Revenue Accountant

Revenue Accountant LocationBerlin HQAddressBerlin, GermanyEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeOn-siteDepartmentFinanceRevenue AccountantAccounting & Finance · Berlin, GermanyOur Mission For YouOwn the revenue & AR engine of a scaling energy-tech company, where clean accounting directly enables growth, trust, and Series-B-readiness.trawa enables mid-sized companies to access green, intelligent energy. Our business sits at the intersection of energy flows, complex B2B contracts, and fast-moving markets, which makes our revenue anything but standard: energy products, variable pricing, and multiple billing cadences, each with its own recognition logic and data source.As our Revenue Accountant, you will own the processes that turn this complexity into clean, auditable numbers. You'll work closely with our Tech and Data team on 15-minute interval energy data, hundreds of contract variants, and data flowing from CRM, energy warehouse, and finance tooling into a single revenue truth. A lot of what you'll need doesn't exist yet, you'll help build it from the ground up.This is a role for someone who wants real ownership in a small, fast-growing team, and who is looking for a company they can grow with as we scale toward Series B and beyond.What You'll OwnRevenue Recognition & Contract AccountingApply and maintain revenue recognition policies (HGB today, IFRS 15 on the horizon) across trawa's customer and contract typesTranslate commercial terms (variable pricing, multi-element arrangements, energy-specific structures) into the right accounting treatmentOwn and reconcile deferred revenue and energy accrual schedulesCustomer Billing & Accounts ReceivableCo-own a defined scope of the invoicing process end-to-end, from creation through reconciliationDrive AR reconciliations and aging; own dunning and collectionsMonth-End Close, Reporting & Audit ReadinessOwn revenue-related close activities: journal entries, account reconciliations, variance commentaryMaintain audit-ready workpapers and documentation for all revenue and AR positionsProactively flag policy gaps and propose fixes, before the auditor doesIT & Finance TransformationContribute to our Billing Tool Rollout and ERP selection as the revenue voiceHelp replace manual workflows with automations, you don't just flag inefficiencies, you fix themYour First 90 DaysMonth 1 - Learn the Landscape: Build an understanding of trawa's business model, revenue processes, and accounting workflows, while taking ownership of recurring tasks such as invoice tracking, reconciliations, and AR reviews.Month 2 - Take Ownership: Independently manage key revenue accounting activities, contribute to the month-end close, and identify opportunities to improve billing, reconciliation, or revenue recognition processes.Month 3 - Build and Improve: Own assigned close activities end-to-end, deliver audit-ready documentation, and drive one structural improvement to revenue reporting or process automation.Who You Are3-5 years in accounting, with meaningful exposure to complex revenue accounting, AR, or billing, ideally in a B2B SaaS, energy, or tech-enabled businessSolid accounting fundamentals with hands-on experience in IFRS 15 or HGB revenue recognition in a contract-heavy environment, comfortable with deferred revenue and month-end closeOwnership mindset: you don't wait to be told what's broken, you find it, fix it, and document itAnalytical and data-curious: comfortable with large datasets, spotting anomalies, forming a hypothesis and testing it against the data before escalatingStructured and detail-oriented: your reconciliations are clean, your documentation holds up under audit scrutinyProficient in Excel / Google SheetsBusiness fluent in German and EnglishNice to HaveAI-first mindset: hands-on with tools like Langdock, Claude, ChatGPT, or n8n, you've built workflows, not just used chat. Bonus if you've built your own automations.SQL or Python basics (or willingness to learn quickly) to query billing and...