Finance & Accounting Associate (50–100 %, Remote)

Your Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping tasks (accounts payable/receivable, postings, reconciliations, bank statements).
• Support monthly routines and ensure clean, timely, and accurate processes (postings, reconciliations, simple reporting).
• Assist in monthly, quarterly, and annual closing activities.
• Coordinate with our German and Swiss tax advisors by preparing documentation, answering inquiries, and ensuring compliance.
• Maintain, organise, and further structure our financial data across DATEV, Bexio, and Qonto.
• Monitor key financial metrics such as average prices, margins, and cost developments.
• Support profitability analyses, product-level cost reviews, and ad-hoc financial evaluations.
• Contribute to forecasting and budgeting by preparing data, checking plausibility, and identifying variances.
• Actively contribute to improving our accounting and finance processes as we move toward a more integrated finance setup.

Your Profile

• Completed degree in finance, accounting, business administration or a commercial apprenticeship with solid understanding of accounting and finance processes.
• 2–3 years of experience in accounting, bookkeeping, or a finance-related role.
• Strong numerical skills and a good understanding of accounting and financial concepts.
• Structured, precise, and reliable working style -- you notice inconsistencies and enjoy resolving them.
• Interest in supporting basic controlling tasks, profitability analyses, and forecasting routines alongside accounting.
• Strong German and good English skills.
• Bonus: experience with DATEV, Bexio, Qonto, or working in an e-commerce/start-up environment.

Your Benefits

• Flexible workload: 50–100 %, depending on your profile.
• Remote-first setup: work from anywhere in Germany.
• Clear routines and predictable deadlines, making it easy to balance work with family life or personal projects.
• A healthy, profitably growing founder-led start-up without artificial investor pressure.
• A supportive and collaborative team that values ownership, reliability, and flexibility.
• The opportunity to actively shape our finance and accounting processes as ALEMI continues to grow.

About Us

ALEMI is a Zurich-based handbag brand with the vision to redefine business bags for women.

We create elegant, timeless handbags that unite minimalist aesthetics with smart functionality. Each piece is handcrafted in a family-owned atelier in Italy, under fair working conditions, using premium Italian leather that is made to last.

Our values are rooted in quality, transparency, and empowerment --- not only through our products but also in how we work as a team. Founded in 2020, ALEMI has grown into a dedicated team of 15+ people, united by one mission: to empower women in their everyday lives with bags that support both confidence and individuality.