Finance and Reporting

**Excited to grow your career?**

BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

**About the job**:
**Overview**

After a 30-year presence in Germany through our representative office, BBVA opened a full branch in 2008. We are focused on Corporate and Investment Banking covering a select range of listed companies and FI counterparties.

Our Frankfurt office provides our services to international corporate clients and institutional investors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Our Düsseldorf office provides our Global Market services to clients in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Scandinavia.

The German Finance and Reporting team in our Frankfurt office is looking for a motivated employee that wants to join the team. The department is responsible for local Accounting, Controlling (cost controlling and balance sheet/portfolio controlling) and Reporting of the German Branch. It is also responsible for complying with local tax obligations as well as fulfilling the local regulatory and statistical reporting requirements to the German Central Bank.

The team is also responsible of preparing and providing information to external and internal Auditors.

There is daily interaction with other departments of the Branch and Head Office departments in Spain. Due to the size of the department, all employees in the team are encouraged to learn all tasks performed by the whole team. Align with the digitalization process of the Bank, show interest in finding ways and working on improving and automatizing internal processes.

**Main responsibility is**:

- The preparation of local statistical and regulatory reports for the German Central bank and Controlling of our portfolio (relevant for external and internal reporting),
- Maintenance of the reporting software (updates in form of new Releases, Hotfixes, etc.) as well as interface adjustments.
- Monitoring of the regulatory environment and implementation of relevant changes to the branch.
- Assistance in the preparation of the information for external/internal auditors.
- Preparation of Financial Reports for Management.
- Back up tasks in Accounting

**What are we looking for?**
**Professional background and knowledge**:

- Academic background in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related field.
- Prior experience in Reporting/Controlling is appreciated.
- Knowledge in German accounting policies, taxes, or regulatory environment will be valuable.
- Ideally, has prior experience in a financial institution or audit/advisory company.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially good Excel knowledge).
- Knowledge of IFRS and HGB would be appreciated.
- Programming skills are not necessary but appreciated (e.g., VBA, SQL).

**Language skills**:

- He/she must be fluent in German, have a good knowledge of English (knowledge of Spanish would be an asset)

**Soft skills**:

- He/she is well-organized, methodical, solution oriented, independent working as well as committed and a highly motivated team player.
- Ability to effectively communicate with various counterparts, including local authorities, external and internal auditors.
- Capable of adapting to different mindsets and personalities, ensuring smooth and effective collaboration across diverse teams.

**Skills**:
Customer Targeting, Empathy, Ethics, Innovation, Proactive Thinking