About this role
Ready for a challenge?
Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for yo u.
We’re a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.
About this role
Join our Global Finance Operations team as a Senior Financial Accountant managing Record to Report (R2R) activities for German entities.
In this role, you will take ownership to lead financial reporting excellence, deliver data-driven strategic insights, and care for our cross-functional community. You will champion process optimization, enhance data workflows, and support automation initiatives across an engaging international environment.
These are some of the key components to the position:
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and local standards.
- Drive balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and the resolution of accounting discrepancies to maintain high reporting accuracy.
- Support the accurate preparation of German statutory accounts (Jahresabschlüsse) and coordinate smoothly with audit partners.
- Oversee payroll accounting, intercompany reconciliations, and consolidation processes across international entities.
- Conduct detailed variance analysis across key accounts to provide actionable commercial insights for strategic decision-making.
- Champion process optimization and continuous improvement across core accounting workflows using automation and data-led best practices.
What will you bring to the team?
- A recognized professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CPA, CIMA, Bilanzbuchhalter IHK) or actively progressing toward completion.
- Solid understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), with knowledge of German Commercial Code (HGB) statutory accounting highly valued.
- Practical experience managing Record to Report (R2R) cycles, statutory reporting, and payroll accounting within international environments.
- Proficiency with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (such as SAP, Workday, or Oracle) alongside advanced spreadsheet capabilities.
- Curiosity for data and automation, with an interest in tools like Power BI, SQL, Python, or modern artificial intelligence productivity solutions.
- Collaborative communication abilities in English, with German language skills considered a helpful bonus.
At JET, this is how we play
Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
Being the best at what we do isn’t just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable – our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side.
At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers’ l oyalty, again and again.
Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we’re building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.
Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging
No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.
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