Chief Accountant

About the job

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

YOUR FUTURE TASK

• Monthly and Annual Financial Statements: You are responsible for preparing and reviewing monthly and annual financial statements according to HGB (IFRS knowledge is an advantage but not a disqualifying criterion) for the companies you manage.

• General Ledger Accounting: You independently manage the general ledger accounting, including the reconciliation of intercompany transactions and ensuring correct account management.

• Accounting Standards: You ensure compliance with national (HGB) accounting standards as well as internal group policies and processes.

• Tax Obligations: You prepare and review VAT returns or summary reports (ZM) and work closely with tax consultants.

• Reporting and Analyses: You prepare regular financial reports, analyse variances, and support the preparation of ad-hoc evaluations for management and external parties.

• Provisions and Accruals: You manage and assess provisions, prepaid expenses, and other balance sheet items.

• Process Optimisation: You identify optimisation potentials in accounting and contribute to the digitalisation and automation of processes.

• Interface Function: You work closely with controlling, payroll accounting, treasury, and other departments and act as a contact person for accounting-related queries.

• Audit Preparation: You prepare documents for internal and external audits (e.g. by auditors) and accompany these.

YOU AS A PERSON AND WHAT YOU BRING

• Education: Successfully completed commercial training, ideally with further training as a Certified Accountant (IHK) or a comparable qualification (e.g. Bachelor/Master in Business Administration with a focus on accounting).

• Professional Experience: Several years of professional experience in accounting or financial reporting, preferably in an international corporation or an auditing firm.

• Technical Knowledge: - Profound knowledge of HGB:

• Experience with consolidation processes and intercompany reconciliations is an advantage.

• Knowledge of VAT (national and international) as well as tax law.

• IT Skills:

  Very good user skills in MS Office, especially Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, Power Query).

• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP R3, ideally SAP HANA.

• Knowledge of reporting tools (e.g. Power BI, LucaNet) is a plus.

• Languages: Fluent German and English skills, both written and spoken.

• Soft Skills:

• Independent, structured and process-oriented working style.

• High analytical ability and numerical affinity.

• Team player mentality and strong communication skills.

WE OFFER MORE

• Because our benefits portfolio is attractive.

• Because your personal development is important to us.

• Because we value our employees as our greatest asset.

• Because we listen to the voice of our employees and implement concrete measures.

• Because we appreciate suggestions for improvement.