Senior Accountant - HGB/German GAAP
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Accounting
Senior Accountant, Accounting Manager -
Finance & Banking
Accounting Manager
Location: Germany
Job Overview
A leading growing technology company is building up their finance and accounting function. They are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant or Accounting Lead to deliver GL and Record‑to‑Report Accounting for the German Group Headquarters, as well as to in‑source and build up accounting processes according to HGB and IFRS for international entities.
Working closely with key stakeholders in Finance and external tax advisors (Steuerberater), you will in‑source core accounting functions and establish scalable processes and systems for accounting, and support the evaluation and selection of accounting systems and automation.
Your Role- Financial Accounting according to German GAAP/HGB for R2R/General Ledger areas
- Preparing financial accounts according to HGB/German GAAP and supporting preparation of accounts in IFRS for other entity locations
- Delivering month‑end / year‑end close activities
- Supporting financial audit and working with auditors in German and English
- Liaising with German Steuerberater (tax accountants) and audit teams in local language
- Help maintain, establish and improve core accounting processes for GL and R2R areas
- Support processes across AP, AR, bank reconciliations and other areas
- Recording transactions, posting journals, reconciling accounts across general ledger accounting, reconciliation and data cleansing
- Work on projects to improve and automate accounting processes, e.g., supporting the selection and implementation of new financial systems
- Senior Accountant with 3+ years' experience
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards and daily/monthly/yearly accounting according to German GAAP/HGB
- Experience setting up and improving accounting and finance processes
- Experience with financial systems and accounting automation highly desirable
- Fluent German and English
Remote, Germany
TypePermanent role
OpportunitiesAn excellent opportunity for an experienced accountant to take on the next challenge with an exciting technology scale‑up company!
How to ApplyApply online, via Linked In or email your CV to
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