Your responsibilities

• Prepare the yearly statutory annual accounts for entities in scope and align with external auditor, including the legal requirements
• Preparation of tax return and support Tax department with the related Corporate Income Tax calculation
• Preparation/Assisting of work council reports
• Quarterly assist in implementing and maintaining internal controls for key accounting processes.
• Ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements
• Month-end closing for responsible entities, including activities like revaluation & analysing exchange differences
• Preparation and execution of the monthly reporting activities
• Analyse, reconcile and control GL accounts and cost centres, including Payroll accounting
• Ad hoc issue solving and projects
• Preparation of SOX control activities and statistical reporting
• Strong cooperation with other internal and external stakeholders
• Recommend proposals for improvement & efficiencies of systems and procedures

Our requirements

• We are looking for experienced candidates with excellent communication skills and a solution focused approach
• At least a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance preferably master
• At least 5 years of accounting experience (GL or RtR) ideally in international environment
• Experience in preparing annual financial statements is ideal; partial experience is acceptable
• Excellent knowledge of English language
• At lease a communicative level of German is required
• Strong communication skills to interact with people at different locations and on different levels in the organization
• Service minded
• Excellent analytical skills
• Advanced Excel skills
• Pro-active attitude
• Knowledge of SAP preferred
• Good organization skills
• Flexible, adaptable to change / priorities