Senior CAPEX & Fixed Assets Accountant

Who we are

Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.

As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously.

We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.

The role

As a Senior Financial Accountant specialising in CAPEX and Fixed Assets, you will own the full lifecycle of the company's capital expenditure, from initial budgeting and asset creation through to depreciation, impairment, and disposal. You will serve as a key business partner to project managers and department heads, ensuring that major capital projects are tracked with precision, capitalised in compliance with IFRS and local GAAP, and reported accurately on the balance sheet. Your work will directly shape how the business accounts for its most significant long-term investments, and the controls you design will underpin the reliability of our financial reporting across multiple entities and sites.

The day-to-day

• Own the capitalisation process, reviewing project spending to ensure correct classification between capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expenditure (OPEX) in line with IAS 16 and IAS 38

• Prepare general ledger entries related to fixed assets, including depreciation runs, asset additions, transfers, disposals, and write-offs, ensuring completeness and accuracy across the Fixed Asset Register (FAR)

• Reconcile the FAR to the general ledger on a monthly basis, identifying and resolving variances at source

• Monitor Construction in Progress (CIP) accounts, conducting regular reviews with project managers to ensure timely and compliant capitalisation of completed projects

• Own month-end and year-end close processes for fixed assets, producing detailed CAPEX variance reports against budget and forecast for senior leadership

• Coordinate and document annual impairment reviews and physical verification audits of fixed assets across business sites, ensuring findings are clearly evidenced and actioned

• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors on all CAPEX and fixed asset queries, providing comprehensive audit files and well-reasoned technical accounting justifications

• Design, implement, and maintain internal controls and policies governing capital spend and asset tracking, reducing risk and improving consistency across the business

You should apply if you

• Hold a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, or equivalent) and have applied it in a complex, multi-entity environment with high-volume CAPEX and detailed fixed asset registers

• Have managed the end-to-end fixed asset accounting lifecycle, including CIP monitoring, depreciation scheduling, impairment reviews, and asset disposal accounting

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of IFRS and local GAAP as they relate to property, plant, and equipment (IAS 16) and intangible assets (IAS 38), and can apply this knowledge with rigour in an audit-ready environment

• Navigate fixed asset modules within major ERP systems (such as SAP, NetSuite, or Oracle) with confidence, and use Excel to manage, interrogate, and present complex asset data

• Communicate technical accounting positions clearly and credibly, and can challenge and support project managers and department heads on capital spend decisions

• Manage competing close and audit deadlines with precision, consistently delivering accurate outputs across multiple workstreams without compromising on quality

Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

Nice to Have

• Experience participating in ERP migrations, system upgrades, or the implementation of specialised modules (e.g., fixed asset, inventory tracking, or automated reconciliation tools)

• Familiarity with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) tools or basic scripting (like VBA or Python) to automate repetitive month-end tasks

• Experience working in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment with exposure to foreign exchange (FX) accounting and intercompany transactions

• A track record of identifying inefficiencies in financial workflows and successfully driving process-improvement initiatives (e.g., shortening the month-end close cycle)

Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields

• Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns

• The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world

• Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward

• In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts

• We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about

What we offer

• Competitive salary and VSOP options

• Relocation support : up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation

• Learning : €500/£450 yearly allowance

• Health & wellness : gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)

• Social : regularly company events and monthly social allowances

• Enhanced parental leave : 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.

• Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work

These are the core benefits across all locations, there may be additional benefits in certain locations.

Helsing is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.

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