Upway is a high-growth start-up committed to making electric mobility accessible to everyone. Upway purchases second-hand- ebikes, refurbishes them and sells them online through its websites. The company operates in France, Germany, Belgium, the United-States and the Netherlands.
Upway is recruiting a motivated and experienced Group Operations Accountant. This is a central, hands-on role focused on building the accounting department's operational capacity, ensuring that our ledgers are accurate and exhaustive across all international operations, and providing a clear, auditable view of our financial data.
We are looking for a passionate individual who is excited to join us and embrace this professional challenge. We value teamwork and are seeking candidates with strong technical and interpersonal skills to help us build a truly remarkable company.
- Manage the end-to-end processing of customer receipts (Cash Application) and supplier invoices (chase, receive, and book into our multi-entity ledgers),
- Conduct thorough review and audit of wires (bank payments) to external parties to ensure compliance and accuracy,
- Monitor, reconcile, and control Fixed Assets, inventory movements, and other critical balance sheet accounts.
- Verify the conformity of all accounting operations with both local regulations and the group's internal rules,
- Manage the preparation and submission of various tax returns (VAT, etc.) across the operating countries,
- Contribute to the structuring and documentation of financial processes to support our rapid international scaling.
- Academic background: Accounting qualification, at least Bac+3 (or equivalent),
- Experience: A solid accounting experience, ideally in a start-up company or international environment,
- Language proficiency: fluency in English and French. German/ Dutch speaking could a plus but not required,
- Accounting: solid knowledge of accounting principles (local GAAP is essential),
- Soft Skills: rigorous attention to detail, strong organisational skills and excellent communication abilities to work effectively with both finance and non-finance teams.
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Being part of a fast-growing, mission-driven company
- Being surrounded by an incredibly talented and ambitious team that wants to build something big together
- Freedom to take on as much responsibility as you dare, which will allow you to develop quickly
- Competitive compensation,
- 15% off one e-bike per year you purchase with Upway!
At Upway, we are making electric mobility accessible to everyone. We are looking for high intelligence, high energy and high integrity people to join us on an exciting journey and reshape mobility with us.
Our mission is to make e-bikes the norm, redefining how the world moves. As the global leading platform for certified pre-owned and refurbished e-bikes, we proudly serve customers across nine countries, including France, Germany and the US.
We are an international company and operate from Paris, Antwerp, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and New York. In just three years, we achieved a fast paced growth, ambitious expansion and secured $120M+ from leading investors, including Sequoia, Exor Seed, Korelya Capital & GFC.
