Meticulous Accounting Specialist

Looking for a role where your accounting expertise actually shapes how a fast-growing international business runs? Join us and help strengthen the accounting backbone that lets Laminar scale across borders, cleanly and with confidence.

This is not a “close the same local books every month” kind of accounting role. We are looking for someone who genuinely enjoys thinking beyond one country's rulebook, applying international accounting best practices, and bringing consistency to a multi-entity group.

At Laminar, your work won't disappear into spreadsheets no one reads. Your insights, ownership, and ideas will directly influence how we account for and report on a growing global business.

Read on!

(this will be a long write up but we like to give you all the details before you spend your time applying) 

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We are an award winning consultancy that implements technology to improve the delivery of complex construction projects. Improving construction strengthens the very foundation of human civilisation. (Watch our short film about it)

We also have a separate product team, Shape Construction, that takes the deep understanding of the projects we work on to develop construction management software products.

The core of all this is our true secret sauce; people. We only recruit kind and authentic people who are fast learners. We are deeply focused on designing a new type of place that is optimised for the flourishing of the people in the team first and foremost. This approach has allowed us to grow from just 2 people in 2017 to over 220 today and we are still very much at the beginning! Joining us isn’t just some “job”, we challenge you to be your best self in all aspects of life.

• Connects us with meaningful relationships 
• Inspires us to develop ourselves to become better humans 
• Empowers us to pursue our own learning adventures

We believe a life of human flourishing is all about meaningful relationships with others and challenging yourself to create a positive impact. Our four core values are grow yourself, care about people, execute to greatness and build civilisation. This philosophy goes much deeper and you can see more on our website.

1. To fully digitise the construction of human civilisation 
2. To create a new type of organisation that enables human flourishing while delivering a huge positive impact on society

Accounting at Laminar is not just about closing the books each month. It's about strengthening the financial backbone of a company that is scaling fast, globally, and with high standards.

We are looking for a Meticulous Accounting Specialist, with 5+ years of accounting experience, to help us keep our accounting accurate, consistent, and internationally sound across multiple entities: month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting, and the application of international accounting best practices rather than a single country's GAAP.

This is a role for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complexity, cares about accuracy, and takes ownership. Someone who notices when numbers don't add up, asks the right questions, and genuinely cares about doing things properly across borders, not just within one jurisdiction. 

You'll work closely with external accountants and auditors in each jurisdiction, the wider Finance Team, and stakeholders across the business to make sure our accounting is reliable, consistent, and scalable as we add entities. 

This role is for people who like being hands-on with the numbers. Not just reviewing reports from afar, but actually shaping how accounting works day to day across a multi-entity group.

 

Finance at Laminar is much more than reporting numbers and processing payments. We are building the operational and accounting foundation that allows the business to scale globally, responsibly, and sustainably.

Even as a relatively lean team, Finance has a huge impact across the company. We care deeply about accounting accuracy, financial stability, strong controls, and consistency across the entities and countries where we operate.

We want to build an accounting function that thinks in terms of the whole group, applies international best practice consistently, and gets sharper as we grow.

That means the fundamentals matter a lot here: the books need to close accurately and on time and financial information needs to be trustworthy and comparable across entities. But beyond that, we want people who challenge inconsistent practices, improve processes, automate repetitive work, and help us build a better accounting function for the future.

 

1. Keep our accounting accurate, complete, and closed on time across all entities
2. Apply international accounting best practices consistently, rather than defaulting to a single country's GAAP
3. Strengthen controls and reconciliations across multi-entity and intercompany balances
4. Help build a scalable accounting function that supports global growth, improving and automating our routines

 

• →Own multi-entity accounting Support and help manage month-end close, reconciliations, and reporting across entities in different countries, ensuring everything closes accurately and on time.
• →Apply international best practice Bring a consistent, internationally-minded approach to accounting treatment across entities, rather than treating each one as a purely local exercise. 
• →Strengthen controls and accuracy Perform checks, reconciliations, and reviews across financial data, including intercompany and bank reconciliations. Investigate inconsistencies and resolve issues proactively. 
• →Improve systems and workflows Use Excel and Power Query to structure, clean, analyse, and consolidate finance data across entities. Help automate manual tasks and create more scalable ways of working. 
• →Collaborate across the business Work closely with external accountants, auditors, and internal stakeholders across jurisdictions to ensure smooth coordination and clear, consistent reporting.

 

You are an accounting professional who thinks beyond a single country's rulebook and cares about accuracy, ownership, and consistency across a multi-entity group.

You enjoy being close to the detail, spotting issues before they become problems, and improving the way things work – not just repeating the same local process every month.

You are organised, proactive, comfortable working independently, and naturally curious about how accounting practices, data, and systems can work better together across borders. 

As a candidate, you should have: 

• 5+ years of experience in accounting, ideally across multiple entities, countries, or an international business
• Comfortable applying international accounting best practices, not focused solely on one country's GAAP
• Strong Excel skills and solid Power Query experience
• Experience with reconciliations, financial data, and accounting controls 
• Strong attention to detail and ability to spot inconsistencies quickly 
• Comfortable taking ownership and operating autonomously 
• Clear communication skills in English 
• Comfortable using AI/tools to improve efficiency and solve problems 

• Power BI experience
• A recognised accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent)
• Experience with consolidations or intercompany accounting
• Experience with Xero or similar cloud accounting systems
• Comfortable operating in fast-moving, international environments

 

• You want an easy, chilled-out role without much challenge
• You like to be the smartest person in the room 
• You don't like continuously receiving honest candid feedback 
• You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team 

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• Health Insurance Scheme. Comprehensive private health coverage – for you and your family. Because your well-being is our priority 
• Bonus Scheme. As a permanent member of the team, you’ll share in our success. Our annual bonus is designed to reward both the now and the future – with a flexible mix of cash and high-growth equity that you choose. Bonuses are discretionary and based on performance 
• Professional body membership. One fee covered per year – so you can stay connected to your field and develop your craft 

• In-house coaching. Regular 1:1 coaching sessions, fully confidential, to help you navigate challenges, build self-awareness, and grow intentionally – professionally and as a human being
• Equity upside. As we grow, you grow. Our generous equity scheme is especially powerful for those who stay with us on our journey. You help us build the future – and own a piece of it
• Flexible working. Work where it makes sense – most of our team works from home, visiting sites or clients regularly. We care about outcomes, not clock-ins
• Relentless development. Our goal is for every year here to be worth five years of development anywhere else. You’ll get a coach, a mentor, honest feedback, and a culture that challenges you to keep levelling up

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We get thousands of applications so please write us a letter as part of your application explaining:

• Why do you want to join us?
• If you joined, where do you think you could make the most impact and how?

We aren't a giant faceless corporation; we really care about the people who want to join our team so all applications will be read thoroughly by our key leaders. In terms of application, we usually start with an intro call to tell you what we are all about in a casual conversation. That helps you to know us a bit better and tell us a bit about yourself.