Technical Accounting Manager
SumUpPayments company
Dublin, IrelandManager
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About the role
TL;DR
Lead technical accounting, IFRS application, and financial statement structuring.
- •This is a senior technical accounting role with real strategic influence.
- •You'll help shape how SumUp's financial statements are structured and how complex IFRS standards are applied across a business that spans payments, banking, lending, and other products across 37 markets and 10 legal entities.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead the adoption and application of new and evolving IFRS standards.
- •Research complex accounting questions and translate them into clear, well-supported technical positions.
- •Review significant transactions and contracts for accounting implications.
- •Own and evolve the Accounting Manual.
- •Act as the trusted escalation point for technical accounting questions.
- •Requirements Deep IFRS expertise with experience applying principle-based standards to complex, non-routine transactions.
- •A genuine love of research
- •curious, thorough, and always asking the right questions.
- •Ability to interpret complex accounting standards and communicate their business implications simply.
- •Ideally, a professional qualification (ACCA, ACA or CPA) and a Master's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- •Background in Big 4 audit or a large/listed company accounting function.
Required skills
Accounting
Domain expertise
fintech
Benefits & perks
Virtual Stock Option programme, 25 days of paid leave, Annual L&D budget, Private health insurance, Retirement scheme, 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service, Referral Bonus