Financial Reporting Lead
Ledgy’s mission is to democratize ownership in startups. We create transparency for all stakeholders of a company and bring scalability to important processes for founders such as managing their stockholders, preparing financing rounds, and granting equity to all their employees.
Ledgy was founded in Switzerland in 2017 – in fact, we were the first ever Swiss company to be backed by Sequoia Capital. 🇨🇭 Today, Ledgy is a pan-European company with offices in London and Berlin as well as our HQ in Zürich.
We are proud to partner with some of the world’s leading investors. New Enterprise Associates led our $22m Series B round in 2022, with Jonathan Golden joining Sequoia’s Luciana Lixandru on our board. We are now focused on building incredible equity experiences for companies and teams, to make Europe the best place in the solar system to own equity 👩🏻🚀🚀
We encourage diversity and are an international team of 72 people, coming from 26 different countries and speaking 25 different languages.
We believe that startups are a main driver of positive change in the world and help create equal opportunities for everyone outside of corporate hierarchies. Humanity needs solutions for the current challenges, like climate change and the best source for this innovation are startups. We try to live by strong moral values and offer an example to other companies, while helping them be more successful with our product so they can drive the change forward.
We believe that equal opportunities for all social groups of society are necessary, and are committed to a culture where everyone feels welcome and respected. Psychological safety and a culture of modesty and openness is important to us.
We sincerely live and work by our beliefs so every hire for us is an important one. We’ve done a great job so far in building our team and our hope is that you will be able to join us.
As Financial Reporting Lead at Ledgy, your mission will be to provide accounting and IFRS 2 expertise to guide product development and support Ledgy’s goal to be the most flexible end-to-end equity management solution for private, pre-IPO, and public companies.
This is a high impact role with the opportunity to collaborate with leadership, product managers, engineers, and CX in a fast growing company. Reporting directly to the Head of Finance, you will be a trusted partner to the leadership team and be an integral part of Ledgy’s product development.
Short-term goals (3 to 6 months):
- Act as Ledgy’s in house expert on International Financial Reporting Standards and provide guidance on the financial reporting implications of share-based payment plans
- Work alongside the leadership and product development team to shape the strategy and roadmap for providing public company support
- Set up processes and partnerships with audit firms to help our customers run IFRS2 compliant reports using Ledgy
- Provide counsel to the CX team as they navigate and advise customers on IFRS 2 compliance and equity related questions
- Be the trusted partner in prospect calls on all things related to IPO support and financial reporting
Long-term goals (6 to 12 months):
- Collaborate with the product team to build a mostly automated IFRS 2 workflow within Ledgy
- Stay up-to-date with changes to IFRS 2 standards and provide expert guidance to all relevant stakeholders
- Ensure Ledgy can best support customers’ evolving needs throughout the IPO process
- Provide insights into how we can continually improve product experience for our customers
- Be a vocal thought leader on employee equity in Europe
The job is a good fit if you:
- Are a qualified accountant or financial analyst with IFRS 2 expertise and at least 3 years of experience advising public companies on share-based payment plans
- Are able to distill complex financial concepts into simple, actionable recommendations
- Are comfortable working cross-functionally in a hybrid environment
- Are proactive, self-motivated, and have a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
Being part of Ledgy means to
- See “the whole journey” and be one of the first team members of a company that scales from Switzerland to be the major player in Europe and globally
- Work with a passionate team with diverse interests such as the outdoors ⛰️, meditation 🧘, and space exploration 🌌
- Have a chance to get to know the startup world and it’s leaders inside and out
- Have flexible working hours, be able to work remotely, and benefit from 25 days of vacation
- Get stock options to become an owner of Ledgy yourself
- Take part in company off-sites and in optional regular team activities
…all this to create a fun 🎉 and productive 👩🏾💻 working environment where personal hobbies and projects have enough space as well.
Please note: within CH, DE, and UK we hire via our own entity, whilst outside of these countries we are able to offer employment opportunities via a global payroll service provider. Currently, we’re not able to accommodate freelancing agreement contracts.