Senior Financial Accountant

About the role

The Senior Financial Accountant is responsible for acting as a finance expert and trusted partner to the Head of Accounting. The role provides day-to-day expertise in financial accounting, management reporting, governance, and cross-functional financial support. They ensure the integrity, transparency, and consistency of financial information and support decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes ensuring accuracy and compliance with HGB/IFRS/local GAAP and corporate policy
• Review accounting entries, accruals, provisions, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensure high-quality financial statements and management accounts including commentary on key movements and risks
• Serve as liaison to banks and audit firms
• Prepare and review management reporting including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and cost center performance
• Ensure alignment between statutory accounting and management reporting
• Provide senior-level financial insights including variance and trend analysis
• Act as guardian of financial governance, policies, and internal controls
• Cook up and resolve internal and external audits
• Maintain compliance with accounting standards, corporate guidelines, and legal regulations
• Identify financial risks and control gaps and implement corrective actions
• Act as senior finance partner for operations, procurement, HR, projects, and corporate finance
• Provide solid guidance to non-finance teams on accounting treatments and implications
• Collaborate with international finance teams ensuring consistent accounting practices
• Support ERP-related finance processes (SAP preferred) including optimization and standardization
• Participate in finance transformation, digitalization, and process automation initiatives
• Drive continuous improvement in workflows, documentation, and reporting quality
• Support change management and adoption of new systems
• Maintain a clean and safe work area

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• 8+ years progressive experience in finance and accounting
• Hands-on ERP experience (SAP preferred)
• Professional certification (CPA, CMA, ACCA)
• Experience in multinational or matrixed organizations
• Experience with finance transformation or system implementation
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of financial controls
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Ability to partner with and influence stakeholders non-hierarchically
• Solid understanding of technical accounting and reporting principles
• Leadership capability with ownership mindset and attention to detail
• Advanced MS skills

Qualifications

• Must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.

Skills

• Technical accounting knowledge
• Financial controls
• Communication skills
• Partnering with stakeholders
• Leadership capability
• Advanced MS skills

Benefits

• Modern work environment with an open culture towards improvements and new ideas
• Part of a global operating company with a wide customer base and a growing business
• International cooperation within a group-expert network to implement corporate-wide concepts
• Focus on customer requirements
• Athletic compensation package including health, dental, vision insurance, and a retirement plan

Pay

TBD

Schedule

N/A