Senior Financial Accountant in Stuttgart

SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT - MANUFACTURING

STUTTGART - PERMANENT - GERMAN STATUTORY AND TAX LEAD FOR A US-OWNED MANUFACTURING GROUP

Are you a Bilanzbuchhalter or qualified accountant with strong HGB expertise? Do you want to be the local technical authority rather than one voice in a large reporting team?

We Do Group are hiring a Senior Financial Accountant in Stuttgart for a US-owned manufacturing group, to lead local GAAP and tax reporting for its German entities.

The group's central reporting is US GAAP. Your job is to make sure the German picture is right in HGB terms: accounts, filings, audit, and the reconciliation between the two. You'll be close to the sites, which matters when someone in finance needs to be in the room rather than on a call.

It's a role with a clear technical identity, working with an international team while owning the German end outright.

WISH LIST

• Qualified Accountant or Bilanzbuchhalter with strong technical HGB knowledge
• Experience of local statutory reporting inside an international or US-led group
• Fluent German and business-level English, comfortable working across both daily

THE ROLE

• Own HGB financial statements for the German entities and deliver them to the group timetable
• Prepare and review the quarterly local GAAP bridge reconciliations back to group reporting
• Lead the statutory audit locally and resolve auditor queries efficiently
• Review VAT, corporation tax and other filings before they go for director approval
• Maintain accurate Intrastat, EC Sales and import / export reporting
• Ensure transfer pricing arrangements are reflected correctly in the German accounts
• Keep the statutory general ledger accurate and posted on time
• Manage outsourced service providers, holding them to quality and deadline
• Be the on-site finance contact for the German operations when a physical presence is needed
• Monitor changes in German tax and accounting rules and brief the wider finance team
• Support group tax on international projects and reporting requests
• Improve local processes and controls where the current setup is more manual than it should be

YOUR PROFILE

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA or German equivalent) or Bilanzbuchhalter
• Effective communicator - written & verbal
• Good working knowledge of MS Excel
• Detailed knowledge of German tax and statutory compliance

SALARY & BENEFITS

• Stuttgart based - hybrid - 3 days in office
• Occasional international travel within the group