Bring accuracy, insight, and continuous improvement to our finance operations.
General Ledger Accountant (m/f/d)
Join our team as a General Ledger Accountant (m/f/d) and play a key role in ensuring accurate financial records, excellence driving process, and supporting a collaborative global business environment.
This is a full‑time position for two years. Your place of work is at our Berlin‑based entity KWS Berlin GmbH.
Responsibilities
- Delivering operational and administrative services to meet defined requirements and expectations
- Processing of requests, and inquiries in the ticket system, adhering to agreed-upon response times
- Actively participating in projects and contributing to the implementation and improvement of the processes
- Proactively identifying service delivery issues, opportunities for improvement, standardization, and digitalization and takes appropriate action, contributing to performance improvement initiatives
- Striving for operational excellence by consistently executing daily tasks efficiently and effectively
- Fostering a collaborative environment that encourages the exchange of ideas and knowledge
- Providing guidance and support to business users, offering assistance and expertise in all relevant aspects
- Enhancing cross-functional cooperation and an efficient information flow between Global Functions, Global Business Operations (GBO) and business units
Profile
- Academic degree in Business Administration, Certified Accountant or similar
- Relevant experience in general ledger
- Experience working in a shared service organization
- IT literacy in MS Office and ERP
- Optimistic goal-getter who is keen on challenging the status quo and possesses the necessary analytical skills to recognize potential
- Resilient
- Analytical mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and attention to detail
- Open-minded, intercultural competent with great communication skills
- Ambitious, self-reflective and eager to learn
- Fluent in English, knowledge in any other language is an advantage
Offer
- We are an international team of open-minded people with diverse and cross-functional experience
- Interesting and challenging tasks and projects
- As a family business, we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, vision and independence; this culture is lived in practice and ensures an open and friendly working atmosphere from day one
- The best of both worlds: KWS Berlin combines the security of a large, stable company with the passion of a start-up
- Our location in the heart of Berlin-Schöneberg is very modern; directly opposite the underground station Bülowstraße and with secured car & bicycle parking spaces
- We offer 30d holidays, flexible working hours, holiday and Christmas bonuses, company pension scheme, JobRad and/or Jobticket
- True to our motto "Make yourself grow", we support the professional and personal development of our employees