General Administrator

Hi and welcome to our job post, We have the chance for you to join our team as a General Administrator! This is a niche role as we need a person with experience in different fields regarding financial administration. To help give you more of an understanding what we are looking for, we have expanded on the details below… Let us dive right into it….
Bijles Aan Huis / Lernigo is a platform that connects students (middle school and high school) with selected tutors. We're an innovative and progressive scale-up with one mission: to make education accessible for everyone. We make it easy for the student to find their own tutor. When the tutor and student find each other, we facilitate the student experience with tools, learning material, didactic guidance and more. And we do all this while pricing fairly. We are a promising tech-savvy start-up-moving-into-scaleup that launched our product in the Netherlands in 2020 (Bijles Aan Huis) and in Germany (Lernigo) in 2021. Ever since the launch, we have seen explosive growth in the number of students, tutors, and revenue. This growth resulted in more funding which allowed us to hire more talent to help us build a better product and accelerate our growth (like with the expansion to Germany). We have a fully remote team of 23 from all over the world. It's working, we're growing fast, we've got excellent backing, there are some very exciting times ahead for us and we are hiring to expand our team! 🚀💪

Some Perks of the job

✅ 100% remote, work wherever you want!
✅ Have an impact on the lives of thousands of students
✅ Long-term work (not project based)
✅ Flexible working hours so you can plan your own working hours
✅ Complete freedom in shaping the financial side of the business: we encourage ownership and responsibility, not micromanagement
✅ A high-growth company (20% per month) where you're never doing the same thing for long
✅ A contract role with an hourly compensation between €25 and €35 (depending on experience)

As a fast-growing start-up, we connected with several professionals to create a trustworthy & legal financial administration set-up. Currently our financial administration team support us with various tasks:
Responsibility for the bookkeeping software we use, Exact. (Exact is a well-known software used in approximately 40 countries)
Management of our financial sheet, responsible for delivering an overview of past financial figures and a prediction of future financial figures.
Responsibility for dealing with all letters that are received by our Dutch or German office from authorities or companies
Supporting us in achieving our goal of VAT optimisation in Germany

As we continue to grow, we have realised that we need to combine these roles into one to achieve a more efficient service – a role which combines and connects all areas. Therefore, we are looking for a person who can take full ownership of all of the above responsibilities. We approximate that in the beginning this role will be 10 hours per week however we estimate that we will require around 20 hours in the future. We are looking for someone that can join us now and commit to us for the future, expanding their role as we grow as a company. To ensure you are supported in this role, you will have access to:
A German and a Dutch Tax Advisor / Accountant and a Dutch legal expert for advice
A translator for Dutch/German letters if you are not fluent in the language

We want you to join us to take full ownership and be proactive in expanding and developing this role as needed. Below is an overview of how we see your role currently but fully expect that additional tasks (relevant to this position) will arise.
Be responsible for our bookkeeping software, Exact, and all tasks that come with it
Manage our financial sheet, demonstrating past financials and future predictions
Deal with all letters that are received by our Dutch or German office from authorities or companies
Be proactive and lead all tasks which support us in achieving VAT optimisation in Germany
Be the main contact/spokesperson for the accountant, should they have any queries or need anything

What we think would be a good match for this role
You are a bookkeeper/have bookkeeping experience/have relevant financial experience in Germany or The Netherlands and understand what is needed to take all responsibility that comes with it
You have a relation with Germany or The Netherlands. It helps if you live or lived there and/or have knowledge of the types of financial authorities within these countries
You have a keen interest and make good judgements in data in terms of financial numbers. This means that you know what data to gather, how to gather it, how to present it and how to draw conclusions from it
You have experience in handling and optimizing taxes, like VAT
You are confident in and have worked with Microsoft Office (this is essential as our current financial sheet runs on it)

Do you feel that you would be a good fit for our team? Does this sound like a business you would love to be part of? If "yes!!" then please reach out to our HR Manager, Kim, below and tell us why you are the best fit for our team. We look forward to hearing from you!