Date: 11.12.2025 (2025-12-11)
Jonas Blickle (11.12.2025) Context: • https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-blickle/ • Head of Accounting & Finance Octopus Energy (4500 ppl) • Munich • My message: • • Reply: •
Notes: • Automation: • • Biggest objections / challenges in his daily life? • They use it partly • Accounting is very manual still • They have 4 German entities • 80% of time is spent with AP • Spend management: Pleo, Moss -> it ends with Kontierung and export to ERP • Biggest value: automate Kontierung • Most invoices should have enough context to Kontierung the invoice • Chart of accounting is always the same • When model understood the biz model -> quality should be high • They use https://rossum.ai/ • They train models based on feedback • They have confidence levels for different fields -> if all Schwellenwerte are above a confidence score -> Autopilot above certain values • Automatic Verbuchung -> Netsuite -> create payment • Also big: Steueranmeldungen: USt; are very structured • Rossum synchronised with Netsuite (13b are struggles) • Very manual at the moment • AR is quite good -> they have their own tool • Reconciliation is a big topic • Strom und Gasgeschäft -> 1 Mio Zahlungen pro Monat -> that would be super interesting what to build there for huge amounts of data • Wirtschaftsprüfer lieben das • Most of the time: Betrag und Datum • They have Abschlagszahlungen -> they try to match via Kundennummer via Nebenbuch -> very difficult • Verschwendungszweck -> often very complex stuff -> cousin transfers for uncle • Eigenentwicklung that they do • If he would found: • A good ERP for GER -> SKR03 and SKR04 -> AP and AR module and Steuermodul and an API • -> would be game changer for startups • Datev is such a pain -> limited APIs • They have 5 accountants • They need a tool for monthly closing to assign tasks to team • Datev and SAP (and sevdesk for freelancers) • They use Netsuite because of Konzern -> he uses it since 2 months • AI native ERPs • He does not know why they do not come to GER • He knows DualEntry, Campfire.ai -> API first and AI powered • Datev is very good in Lohnbuchhaltung • If you have really good accounting then you can do it every day Jahresabschluss • Stay in touch • Most valuable flows for him? • • Context: team setup? internal and external? • • Which tasks are the biggest pain? With magic wand -> what would he solve? • • Which tasks would he focus on? • • Do they already have automations? Which ones? How well do they work? • • Which companies would he target? • • General feedback to pitch? •