Accountant

Responsibilities

• Perform key financial accounting and reporting activities, ensuring compliance with IFRS, regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Prepare financial statements and support general ledger closing activities.
• Calculate and perform general ledger bookings and account reconciliation (e.g. calculate deferred income tax, accruals, provisions, pre-payments).
• Provide Group and external reporting (BS, P&L, Supplementary information to financial statement) – according to IFRS and other GAAP if needed (e.g. German GAAP, Solvency II).
• Perform intercompany reconciliation and postings.
• Perform various closing activities e.g. maintain interfaces to Sub ledger, posting statutory adjusting entries, performing statutory analysis and filings, FX revaluation, regrouping and cost allocation cycles.
• Support and collaborate on projects, such as analyzing and implementing Group Chart of Accounts changes.
• Maintain effective communication with stakeholders, including FAR Controllers, actuaries and local accountants.
• Understand the ICFR Financial Statement framework, execute controls.
• Provide support to the Team Manager.
• Actively participate in and collaborate on process improvement projects.

Requirements

• Finance and Accounting, Economy or equivalent academic degree
• At least 1 year of relevant experience in finance and accounting industry
• Solid basics of general accounting and knowledge of general ledger closing processes
• English skills – spoken and written at fluent level (C1)
• Very good knowledge of MS Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables etc.) and financial system (SAP as preferred)
• Analytical skills and attention to details
• Problem solving skills and independent
• Ability to multitask
• Excellent customer service skills