Finance and Administration Manager

Responsibilities

• Processing daily financial transactions and invoices accurately
• Performing comprehensive monthly account reconciliations
• Managing credit control to resolve payment discrepancies
• Ensuring strict compliance with German tax legislation
• Managing timely submissions for VAT and corporation tax
• Collaborating closely with the UK team to develop annual budgets
• Monitoring actual expenditure against forecasts
• Reporting financial variances
• Reviewing local financial data to prepare detailed monthly and annual financial reports
• Overseeing the daily administrative workflows of the German office
• Acting as the primary point of contact for the UK corporate finance team

Requirements

• A university degree in accounting
• Full professional proficiency in both German and English (written and spoken)
• Proven, hands-on experience in a similar corporate accounting or bookkeeping role
• Strong skills in developing budgets and management accounts
• Strong operational awareness of German tax legislation, statutory requirements, and financial regulations
• Advanced, demonstrable experience utilizing Microsoft Excel for financial modelling and data analysis
• Proactive, self-starter mentality with the ability to work independently
• Foundational understanding of statutory accounts and familiarity with the financial audit process.