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The Tax & Year-End area at Shine
The Tax & Year-End area is a brand-new area at Shine with a dual mission: building the pan-European tax & year-end engine, and building a winning product for tax advisors and CPAs in Germany. German accounting and tax is a highly specialized domain, and building the right product requires more than generic product expertise. We need someone who deeply understands the tax advisory profession in Germany and can help us turn that expertise into a better product.
Your role as Principal Product Specialist, German Accounting | Steuerberater
We are looking for a Principal Product Specialist, German Accounting | Steuerberater to bring deep German accounting and tax expertise into our product organization.
This role is designed for someone who has a strong understanding of German accounting and tax rules, accounting workflows, and the day-to-day reality of Steuerberater practices in Germany. You will act as a senior subject matter expert, helping our product teams build accounting features that are both technically robust and deeply aligned with the needs of German tax advisors and small businesses.
Your mission will be to ensure that our accounting product is built on a deep and accurate understanding of German accounting and tax practices. You will help translate accounting and tax rules, tax advisor workflows, and market expectations into clear product guidance, product requirements, and operational insights. You will be a key bridge between accounting expertise and product execution.
This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who wants to have a strong impact on product direction without necessarily managing a team. The role reports directly to the Product Director of the Tax & Year-End area and will work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, Accounting Operations, and our Steuerberater partners.
📍 Job located in Berlin, Germany with possibility of remote working days
You have worked as a Steuerberater or in a senior accounting or tax role in Germany.You have strong knowledge of German accounting and tax processes, obligations, and professional practices.You understand how tax advisory firms operate and how Steuerberater work with SME clients.You have experience with German accounting software such as DATEV, Addison, Agenda, Simba, or similar tools.You have ideally worked at, or closely with, one of our Steuerberater partners in Germany.You are comfortable translating complex accounting and tax topics into clear product and business language.You can work effectively with Product Managers, Engineers, Designers, and senior stakeholders.You speak perfect German and very good English.You are ideally based in the Berlin area.
