Senior Financial Accountant - Finanzbuchhaltung (m/w/d)

Job Purpose

The Sr. Financial Accountant is a trusted member of the EU Accounting Team, responsible for A-Gas Deutschland GmbH, based in Seevetal. The EU Accounting Team is the transactional financial service team overlooking the accounting of A-Gas subsidiaries in Germany, Netherlands and Italy.

The Sr. Financial Accountant is responsible for the preparation of Management Accounts and P&L as well as Cash, Payroll, Tax, Statistical, Statutory and Intercompany reporting. The Financial accountant is the first point of contact for the internal / external stakeholders for these areas. Whilst there is a strong focus on the local site, the Sr. Financial Accountant assists in the execution comparable tasks for the other EU locations.

Reports to:

EU Finance Manager

Principal Place of Work: 2-3 days remote work, 2-3 days on-site Eygelshoven (NL) or Seevetal (DE)

Occasional travel to other A-Gas sites as required

Key responsibilities:

o Month end activities

•        Assist in the preparation of the monthly Management Accounts and Flash results

•        Overseeing, maintaining and reconciliation of the nominal ledger accounts

•        Reconcile Sales and Cost of Sales

•        Calculate and post sales rebates

•        Maintaining the fixed asset register and reconcile fixed asset accounts and depreciation charges

•        Upload investment actuals into TM1 / Cognos

•        Reconcile inventory between Cyltrack, GP and TM1/Cognos

•        Analyse inventory differences with Operations and Customer Services and identify process improvements

•        Explain working capital variances

•        Assist the EU Finance Manager in the execution of the transfer pricing policy and prepares monthly transfer pricing adjustments

•        Assist the EU Finance Manager in the monthly analysis of overhead expenditure

o Reporting activities

•        Prepare the monthly CAPEX report, coordinate issuance of new capex codes for the site.

•        Report the monthly stock take results and report on KPI (inventory accuracy and inventory losses)

•        Prepare statutory filings and liaise with external auditors and tax advisors

o Tax related activities

•        Preparation and posting of the Corporate income tax journal entries

•        Filing of the VAT returns and managing of the VAT GL accounts

•        Liaising with Group Tax department on all Tax related queries for the entity

o Other activities

•        Deals with Group Finance and insurance companies for the companies insurance policies.

•        Participates in Finance projects and site projects

•        Manages bank accounts and bank guarantees

Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

o Part qualified with either CIMA, ACCA or ACA

o At least 7 years accounts experience including transaction processing and submission of VAT and payroll documentation

o Strong Excel skills and accounting software packages

o Fluent in English and German (as a primary language)

o Strong communication skills

o Good analytical and problem solving skills

o Proactive attitude for problem resolving and driving improvements

Desirable

o Progressing towards a full accounting qualification

o Experience in Great Plains and Cognos software