Job Information As a part of the Accounting team, the Accountant will report to the Accounting Manager COS. The Accountant will have primary day-to-day responsibility for accounting and reconcile accounts for suppliers as well as internal and external customers.  Furthermore, s/he responsibility is, to ensure the timely and accurate reporting of the financial position and performance of COS that conform to government laws and regulations, industry practices and generally accepted accounting principles, or German HGB and IFRS.  Role & Responsibility

Accounting activities 

- Responsibility for the booking as well as processing of business transactions within accounts receivable, accounts payable and financial accounting  

- Bank posting including incoming and outgoing payment control 

- Posting of accounts payable invoices 

- Cash accounting 

- Payment transactions 

- Reconciliation and maintenance of debtor accounts as well as general ledger and vendor accounts 

- Monitoring externally financed customer orders 

- Support in legal proceedings 

- Support function in audits 

- Active supporting with monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements 

- Support in administrative tasks like foreign sales 

- Preparing the advance turnover tax return and the recapitulative statement 

- Intercompany payment transactions 

- Accounting for fixed assets 

Job Requirement

Education & Qualification:   

- Qualification as an accountant/tax specialist (m/f/d) or training as a tax specialist (m/f/d) or similar (if required) 

 

Experience    min. 4 years  

 

Knowledge & Skill     

Job-related 
 

- Several years of professional experience in financial or accounts payable accounting or accounts receivable accounting 

 

General 

- Good knowledge of common MS Office applications, especially Excel 

- Knowledge of ERP systems would be an advantage 

- Very good knowledge of German and good knowledge of English