Junior General Accounting Specialist

The position 

Looking for a role where you will not only provide expertise in the areas of Financial Statements and General Ledger accounting processes, but also take part in process optimization and development of further innovative processes within the new GBS Centre?  Help us build Financial Accounting department responsible for ensuring complete and accurate execution of dedicated steps with regards to financial closing and reporting for the assigned GBS countries.

Tasks & responsibilities

As Junior General Accounting Specialist you will be responsible for:

• Performing and monitoring the dedicated GL related closing activities for international GBS entities:
  • Compilation of group reporting packages to headquarters as basis for group financial statements.
  • Preparation of figures for local statutory financial statements (FS I).
• Performing the dedicated financial accounting and planning tasks for the assigned companies.
• Ensuring compliance and plausibility checks.
• Making analytical account reviews and reconciliation (accounting review procedures)
• Preparing and posting journal entries during month- and year-end close.
• Being the first point of contact in GBS for the local and regional accounting staff and supporting the business partners regarding all GL related requests within the area of responsibility (2nd level support), keep communication with the local accounting key users concerning GL related topics on a regular base.
• Ensuring prompt settlement of assigned GL issues with regards to evaluation, solution design and corrective actions (if necessary), including documentation and achieving of the respective issues.
• Ensuring that all GL accounts within the GBSC country responsibility are reconciled and the respective account balances are provable.
• Ensuring that all GL related documents and files are adequately archived in terms of completeness, form and traceability.
• Supporting interface with regional external auditors regarding year-end audit requirements of the dedicated entities (including technical and/or organizational matters); support management responses for audit findings within the area of responsibility, under supervision of audit coordinator.
• Supporting interaction with regional public financial auditors on questions to GL related items of the assigned companies; participate in preparing answers in cooperation with peers from OPUs, subledgers and/or tax department, under supervision of audit coordinator.
• Participating in defined topics, projects and/or working packages.

About our future employee

You should speak English on min. B2 level and have 0-2 years of experience in accounting department (preferably General Ledger). Experience from shared service set-up would be an advantage.

Additionally, we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in accountancy or accounting courses.
• Understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles.
• Organizing abilities.
• Attention to details.
• Distinct empathy, team spirit, accountability, intrapreneurship, and a high service orientation with customer centricity.
• Positive approach with ability to come up with ideas in our Speak-Up culture and actively participate in process optimalization.
• SAP knowledge is a plus.