About this role
Overview
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Accountant to join our team in Sulzbach, Germany. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and providing valuable insight to support sound financial decisions.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and analyze financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); (HGB).
- Lead the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
- Oversee the general ledger accounts, ensuring accurate and complete recording of financial transactions.
- Perform bank reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations, and reconcile various balance sheet accounts.
- Assist in the budgeting and forecasting processes, providing insights and analysis to support financial planning.
- Ensure compliance with tax regulations and assist in the preparation of tax returns and related documentation.
- Coordinate and assist with internal and external audits, including providing requested documents and explanations.
- Continuously review and improve accounting processes and procedures to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Legal, and Operations, to resolve financial issues and provide financial insights.
- Manage Sarbanes-Oxley testing and reporting and maintenance of internal controls.
- Assist with other general accounting functions as necessary.
- Assist in and make automation improvements to the Company’s manual accounting record keeping system.
- Reconciliation of prepaids and fixed assets as well as several accrual accounts.
- Perform and manage the monthly consolidation process.
- Cash flow management including cash requirements.
- Generate regular reports to make informed decisions and improvements including Inventory, Sales and Expenses.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years prior work experience in a similar or related position.
- Strong analytical, technology, communication, and organizational skills.
- Comfortable managing others.
- Fluent in English and German.
- Experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance is advantageous