Founders Associate
akeno
| Company | akeno |
| Category | Uncategorised |
| Location | Hamburg |
| Remote | Hybrid |
| Employment | Full-time |
| Level | Executive |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Last verified | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (workable) |
Description
You will be responsible for the core operations of our company in the areas of finance, people & culture, recruitment, and compliance. Your job is to turn founder attention into leverage: keep these topics running reliably, and making sure akeno stays compliant, financially transparent, and a place people want to join. The structures, tools, and processes are already in place. We value your ability to take full responsibility for them and, above all, to ensure their reliability. This means running them week after week, adapting them where they no longer fit, and being accountable for the results. For us, compliance is a genuine business issue, not just a box to check. We sell software to large manufacturing companies, which means that nearly every deal involves security reviews, data protection questions, and audit requirements. With your help, answering these questions comes easy. This is a hands-on role within a growing team. Strategic thinking and meticulous day-to-day execution are equally part of the job - often even within the same week. You’ll work directly with our founders. What You'll Do Own and run our financial reporting incl. accounting in Moss and some other tools. Make sure all relevant documents and invoices reach our tax advisor on time and error-free. Own the HR infrastructure end to end: Personio, policies, contracts, handbook, and legal compliance. Run our onboarding and offboarding cycles and act as the main internal contact for people topics. Own hiring needs together with leadership, and support the full recruiting lifecycle from job description to signed contract. Keep our recruiting pipelines active and our ATS (Workable) clean. Source, screen, and engage candidates through the channels you own. Own our compliance landscape across data protection, information security, and employment law, including the documentation enterprise deals depend on. Maintain our ISMS (Kertos). Refine any of the above where the current process no longer fits, and automate repetitive work rather than absorbing it.