Senior Accountant

Tasks

As a part of the Accounting team, the Accountant will report to the Accounting Manager COS. The Accountant will have primary day-to-day responsibility for accounting and reconcile accounts for suppliers as well as internal and external customers.

Furthermore, s/he responsibility is, to ensure the timely and accurate reporting of the financial position and performance of COS that conform to government laws and regulations, industry practices and generally accepted accounting principles, or German HGB and IFRS.

**Requirements**:
Accounting activities
- Preparation of consolidated monthly and annual financial statements according to HGB/IFRS
- Development of HGB-compliant reporting formats with support of the Interface to the ERP systems
- Direct contact person of the Headquarter for accounting and valuation topics according to HGB/IFRS
- Training of colleagues in the use of SAP and HGB/IFRS
- Identifying, recording and reviewing changes in tax and commercial law and their effects, with the aim of integration in affected organizational areas
- Bank posting including incoming and outgoing payment control
- Posting of accounts payable invoices
- Cash accounting
- Payment transactions
- Reconciliation and maintenance of debtor accounts as well as general ledger and vendor accounts
- Monitoring externally financed customer orders
- Support in legal proceedings
- Support function in audits
- Active support with monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements
- Support in administrative tasks like foreign sales
- Preparing the advance turnover tax return and the recapitulative statement
- Intercompany payment transactions
- Accounting for fixed assets

Job Requirements

**Education & Qualification**:

- Qualification as an accountant/tax specialist or training as a tax specialist or university degree with focus on accounting / auditing

Financial Acumen
- Several years of professional experience in the area of group or annual financial statement preparation (e.g. auditing, tax firm or (group) accounting)

General
- Degree in Balance Sheet Accounting
- Knowledge of general and cost accounting
- Financial Accumen
- Affinity for numbers and independent, careful and structured way of working
- Knowledge of ERP systems would be an advantage
- Good attention to detail
- Good communication skills
- Good problem-solving skills
- Very good knowledge of German and good knowledge of English