Junior Accountant
Hybrid Riga, Latvia 2+ yrs
At xpate, were building a payment platform for the world we live in now fast-moving, borderless and digital-first.
Your role at xpate:
You'll be a part in xpate's finance operations by maintaining accurate records, ensuring timely reconciliations and supporting the accounting team in daily tasks. You'll help us keep our financial data clean, compliant, and up to date an essential foundation for a global fintech company moving at speed.
Flexibility built in:
Enjoy flexible working hours, hybrid work options, private health insurance, and generous paid time off giving you the balance you need to perform at your best.
Tools & space to thrive:
Work with top-of-the-line Apple gear and in a workspace designed to foster focus, collaboration, and growth. We make sure you have everything you need to do your best work.
Ownership, impact, and growth:
Take ownership of your work with the freedom to innovate and optimize. At xpate, your ideas are heard, your contributions matter, and your growth is supported through clear career paths within our finance function. Success here is a shared achievement. Were building the financial backbone of the future where payments move freely, and businesses thrive without barriers. If you want real impact, freedom to grow, and work that drives change, xpate is the place for you.
Your role at xpate:
You'll be a part in xpate's finance operations by maintaining accurate records, ensuring timely reconciliations and supporting the accounting team in daily tasks. You'll help us keep our financial data clean, compliant, and up to date an essential foundation for a global fintech company moving at speed.
- Reviewing supplier invoices processed in Payhawk before they sync to Sage Intacct: correct supplier, GL account, dimensions, amounts and dates, and checking that they land correctly in Sage.
- Reviewing and posting card expenses from Payhawk: correct GL accounts and dimensions, splitting mixed receipts into the right cost categories, matching receipts, booking refunds against the original expense.
- Checking monthly employee advance reports and business trip (per diem) settlements.
- Bank reconciliations in Sage Intacct across multiple entities and currencies (EUR, GBP, USD).
- Supplier statement reconciliations and resolving discrepancies.
- Posting fixed asset purchases correctly: recognising when an invoice is a capital item rather than an expense and booking it to the right asset account.
- Posting loan and deposit transactions: principal, interest and repayments per agreed schedules.
- Posting routine general journals (own-account transfers, refunds) per established precedents.
- Supporting month-end close: bank and supplier balances reconciled on time, missing or incorrect postings flagged to the senior accountant.
- Chasing missing invoices and documents from colleagues and suppliers.
- Keeping financial records organised and audit-ready.
- You have 2+ years of hands-on experience in accounts payable, bank reconciliations, fixed assets, and month-end close.
- You have a strong understanding of GL coding: you know which expenses belong in which accounts and why.
- You know how to correctly post fixed asset purchases and loan and interest transactions.
- You have working knowledge of Latvian accounting basics, including advance reports and business trip expenses.
- You have experience with a cloud ERP system. Sage Intacct is preferred; NetSuite, Xero, or similar systems are acceptable.
- Experience with Payhawk or a similar AP and expense platform integrated with an ERP is a plus.
- You’re comfortable working with multiple entities and currencies.
- You have good Excel skills, including SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, and pivot tables.
- You have a good command of English, both written and spoken.
- You’re precise and consistent, follow established procedures, and document your work.
- You value a stable, well-defined role and are looking for a long-term position.
- A degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is welcome.
Flexibility built in:
Enjoy flexible working hours, hybrid work options, private health insurance, and generous paid time off giving you the balance you need to perform at your best.
Tools & space to thrive:
Work with top-of-the-line Apple gear and in a workspace designed to foster focus, collaboration, and growth. We make sure you have everything you need to do your best work.
Ownership, impact, and growth:
Take ownership of your work with the freedom to innovate and optimize. At xpate, your ideas are heard, your contributions matter, and your growth is supported through clear career paths within our finance function. Success here is a shared achievement. Were building the financial backbone of the future where payments move freely, and businesses thrive without barriers. If you want real impact, freedom to grow, and work that drives change, xpate is the place for you.