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.