Accounting Controller

**Date**:May 16, 2025

**Location**: Hilden, DE

**Company**:AkzoNobel

**About AkzoNobel**

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands - including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon - is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today - while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

© 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.

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To temporary support our Finance department at our Hilden and Cologne location for 12 month, we are looking for an

**Accounting Controller (M/F/d)**

**Your tasks**:

- Coordination and oversight of the proper execution of all relevant accounting and finance activities in accordance with IFRS and local GAAP for a defined business unit
- Primary point of contact for internal and external Shared Service Center organizations
- Support and review of accounting entries, including preparation of risk analyses and communication of improvement opportunities
- Identification and resolution of issues, including solution development and escalation to the appropriate stakeholders
- Responsibility for the review and approval of annual financial statements, including coordination and active participation in the preparation process
- Coordination of collaboration with external auditors, tax advisors, and other external stakeholders
- Handling and forwarding of tax audit-related inquiries to the Tax Manager, including alignment and coordination
- Active involvement in projects and continuous improvement initiatives
- Interface function with various departments such as Business Functions, Business Controllers, Supply Chain Controllers, Sales, and Site Management

**Your qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field required; a Master's degree is a plus
- Several years of relevant professional experience, ideally in an international company
- In-depth knowledge of IFRS and local GAAP (HGB)
- Excellent analytical skills
- Structured, independent, and responsible work approach
- Strong proactive and effective communication skills
- Flexibility and resilience under pressure
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office
- Good knowledge of SAP (FI) and Hyperion HFM is a plus
- Fluent in both German and English

**Your benefits**:

- Attractive salary according to the chemical industry collective agreement, including statutory bonus payments
- Above-average pension plan
- 37.5 hours per week
- 30 days of vacation
- Extensive digital learning opportunities Healthcare benefits and external employee counselling for personal and professional matters**Kurzbeschreibung**:
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At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 46389