The Company
Our client is a leading producer of high-quality engineering materials for a diverse range of markets, including the automotive, food, medical, and pharmaceutical, chemicals and electronics industries. The company offers a complete portfolio of integrated products, including intermediates, resins, engineering plastics, performance fibres, packaging film and distribution of petrochemical products. The family owned company leverages advanced technology and consumer insights to deliver sustainable & innovative solutions.
The Role & Objectives
* To provide holistic compliance to the German entities in terms of accounting and tax, to report and analyse financial figures.
* To coordinate and own annual and half year auditing process, supervise tax declaration and other external audits.
* To act as a key contact for accounting, tax and other related topics to external or internal stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
* Organize and coordinate half year review and annual audit process with internal and external stakeholders
* Supervise monthly and annual statutory closing process in line with corporate calendar
* Implement and maintain standard corporate processes and policies
* Support in Intercompany reconciliation process and group consolidation
* Safeguard compliance with tax and related legislations (VAT/SII, Intrastat, local taxes, Corporate Income Tax, etc)
* Ensure application of Group Accounting Policy
* Prepare income tax declaration and other tax declarations ins scope, review tax returns and act as counterpart to external tax inspectors
* Creation of local Transfer Price file and support of corporate tax reporting in close cooperation Corp Tax team
Experience & Qualifications
* University degree by preference in Business Administration/ Finance
* Certified Accountant (Bilanzbuchhalter) or (Steuerberater, Wirtschaftsprüfer)
* Minimum 5 years of experience in a financial position, ideally in an international company
* Previous experience at one of the Big 4 (audit or related) is a plus
* Previous experience on an industrial site is a plus
* Experience in working with a service hub is a plus
* German and English is mandatory
Skills:
* Result driven, strong work ethics, high energy level, rigor to meet deadlines
* Strong technical, analytical and conceptual skills, process driven
* Project / change management skills
* Courage and self-confidence to contribute to process improvement and take initiatives
* Team player with strong communication skills and the ability to interact with a variety of stakeholders, from different departments, level in the hierarchy and background.
* Proactive, business oriented and the ability to see the bigger picture while keeping the attention on the details.
* High level of comfort in working in ERP and Microsoft Office suite
* IFRS would be a plus
* Knowledge of SAP will be an advantage
* Ability to work with minimal supervision.
* Can do attitude, pragmatic, solutions-oriented without compromising accounting standards & controls
* Responsive problem solver and proactive to take actions within area of responsibility.
* Good organizational skills and able to manage priorities in a professional manner.
* Eager to learn and continuously develop personal and technical capabilities.