Director Accounting Tax and Treasury

Shine exists to help freelancers and small business owners reclaim the joy of working for themselves. Running a business shouldn’t mean drowning in financial admin – it should be inspiring and rewarding. Our app brings banking, invoicing, accounting and admin together in one place, so entrepreneurs can focus on what matters most: growing their business and enjoying the freedom of working for themselves.

We're a multicultural team of over 400 people across France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. By bringing together leading European fintechs like Shine, Kontist and Tellow, we’ve built a single, intuitive platform designed for simplicity, speed and accuracy, backed by local award-winning support.

Your Hiring Experience Matters. Just as we respect our customers’ time, we respect yours. Your experience with Shine should feel simple, transparent and genuinely supportive.

Finance Department at Shine: Our team is structured around Accounting, Tax & Treasury, Sales Administration & Collections, Procurement, and Finance ERP & Systems, covering the full spectrum of financial operations, process governance and systems enablement across the Shine & SB/CPA European division. Distributed across multiple European countries, the team works as a single unit to deliver reliable execution, harmonised processes, and scalable systems, securing the build-up and long-term performance of the new financial perimeter.

Your Role as a Director of Accounting, Tax and Treasury

This newly created, high-impact role reports directly to VP Accounting, Tax & Treasury. Lead and ensure reliable daily financial operations, accounting, tax and treasury operations across all European entities of the Shine & SB/CPA division, while building scalable and standardised processes. This role covers the pan-European market.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Run core accounting operations across entities: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable accounting & cash application, and expense compliance.
• Coordinate monthly, quarterly and annual closings across all pan-European entities within the division (e.g., France, Germany, Nordics, Spain, and Portugal).
• Define, document and enforce harmonised accounting, tax and treasury processes, standards and calendars, focusing on streamlining and harmonizing all accounting principles.
• Ensure VAT and local tax compliance across Europe, in coordination with external advisors, including challenging tax professionals.
• Support the unified single ERP project, working with the Head of Finance, ERP to define business specifications for ERP evolutions, carve-out activities, and Finance transformation initiatives.
• Optimize and automate core finance processes, including the Order to Cash and Procure to Pay processes, through AI and digitalisation.
• Manage a global team across multiple European countries, including 5 direct reports (Heads of Accounting for France, Germany, Nordics, ILA, and a Head of Treasury) in a total organization of around 22 people.
• Drive harmonisation of practices between the different entities of the Shine environment.

Job located in France, Paris or Lyon with possibility of two remote working days per week.

Success Metrics

Success will be measured by the ability to achieve the following:

• Unify the system of accounting and the different accounting principles across entities.
• Ensure "right first time" financial productions that meet all deadlines and adhere to compliance requirements.
• People management – Lead, motivate and develop the accountancy organisation.

About you

• Fluent in French and English – essential.
• Must have knowledge of French GAAP (General Accounting Principle).
• Strong background in operational accounting within a multi-entity and international environment.
• Solid knowledge of European accounting standards, VAT and treasury operations.
• Proven experience managing distributed teams during transformation phases.
• A highly hands-on, execution-oriented leader with a professional focus that is more operational than strategic.
• Experience working with tax advisors and the ability to challenge them.
• Experience in brand management.

Our Recruitment Process

1. A 45-minute first call with Ryan Conaghan (Talent Acquisition Specialist) to get to know you better and share more about Shine.

2. A 60-minute interview with the Hiring Manager focused more on Technical Accounting/Operations/Tax/Compliance.

3. A 60-minute interview with CFO – leadership interview.