What you'll do
- Work with finance / accounting team and external advisors on improving and running Hypersonica’s accounting processes
- Design an implement processes to ensure compliance with German pricing law (LSP, Marktpreisansatz)
- Prepare / oversee statutory accounts for the German entity (HGB) and support audit process
- Support with hands-on bookkeeping tasks (prepare invoices for external bookkeeping)
Tax Compliance & Coordination
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Oversee tax compliance for German entity, coordinating with external advisors
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Operate and document the intercompany transfer-pricing arrangements, and maintain contemporaneous TP documentation
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Support corporate tax coordination, including monitoring of loss-carryforward positions and correct treatment of GWG / AfA in the German entity
Controlling & Management Reporting
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Support on building the controlling function from the ground up: cost-centre and cost-carrier accounting, including the setup of respective structures in SAP CO
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Establish project controlling for R&D programmes and government contracts — cost attribution, WIP tracking, and margin analysis at the programme level
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Support budgeting and forecasting across the entity, consolidated, and cash-flow layers; partner with FP&A on the annual budget and rolling forecasts
ERP / SAP & Process
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Support SAP implementation, migration, and FI/CO module extension projects in coordination with other functions
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Drive process automation and continuous improvement within the ERP environment
Export Control & Trade Compliance
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Serve as the finance and accounting interface to export control: ensure that invoicing, revenue recognition, and shipment/milestone workflows are aligned with export-licence status under the German AWV/AWG framework, EU dual-use rules, and UK export controls
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Flag transactions with export-control or end-use sensitivity for review, working with legal / compliance ownership of the licensing process itself
Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering
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Work directly with senior stakeholders to create transparency and build out Hypersonica's process landscape
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Support the Director Finance and Strategic Finance team on due-diligence processes, fundraising data rooms, and board-level financial reporting
Who you are
- You are a finance generalist with a strong fundament in accounting and/or controlling
- Significant experience (7+ years) in a (group) accounting or financial controller role, ideally in a setting spanning multiple legal entities
- 3+ years in a finance function of a company delivering defence / public body projects
- A degree in business administration, economics, or a related field, or an equivalent professional qualification (e.g. Bilanzbuchhalter, Steuerberater, ACCA/ACA/CIMA)
- You are willing to challenge the status quo and bring forward own experience and best practices
- Hands-on SAP experience required (FI & CO module minimum)
- Solid technical knowledge of HGB; IFRS familiarity required, UK GAAP a plus
- Working knowledge of corporate tax and VAT in at least Germany
- German speaker, working proficiency in English
(Senior) Manager Accounting and Finance Operations in München Arbeitgeber: Hypersonica
Hypersonica ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der Ihnen die Möglichkeit bietet, an einer der bedeutendsten Verteidigungsherausforderungen Europas zu arbeiten. In einem dynamischen und mission-driven Umfeld fördern wir eine Kultur der Zusammenarbeit, in der Ihre Ideen schnell umgesetzt werden können und Sie direkt zur technologischen Unabhängigkeit Europas beitragen. Mit einem hohen Maß an Eigenverantwortung und Autonomie, sowie attraktiven Vergütungen und echten Beteiligungsoptionen, schaffen wir Raum für persönliches Wachstum und berufliche Entwicklung.
