Chief Accountant

Select Pharma Recruitment; Cuxhaven; Vor Ort; EUR 65.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading pharmaceutical manufacturing company based in Cuxhaven is seeking an experienced Chief Accountant. The ideal candidate will have expertise in HGB and IFRS, with several years of accounting experience and business fluency in German and English. Responsibilities include managing accounting activities and ensuring accurate financial controls, alongside participation in audits and projects. This role also comes with a variety of employee benefits, including fitness allowances and lunch subsidies.

Leistungen

Monthly fitness allowance

Social events

Company sports activities

Corporate benefits platform

Lunch allowance

Capital-forming benefits

Retirement provision options

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Qualifikationen

• Several years of experience in a similar position.
• Excellent knowledge of Accounting, HGB, and IFRS.
• Confident handling of SAP.

Aufgaben

• Manage accounting activities and ensure accurate financial statements.
• Perform financial control of accounting documentation.
• Participate in internal projects and audits.

Kenntnisse

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Business fluency in German

Business fluency in English

SAP proficiency

Ausbildung

Degree in economics or business administration

Jobbeschreibung

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Chief Accountant / Hauptbuchhalter to join our client, a top 10 pharmaceutical manufacturing company based in Cuxhaven, Germany. Founded in 1968, our client are a well established and highly successful organization, specialising in the manufacturing of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and central nervous system products.

The ideal applicant will have a degree in economics or business administration (or similar) and have several years of accounting experience along with a strong knowledge local German accounting standards, HGB and IFRS.

Responsibilities will include:

• Manage accounting activities
• Perform documentary and financial control of accounting documentation
• Record business events in the information system and close reporting period in the information system
• Calculations of travel expenses and other refunds for the employees
• Account material and cash management
• Post fixed assets and calculate the depreciation
• Organise and coordinate tasks within the company with the aim of ensuring correct and accurate financial statements
• Implementation of internal accounting controls
• Participate in external and internal audit, tax and possible other reviews and control
• Participate in internal projects
• Ensure the archiving of documentation in accordance with local regulations

Required Experience:

• Education: economics, business administration or taxes and university degree
• Several years of experiences in a similar position
• Excellent knowledge of Accounting and German Commercial Code ‘HGB’ and ‘IFRS’
• Experiences with Stakeholder Management, Communication and reporting to Headquarter, preparing different kind of reports, analyses and financial statements
• Confident handling with SAP
• Personality with a strategic and business-oriented mindset
• Analytical thinking skills and structured approach
• Business fluent in German and English

Employment Benefits:

• EGYM Wellpass: Employees receive a monthly fitness allowance to use EGYM Wellpass-affiliated gyms, swimming pools, etc. throughout Germany on an individual basis
• Social Events
• Company sports: Annual events (campus soccer cup, participation in city runs, bike to work campaign, dragon boat races, etc.)
• Corporate Benefits: Platform for employee benefits, numerous discounts on products and services at permanently attractive conditions
• Lunch allowance: Employer subsidy for lunch
• Capital-forming benefits: Option to convert from the outset, employer contribution
• Retirement provision: Option of contributing to a direct insurance policy through deferred compensation
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