Founders’ Associate (m/f/d)

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Berlin · Full-time · Start ASAP</strong><br /></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About Limetax</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Limetax is building the agentic-first accounting and tax group for German SMEs.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We acquire established accounting and tax advisory firms and onboard them to our proprietary agentic platform, combining deep industry expertise with AI-native technology.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Backed by $40m in equity and debt from top-tier investors, we're building and scaling a new kind of accounting &amp; tax group in Germany.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our founders bring significant experience across M&amp;A, operations, and AI-native technology, having previously built and scaled unicorns, Razor Group and Augustus.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br /><strong>The Role</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As a Founders’ Associate, you'll report directly to the founders and work from our Berlin HQ at the center of the topics that shape Limetax.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll own projects end to end across M&amp;A, fundraising, strategy, finance, and the operating playbook for our group. You'll move between analyzing a problem, developing a recommendation, and driving it through execution.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The scope is intentionally broad and will evolve with the priorities of the company.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>What You'll Work On</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>M&amp;A.</strong> Work on live acquisition processes, from evaluating opportunities and building the investment case to due diligence and transaction execution.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Fundraising &amp; Investors.</strong> Support financing processes and investor-related topics through analysis, preparation, and execution alongside the founders.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Strategy.</strong> Own high-priority strategic questions and turn complex or incomplete information into clear recommendations and actions.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Finance &amp; Accounting.</strong> Work on high-priority finance and accounting topics across Limetax and our growing group.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Operating Playbook.</strong> Help develop the processes and structures we use to integrate acquired firms and scale the group.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Founder-led Projects.</strong> Take ownership of high-priority topics that cut across teams or don't have a natural owner yet, and drive them through to an outcome.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Your Profile</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Initial experience in top-tier investment banking, strategy consulting, private equity, or a high-growth startup.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong analytical and structured thinking, with the ability to make decisions even when information is incomplete.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">High ownership and the ability to take a project from an open question through analysis and execution to a clear outcome.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfortable operating in a high-stakes, high-intensity environment with changing priorities.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Entrepreneurial mindset and genuine interest in building and scaling a company.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Professional German is mandatory.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Available to start ASAP.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Why Limetax</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Direct founder exposure.</strong> Report directly to the founders and work on the company's highest-priority topics.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>End-to-end ownership.</strong> Take projects from an open question through analysis and execution to a measurable outcome.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Broad scope.</strong> Work across M&amp;A, fundraising, strategy, finance, and operations rather than being confined to one function.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Build at an early stage.</strong> Help shape the structures and playbooks that will define how Limetax scales.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Clear path to leadership.</strong> Take on increasing responsibility as the group grows.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Meaningful upside.</strong> Competitive cash compensation plus meaningful equity.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com">Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>