Director of Accounting & Reporting

N26 is Europe’s leading digital bank. With a full German banking license and a presence in over 20 markets, we have moved past the 'disruptor' phase and are entering a period of institutional maturity.

Our strategy is clear: we want to be the primary account for our customers. To achieve this, we are expanding far beyond basic transactions into a holistic financial ecosystem, including our recent launch of N26 for under 18s, bringing families into our digital-first world. This evolution requires a new level of robustness and scalability. We are sharpening how we build, ship, and sustain products at scale, ensuring our core is as reliable as it is innovative.

• About the role
• As the Director of Accounting and Reporting, you aren't just managing a function; you are the architect of our financial integrity. This is a high-impact, high-intensity role that requires you to get deep into the weeds. We are currently in a phase of heavy-lift construction. You will spend a significant amount of your time setting up the infrastructure and refining the plumbing of our financial systems. This isn't a role for someone who wants to walk into a finished house; it’s for a leader who can navigate extreme ambiguity, make high-stakes decisions with incomplete information, and maintain unwavering resilience while building the engine of a global bank.
• Reporting into CFO, based in Berlin
• Your impact
• Build the Infrastructure: Drive the heavy lifting of building out our accounting systems and ERP (Workday), ensuring the architecture can support millions of primary accounts and new products like kids' cards.
• Deep-Dive Data Ownership: Get into the weeds of our data sets, subledgers, and source systems. You will ensure our financial 'source of truth' is industrial-grade and perfectly aligned with our product reality.
• Own the Fast Close: Take end-to-end ownership of the book-close process, relentlessly optimizing workflows to achieve a 3-business-day fast close without compromising on integrity.
• Decision-Making in Ambiguity: Navigate a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, making firm, strategic calls even when the path forward isn't perfectly paved.
• Resilient Leadership: Lead your team through a phase of radical transformation. You must provide clear direction and maintain high standards during periods of high pressure and tight deadlines.
• Strategic Interface: Act as the critical link between Finance, Product, and Risk, ensuring every new launch—from crypto to family banking—is seamlessly integrated into our financial reporting.
• Compliance & Policy: Design and implement the accounting frameworks that allow us to scale across Europe while remaining strictly compliant with HGB and IFRS.

• 10+ years of experience in a leadership role within a Bank or Fintech.
• A university degree with a focus on Finance, Controlling, Audit, or a related field.
• Professional Certification: Wirtschaftsprüfer, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent is highly preferred.
• Grit & Resilience: You have the mental stamina to handle the pressure of a maturing bank and the 'building' phase of a department
• Comfort in the Weeds: You are a hands-on leader who enjoys fixing broken processes and investigating data discrepancies at the granular level
• Technical Mastery: Profound knowledge of IFRS and German GAAP (HGB).
• Systems Architecture: Experience with the design and implementation of reporting and closing processes. Workday knowledge is a significant plus.
• Decisiveness: The ability to provide clear direction and make sound judgments in an environment where things move fast and ambiguity is the norm.
• Language: Fluency in English is required; German is a major plus.