Senior Accountant

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Accountant / Buchhalter / Buchhalterin
to join our client, a top 10 pharmaceutical manufacturing company based in Cuxhaven, Germany. Founded in 1968, our client are a well established and highly successful organization, specialising in the manufacturing of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and central nervous system products.

The ideal applicant will have a degree in economics or business administration (or similar) and have several years of accounting experience along with a strong knowledge local German accounting standards, HGB and IFRS.

Responsibilities will include:

• Manage accounting activities
• Perform documentary and financial control of accounting documentation
• Record business events in the information system and close reporting period in the information system
• Calculations of travel expenses and other refunds for the employees
• Account material and cash management
• Post fixed assets and calculate the depreciation
• Organize and coordinate tasks within the company with the aim of ensuring correct and accurate financial statements
• Implementation of internal accounting controls
• Participate in external and internal audit, tax and possible other reviews and control
• Participate in internal projects
• Ensure the archiving of documentation in accordance with local regulations

Required Experience:

• Education: economics, business administration or taxes and university degree
• Several years of experiences in a similar position
• Excellent knowledge of Accounting and German Commercial Code 'HGB' and 'IFRS'
• Experiences with Stakeholder Management, Communication and reporting to Headquarter, preparing different kind of reports, analyses and financial statements
• Confident handling with SAP
• Personality with a strategic and business-oriented mindset
• Analytical thinking skills and structured approach
• Business fluent in German and English

Employment Benefits:

• EGYM Wellpass: Employees receive a monthly fitness allowance to use EGYM Wellpass-affiliated gyms, swimming pools, etc. throughout Germany on an individual basis
• Social Events
• Company sports: Annual events (campus soccer cup, participation in city runs, bike to work campaign, dragon boat races, etc.)
• Corporate Benefits: Platform for employee benefits, numerous discounts on products and services at permanently attractive conditions
• Lunch allowance: Employer subsidy for lunch
• Capital-forming benefits: Option to convert from the outset, employer contribution
• Retirement provision: Option of contributing to a direct insurance policy through deferred compensation
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