- Perform day-to-day accounting activities within Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash & Banking, Fixed Assets and General Accounting processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with internal policies and procedures.
- Support month-end and year-end closing activities, including the preparation and posting of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, reporting activities and documentation of key controls.
- Process and monitor bank-related transactions, manual bank postings and cash reconciliations.
- Support Fixed Assets accounting activities, including additions, transfers, disposals, depreciation reviews and related accounting entries.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, external partners and other Finance teams to resolve accounting issues and ensure efficient process execution.
- Support the gathering and processing of financial information for group reporting, forecasting, budgeting, cost analysis and other finance-related activities.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, standardization and automation, actively contributing to efficiency, quality and compliance enhancements.
- Support the implementation, testing and monitoring of automation solutions and system enhancements (e.g. SAP improvements, RPA solutions, digitalization initiatives).
- Analyze operational and accounting data to identify process inefficiencies, control gaps and improvement opportunities, proposing and implementing corrective actions where appropriate.
- Drive and actively contribute to continuous improvement, digitalization and transformation initiatives within the Finance organization.
- Provide support and back-up for other Finance processes as required by business needs and support ad-hoc requests from management and stakeholders.
- Perform other ad-hoc activities as instructed by the Team Leader/Operations Manager
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
- 2-4 years of experience in Accounting, Finance Operations, Reporting or similar Finance roles.
- Fluent English, both written and spoken.
- Good understanding of accounting principles and financial processes.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with large volumes of data and identify trends and improvement opportunities.
- Advanced MS Excel skills, including data analysis and reporting capabilities.
- Strong interest in automation, digitalization and process optimization.
- Experience working with SAP is considered an advantage.
- Exposure to process improvement, automation or digitalization initiatives (e.g. Power BI, Power Automate, RPA, VBA, SAP enhancements) would be considered a strong advantage.
- Continuous improvement mindset, with a proactive approach to identifying and implementing efficiencies.
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Team-oriented, adaptable and eager to learn and develop new capabilities.
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Contact
SIG Talent Acquisition Team
Phone: +49 246 279 1436
Email: recruiting@sig.biz
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