalent experience. At least 3 years hands-on in accounts payable and accounts receivable. Confident in DATEV Unternehmen online , specifically Belege online and Bank online. You have worked alongside an external Steuerberater, and you understand that GoBD responsibility sits with the company. German and English, professional level, written and spoken. Excel well beyond the basics. ⭐ What would make us look twice You have worked in a company with more than one legal entity or a foreign subsidiary. You have built or maintained a Verfahrensdokumentation. You have made something in accounting simpler or more automated, and you enjoyed doing it. Experience with an ERP or similar business system, an online payment platform, or an external payroll provider. You want to work in a creative industry. Why us? ? Why this one is worth your time You report to the CEO. Decisions happen in the room. You own the operational side of finance. Cash flow and receivables strategy sit with colleagues in the finance team. Four countries and several currencies. That kind of international complexity is hard to get in a mid-size company. Hybrid working from our Berlin office, plus our work-from-anywhere policy of up to 90 days a year. 30 hours a week, spread over five days. If you want more hours, tell us. There is process and improvement work beyond the 30, and we would rather grow the role with you than guess at the number now. ⏳ What happens next We review your application. Everyone gets an answer either way. A short call to cover the basics, both ways. A meeting in person at our Berlin office with the CEO, including a practical case we work through together. Decision and offer. We aim to keep the whole process inside three weeks. We at Altagram understand that our product is only as good as our employees feel working here, and that’s why it’s so important for us to make our workplace as engaging and comfortable as possible. Here are some of the perks you can look forward to when joining our team: - Get a close look into the game localization industry with experienced colleagues by your side. - Choose your own adventure: whether you prefer going solo by working from home or having the support of your teammates around at the office, it’s up to you. - Flexible hours. - Watch your career progress along with our company. - Be a respected member of a team – your thoughts, opinions and feelings matter to us. - An inclusive environment, where everyone is valued. - Space for your four-legged-friends - Lots of gaming. - A main base made for protagonists – a beautiful office in Berlin’s scenic Treptower Park. - A luscious garden in which you can work outside, stroll around, enjoy a BBQ or enjoy outdoor activities with your colleagues.