GL Team Lead - german speaking

We are a safe, proud, diverse, equal, inclusive and family - like organization with principles everyone can relate to on a personal level.
A team to which everyone wants to belong to, where employees have a tangible impact on the business performance and their colleagues' lives.
A sustainable and stable company where work-life balance is valued, where employees find professional fulfillment while realizing a flexible, hybrid- type of working and where the concept of "working from anywhere" or "parents welcome" is not a buzzword, but a fundamentum.
A brave, pioneer, trendsetter community where different opinions and views are valued, respected and believed to be the drivers of the joint success.
A modern company where experts jointly strive for great quality and efficient solutions for our customers.
A dynamic solution center where individual development with a clear career of challenging, complex, value - added roles and fair recognition is a base.
A workplace where explaining the why and understanding the higher purpose is a base of a joint communication and where employees speak a joint language of shared vision and values.

Your responsibilities

• Lead a team of (Senior) Accountants in order to deliver Accounting services to all customers (10-15 FTE)
• Manage ongoing operations of the team. Plan and monitor the capacity and workload of the team, hire additional team members according to anticipated workload
• Coordination and controlling of the knowledge transfer and ensuring seamless post go-live stabilization of finance processes in scope
• Lead by example a cross-functional collaboration, create a motivating working atmosphere and actively drive the change management
• Coach and motivate team members
• Participate and lead projects assigned to the role (incl. Process optimization)
• Be involved in day-to-day operations and participate in the periodical closing processes
  • Monitor the compliance with DTPs (detailed process documentation) created by the General Ledger Team during the knowledge transfer phase of transitions.
  • Oversee the daily transactions and monitor the daily performance of the accounting department
  • Approve journal entries by auditing the transactions
  • Manage monthly closings and preparation of monthly financial statements
  • Manage year-end closings
  • Oversee the resolution of bank issues including fee anomalies, differences
  • Review and approve account/bank reconciliations
  • Oversee the processing asset transactions, depreciation by auditing their compliance with policies
  • Comply with local GAAP and IFRS Accounting standards
  • Review and approve the Balance Sheet account reconciliations on a regular basis
• Manage Asset Accounting related activities:
  • Ensure asset master data maintenance, setting up of asset classes
  • Manage acquisitions, disposals, revaluation, depreciation
  • Control AA closing activities
• Support the Accounting Manager to monitor the team's performance against deliverables set in the Service Levels Agreements
• Work together with the Senior Finance Manager in establishing department KPIs
• Engage in collaboration with the business and stakeholders to develop a professional relationship

Your profile

• University degree or equivalent experience, preferable in accounting or business
• Very good verbal and written German and English is a must
• Experience in working with multiple legal entities under different legal umbrellas is required
• Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring people is required
• Solid ERP (SAP) accounting experience is required, knowledge of Navision is an advantage
• Consolidation tool (e.g. HFM) experience is required
• Experience in building organization is an advantage
• Complete familiarity with Microsoft Office or equivalent tools
• Experience in process automation and optimization
• Entrepreneurial & Self-starting attitude with the ability to work independently
• Strong team-player who can build and motivate a process team
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and prioritize the right things at the right time
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong continuous improvement & quality mindset
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders and suppliers

It goes without saying that we offer attractive conditions such as:

• With us, you experience an SSC-start-up environment with all the possibilities to build it up together
• Flexible working arrangements
• Attractive remuneration, including special benefits, e.g. company events, fitness & health offers or modern co-working workplaces.