Oversee accounting processes for multiple entities and ensure complete and accurate financial reporting
Manage the full month-end close process, including the general ledger, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and consolidation
Prepare and analyze profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports
Lead an accounting team and support employees’ professional and personal development
Continuously enhance accounting processes, systems, and structures to improve efficiency
Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards and internal accounting policies
Design and optimize internal control systems for financial reporting and accounting
Analyze variances, financial trends, and key performance indicators, and develop recommendations for action
Support budgeting and forecasting in collaboration with management and functional teams
Monitor cash flow and budget variances
Support external audits and coordinate the timely provision of relevant documents and information
Collaborate with international finance teams, management, and other business functions
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a comparable qualification
- Several years of professional experience in accounting and finance
- Experience managing a team or providing functional leadership
- Strong knowledge of German GAAP (HGB), ideally combined with knowledge of IFRS and international accounting standards
- Ideally, experience at an auditing firm or in a Big Four environment
- Experience with month-end close, financial reporting, consolidation, and balance sheet reconciliations
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to confidently interpret complex financial data
- Experience optimizing accounting processes and internal control systems
- Leadership skills and the ability to motivate and professionally develop employees
- Structured, detail-oriented, and reliable approach to work
- Excellent communication skills with a range of stakeholders in an international corporate environment
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Proficiency with modern ERP and accounting systems
- Ideally, knowledge of Epicor and/or OneStream
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in financial reporting, month-end close processes, and compliance with German GAAP and IFRS. Proven ability to lead accounting teams, optimize internal controls, and analyze financial data to support strategic decision-making.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Financial Reporting
- German GAAP (HGB)
- Month-End Close
- Team Leadership
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
Hard Skills
- Financial Analysis
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Journal Entries
- Consolidation
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Internal Control Systems
- Variance Analysis
- Profit and Loss Statements
- Cash Flow Reporting
Soft Skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Detail-Oriented
- Structured Approach
- Motivational Skills
Industry Keywords
- International Accounting Standards
- Auditing
- Big Four Environment
- Accounting Processes
- Financial Trends
Tools & Technologies
- ERP Systems
- Accounting Systems
- Epicor
- OneStream
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Head of Accounting, Europe in Düsseldorf Arbeitgeber: Jobtailor
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