Head of Accounting and Tax

The AI orchestration of your wildest imagination.

n8n is the open workflow orchestration platform built for the new era of AI. We give technical teams the freedom of code with the speed of no-code, so they can automate faster, smarter, and without limits. Backed by a fiercely inventive community and 500+ builder-approved integrations, we’re changing the way people bring systems together and scale ideas for impact.

Since our founding in 2019, we’ve grown into a diverse team of over 220 - working across Europe and the US, connected by a shared builder spirit and with our centre of gravity in Berlin. Along the way, we’ve:

• Cultivated a community of more than 650,000 active developers and builders

• Earned 145k+ GitHub stars, making us one of the world’s Top 40 most popular projects

• Been ranked as one of Europe’s most promising privately held SaaS startups (4th in Sifted’s 2025 B2B SaaS Rising 100)

• Raised $240m to date, from Sequoia’s first German seed to our recent $180m Series C - bringing us to a $2.5bn valuation

That’s the company we’ve built. Now we’d love to see what you can build. If you’re applying, try n8n out - whether you’re technical or not - and share a screenshot of your first workflow with us. The easiest place to start is here: app.n8n.cloud/register.

We’re in a defining moment of an incredible journey. Come and build with us.

About n8n

n8n is a Berlin-based, AI-native workflow automation platform. Open-source at its core, with a community of 90,000+ developers, n8n enables businesses to build and run complex automated workflows and AI agents without heavy engineering overhead. Following a $180M Series C led by NVIDIA, n8n is one of the fastest-growing companies in the developer-tools space — 10x revenue growth in 2025, ~858 employees, and a $2.5B valuation. This is a company that builds its own product. The finance function runs on n8n. If that excites you, you’re probably the right kind of person for this role.

The Role

This is a senior individual-ownership role reporting to the CFO. You will own the global accounting and tax function across n8n’s multi-entity international structure — covering statutory reporting, audit readiness, and cross-border tax compliance. The function is still being built. That’s the point.

This is a hard role because you are building, not maintaining.

If what you want is to join a well-oiled machine and optimise it at the margins, this isn’t the right fit. If you want the mandate, the visibility, and the tools to build an AI-native finance function the way you think it should be done, few places will give you that at this scale.

What You’ll Own

• Statutory accounting and group consolidation across n8n’s international entity structure

• Month-end and year-end close — improving cycle time and building scalable close processes

• External audit management — owning the relationship and driving audit readiness year-round

• Tax compliance and coordination across multiple jurisdictions — working with and challenging external advisors on transfer pricing, VAT, and corporate tax

• ERP ownership and continuous improvement

• Building and leading a small, high-quality accounting team

• Defining what an AI-native accounting function looks like at n8n — and then building it

Must-Haves

This is a head of accounting role. Your core background is in statutory accounting, financial

reporting, and audit. If your background is primarily in financial planning, management reporting, business partnering, or German Controlling (the FP&A discipline), this is not the right fit — regardless of title. We mean accounting in the Anglo-Saxon sense: the books, the close, the statutory filings, the audit.

A scaling arc you’ve lived through

You have been part of a finance function during a period of rapid scaling — ideally Series B through to IPO readiness — and you understand what breaks at each stage of that journey. We’re not looking for someone who joined post-IPO and maintained a mature function, or someone who’s only operated pre-Series B. Strong number-two profiles and senior ICs who’ve had full exposure to a high-growth arc are welcome — you don’t need to have held the top title.

Qualified accountant

ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent. HGB expertise alongside IFRS or US GAAP is a genuine differentiator given our German entity structure.

Multi-entity international experience

You’ve owned statutory reporting across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions. You’re comfortable with cross-border complexity — VAT, transfer pricing, group consolidation — and you know when to bring in external advisors and how to challenge them.

Tax literacy, not tax expertise

You do not need to be a tax specialist. What we need is someone who can hold their own with external tax advisors across multiple jurisdictions, understand the commercial implications of tax decisions, and know when to escalate. The expectation is intelligent oversight and challenge — not ownership of every technical detail. If you’re a strong accounting-led candidate with solid tax literacy, don’t let the word ‘Tax’ in the title put you off.

AI fluency — demonstrated, not theoretical

This is a first-principles filter, not a box-tick. You have used AI to materially change how you work — not just experimented with it — and you have a point of view on what an AI-native finance function looks like. We are not looking for someone who has ‘tried ChatGPT’. We want someone who has rebuilt part of how they work around these tools and has thought seriously about what that means for a finance function at scale.

Team leadership

You have built or managed an accounting team. Not just managed up — you’ve hired, developed, and led people. Clear upward career progression is required.

Location

Remote - Europe

Strong Signals (Nice-to-Have)

• Pre-IPO, IPO readiness, or PE-backed experience — you’ve been inside a company going through a liquidity event or preparing for one

• Big 4 background before moving in-house — EY, Deloitte, PwC, or KPMG alumni in tech are a well-worn path to this role

• ERP implementation or significant system change — NetSuite, SAP, or equivalent

• Month-end close transformation — you’ve materially reduced close cycle time

• SOX compliance or audit control environment design

• Genuine product curiosity — you’ve built something with n8n before applying.

Why n8n

n8n is at an inflection point. The company has just closed a $180M Series C, is growing at 10x revenue year-on-year, and is building the infrastructure — finance included — to match that trajectory. This is the rare moment where the company is large enough that your work matters at scale, and early enough that you’re shaping how it’s done. The finance function is not an afterthought here.

You will work directly with the CFO, have visibility across the business, and be part of deciding how a high-growth company manages its financial operations at a critical juncture. You will also have tools that most finance functions don’t: n8n itself, used by your own team, to automate and rebuild the work in ways that most finance leaders never get to explore. The trade-off is real: you are joining to build, not to coast. The ambiguity is genuine and the pace is high. If that’s the environment you do your best work in, this is worth a conversation.

n8n is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We can sponsor visas to Germany; for any other country, you need to have existing right to work.

Our company language is English.

You care about diversity and inclusion? We do too! Check out our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives at n8n (https://www.notion.so/n8n/Diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-n8n-c1bec2fff536422d868b1a438d990e35).

Location disclaimer: If you see multiple job postings for the same role, it is most likely because we're hiring remotely for this role and posting in different locations to make sure every potential candidate can see the role. Please apply to the location you're the most likely to work from in the future.

• Competitive compensation 💸 – We offer fair and attractive pay.

• Ownership 💪 – Our core value is to “empower others,” and we mean it—you’ll get a slice of n8n with equity.

• Work/life balance 🏖️ – We work hard but ensure you have time to recharge:

  • Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are.

  • US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.

• Health & wellness 🩺 –

  • Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*

  • US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families—plus a no-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA—along with dental and vision coverage.

• Future planning 💰 –

  • Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*

  • US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.

• Financial security 🛡️ –

  • Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*

  • US: Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance to support you and your loved ones.

• Career growth 📈 – We hire rising stars who grow with us! You’ll get €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching to level up your skills.

• A passionate team 🤩 – We love our product, and we prove it with regular hackathons where we see who can build the coolest thing with it!

• Remote-first 🌏 – Our team works remotely across Europe, with regular off-sites for team bonding. Some roles, like sales in the US, are hybrid—please check the job description.

• Giving back 🤝 – We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about.

• AI enablement 🤖 – We believe in working smarter—everyone gets an unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools to boost productivity and creativity.

• Transparency 🙏 – We all know what everyone’s working on, how the company is doing—the whole shebang.

• An ambitious but kind culture 😍 – People love working here—our eNPS for 2024 is 94!

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