Accountant

About Atlas Technologies

Most recruitment software belongs in a museum. Forms. Fields. Endless admin. 10 different suppliers to manage your end to end process because your CRM doesn't care about you or the holes in their offering. Then someone glued an AI button on the side and called it innovation. Atlas took a different approach. We started with AI and rebuilt the CRM from first principles so recruiters spend less time feeding software and more time doing their actual job. We’re a globally distributed team hired on ability, not postcode, taking on an $18bn market that hasn’t had to defend itself for far too long.

About the role

Atlas is hiring a Accountant to own our day-to-day accounting and financial operations. You'll keep our books accurate, make sure every customer is billed and collected correctly, and help build an AI-first accounting function from the ground up.

Beyond the books, you'll keep the engine of the business running: paying suppliers, running payroll, filing UK VAT returns, and supporting billing for our customers.

This role is a strong fit for an accountant with 3-6 years of experience who wants to move into tech, learn how a SaaS business really works, and grow alongside the company

What you'll be doing

Accounting and close

• Run the month-end close: journal entries, accruals, prepaids, and account reconciliations (bank, Stripe, AR, AP).
• Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts in Xero, keeping transactions coded accurately and on time.
• Support SaaS revenue recognition for annual contracts, including deferred revenue schedules.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting schedules for the VP Finance.
• Support the annual accounts preparation and filings, where necessary.

Financial operations

• Process accounts payable end to end: supplier invoices, approvals, coding, and regular payment runs.
• Help execute monthly payroll.
• Prepare and submit UK VAT returns.

Billing and accounts receivable

• Support customer billing in Stripe, checking that subscriptions and invoices are properly set up and issued.
• Help run our collections process: monitor failed charges and overdue invoices.

Reporting and process

• Maintain the weekly AR aging report and track DSO, failed-charge recovery rate, and accounts that need a bad-debt reserve review.
• Help maintain cash flow forecast and produce other various reports needed at an ad-hoc basis.
• Document finance processes and help improve our tooling and automation as we scale.

AI and automation

• Help build an AI-first accounting function, where routine work is automated and people focus on judgment and analysis.
• Drive AI adoption and automation across accounting operations, including reconciliations, anomaly detection, journal entry automation, and close acceleration.

What we're looking for

• 3-6 years of hands-on accounting experience, in public accounting, industry, or a mix of both.
• A degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Solid grasp of accrual accounting, reconciliations, and the month-end close.
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Real curiosity about technology and SaaS, and genuine excitement about using AI to change how accounting gets done.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills (lookups, pivot tables, clean and auditable workbooks).
• Clear, professional written communication, including with customers about money they owe.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving, small team where you own outcomes and help build processes that don't exist yet.
• A continuous-improvement mindset: you’re always looking for ways to make processes faster, more accurate, and less manual.

Nice to have

• Experience at a SaaS or subscription business, including knowledge of revenue recognition principles and deferred revenue.
• Hands-on use of Stripe Billing, Xero (or QuickBooks/NetSuite), and a CRM.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Private health insurance
• Ongoing training and development
• Collaborative and effective team culture

Atlas is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.