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

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

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

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

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

• Part qualified with either CIMA, ACCA or ACA
• At least 7 years accounts experience including transaction processing and submission of VAT and payroll documentation
• Strong Excel skills and accounting software packages
• Fluent in English and German (as a primary language)
• Strong communication skills
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Proactive attitude for problem resolving and driving improvements

Desirable

• Progressing towards a full accounting qualification
• Experience in Great Plains and Cognos software