Senior Accountant with German
Job Summary
Job Description
The Senior Accountant with German will manage all aspects of local controlling and accounting in Germany. Responsibilities include leading the local controllership/accounting function, managing statutory and tax compliance requirements, maintaining local statutory accounts, and ensuring ongoing compliance with local regulations. They will also act as a central point of contact for external and internal auditors, tax and legal authorities or advisors, and ensure compliance with global, regional, or local policies, procedures, and guidelines. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for reporting and submitting VAT, tax, and other local reporting requirements to the various authorities and ongoing compliance with local regulations for the German companies. They will leverage both onshore and offshore resources to ensure adequate performance and reporting on US-GAAP accounting/closing, accruals, BS account reconciliations, financial closing and consolidation, intercompany transactions and reconciliation, and producing monthly closing dashboard, quarterly, and year-end reporting packs. Additionally, they will drive change locally with regard to standardization and simplification initiatives governed by the Global or Regional Center of Excellence core teams or by Finance leadership, maintain internal controls, and ensure an effective control environment through active coordination with the Group Controller and the Global and Regional core teams.
Must have:
- Degree in Finance or Accounting
- Local (HGB) or international Accounting qualification
- Fluency in German and English
- Proven years (5-6) of relevant professional experience
- Knowledge and experience with local statutory requirements
- Experience with ERP systems (SAP)
- Strong communication skills
- Team player
- Leadership traits
Good to have:
- External audit or public accounting experience
- Knowledge and experience with US-GAAP
3 skills required
Job Details
The post holder will manage all aspects of local controlling and accounting in Germany. They will assist with the coordination of activities between Operational Controlling, Revenue Controlling and Business Finance. The chosen candidate will also perform local accounting activities specific to the respective market as well as lead the local core finance processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead the local controllership / accounting function
- Manage the statutory and tax compliance requirement (Local GAAP (HGB) statutory financial statements and tax calculations)
- Maintain local statutory accounts and ensure ongoing compliance to local regulation for the local legal entities
- Act as a central point of contact for external and internal auditors and / or tax and legal authorities or advisors
- Ensure compliance with all relevant global, regional or local policies, procedures and guidelines
- Responsible for the reporting and submission of VAT, tax and other local reporting requirements to the various authorities and ongoing compliance with local regulations for the German companies
- Ensure adequate performance and reporting on the following by leveraging both onshore and offshore resources:US-GAAP accounting/closing, accruals, and BS account reconciliations
- Financial closing and consolidation
- Intercompany transactions and reconciliation
- Producing monthly closing dashboard, and quarterly and year-end reporting packs in accordance with corporate requirements for the local market
- Drive change locally with regard to standardization and simplification initiatives as governed by the Global or Regional Center of Excellence core teams or by Finance leadership
- Maintain internal controls and ensure an effective control environment through active coordination with the Group Controller and the Global and Regional core teams
Requirements
- Degree in Finance or Accounting or equivalent experience
- Local (HGB) or international Accounting qualification (CA, ACCA, ACMA, or other) preferred
- Fluency in German and English language is mandatory
- Proven years (5-6) of relevant professional experience in accounting in medium to large international companies
- Knowledge and experience with local statutory requirements and statutory audits (HGB, statutory financial statements, tax calculations, VAT returns, statistical reporting)
- External audit or public accounting experience highly preferred
- Knowledge and experience with US-GAAP preferred
- Experience with ERP systems (SAP) preferred
- IT-PC literate (Google for Work, Microsoft Office)
- Strong communication skills, team player, leadership traits
Diversity
Here at Nielsen, we believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Nielsen is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from people that are excited to work for us, regardless of their background - so please get in touch!
Nielsen provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to any protected characteristics under local law.
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