Senior Accountant, German Market

🕒 July 14

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💲 Accountant / Accounting

👻 Ghost score 11%

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Jobandtalent

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2009

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

🏪 Marketplace

💰 $250M Debt Financing on 2022-05

Recruitment • HR Tech • Marketplace

Jobandtalent is an innovative platform that connects job seekers with steady work opportunities at over 2,500 companies. The platform simplifies the job search process by eliminating the need for resumes, allowing job seekers to find and get hired for jobs quickly and easily through their app. For companies, Jobandtalent offers access to reliable and trusted workers ready to start on-site within hours, leveraging a powerful technology platform. The company focuses on making the hiring process efficient and hassle-free for both job seekers and employers.

📋 Description

• Manage end-to-end month-end and year-end closing procedures, ensuring accuracy, quality and timely delivery. • Prepare and review financial reports through NetSuite. • Perform intercompany balance reconciliations and monthly reconciliation exercises. • Prepare and submit monthly VAT returns in compliance with German regulations. • Prepare annual financial statements in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB). • Prepare corporate income tax returns. • Review and oversee bookkeeping performed by junior team members, ensuring quality, consistency and compliance. • Lead and coach junior accounting team members in day-to-day accounting matters. • Execute and maintain control processes for monthly, quarterly and annual closing cycles. • Support external audits and tax inspections by preparing documentation and responding to queries. • Serve as the local accounting counterpart to Global Accounting, ensuring that German requirements are understood and properly reflected.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience in a senior accounting role, ideally within an international, complex or fast-growing company. • Strong knowledge of German accounting standards, the German Commercial Code (HGB), VAT and statutory reporting requirements. • Experience in preparing annual financial statements and corporate income tax returns. • Hands-on experience with NetSuite or a similar ERP system. • Experience in reviewing accounting work and guiding more junior colleagues. • Ability to work both operationally and strategically — from detailed reconciliations to advising on accounting implications. • High attention to detail and ability to deliver under tight deadlines. • Strong communication skills and confidence in collaborating with both local management and global finance teams. • Proactive, structured and solution-oriented mindset. • Fluency in German and English.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive pay • Meaningful benefits