Financial Accountant (f/m/d)

Planted combines proprietary structuring and fermentation technologies to produce meat from plant proteins, focusing on delicious taste, meaty and juicy texture, while only using clean ingredients. Planted is setting a completely new standard in the plant-based meat category, making it a healthy, delicious and sustainable choice for all. Truly better than meat from animals.

As a Financial Accountant, you will play a key role in managing financial workflows, optimizing processes, and ensuring accurate reporting across our group. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, drive automation initiatives, and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders. Success in this role requires a strong foundation in accounting, a keen eye for process improvements, and a hands-on approach.

Your Mission:

• You take ownership of accounts payable and receivable management, ensuring accurate transaction processing, reconciliations, controls, and provisions across the group.
• You continuously optimize financial processes, adapting them to organizational changes while driving automation and digitalization initiatives.
• You execute payment and collection processes with precision and persistence to maintain optimal liquidity and working capital management.
• You support accounting-related requests, ensuring timely adjustments and corrections for accurate and complete financial data.
• You ensure high-quality postings in asset, bank, customer, and vendor subledgers while enforcing financial policies and controls.
• You maintain accurate and compliant cost accounting entries and VAT-related transactions.
• You identify inefficiencies and implement automation solutions using modern tools such as data load packages and workflow management systems.
• You prepare ad hoc reports for internal and external financial reporting using Microsoft Excel and Power BI.

You:

• Hold a commercial apprenticeship with further education in accounting or a Bachelor’s degree with a focus on finance, accounting, or controlling.
• Have 2–4 years of experience in financial accounting, controlling, or financial audit.
• Possess strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Show curiosity about modern accounting systems and software.
• Take a hands-on, solution-oriented, and proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Are proficient in Microsoft Excel; knowledge of Power BI or automation tools is a plus.
• Demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills, working effectively with finance and business teams.
• Communicate fluently in English; German and other languages are a plus.