GL Accountant (12-month maternity cover)

Reckitt; Heidelberg; Vor Ort; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading hygiene company in Germany is seeking a General Ledger Accountant. In this role, you will be responsible for accurate financial reporting and compliance with accounting standards in the DACH region. Ideal candidates should possess strong SAP skills and fluency in both German and English, along with relevant accounting qualifications. This position includes opportunities for professional growth and a variety of employee benefits.

Leistungen

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Short-term incentives

Global share plans

Qualifikationen

• Around 3 years of relevant experience in accounting or auditing.
• Experience with audits and auditing.
• Ideally experience working in tax advisory or audit company.

Aufgaben

• Prepare monthly and annual VAT declarations.
• Support in the preparation of annual statutory accounts based on German GAAP.
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly/quarterly/year end reporting.

Kenntnisse

Fluent in German (writing and speaking)

High degree of fluency in English (writing and speaking)

Very good knowledge in SAP (or a comparable ERP system)

Very good knowledge of MS-Office, especially Excel

Good or advanced debtor/creditor accounting skills

Ausbildung

Certified management accountant (Bilanzbuchhalter) or comparable education

University degree or equivalent, focus on accounting and tax

Tools

SAP

JD Edwards

Jobbeschreibung

We are Reckitt Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Finance Our Finance team is not just another department; we’re strategic partners and catalysts for change, who use our expertise to drive sustainable growth and create and protect value for Reckitt. With a strong emphasis on cross‑functional collaboration and partnership, our inclusive, diverse and energised team breaks down traditional barriers, enabling you to thrive in a dynamic environment where you and your ideas matter. From leveraging insights and analysis to make data‑driven decisions – to spearheading sustainable business practices that contribute to consistent and reliable business growth – we are unwaveringly passionate about making a meaningful impact, and always doing the right thing.

About the role

Are you ready to dive into numbers and drive success? As General Ledger Accountant, you will support accurate, timely, and policy‑compliant accounting as well as direct and indirect tax reporting for RECKITT entities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Your day‑to‑day includes preparing monthly and annual VAT declarations, supporting in the preparation of annual statutory accounts (based on German GAAP) as well as preparing monthly group reporting under IFRS. If you’re eager to see your financial acumen manifest into tangible success, we’d love to welcome you aboard.

Your responsibilities

Ensure accurate and timely monthly/quarterly/year end reporting, producing the annual accounts for various companies in DACH and providing financial information to Corporate Headquarters with:

• Hyperion (HFM) reporting to Corporate Headquarters (IFRS reporting based on RECKITT group guidelines)
• Support statutory accounting under German, Austrian and Swiss GAAP
• Support for internal and external audits
• Support tax filing for federal and state returns as well as for VAT
• Proactive support of finance projects to enhance accounting, monitoring and reporting systems
• Support statistical reporting
• Treasury Management
• Insurance Management
• Support tasks performed by internal/external service providers
• Finance projects

An everyday focus on working towards the achievement of business objectives, e.g. NWC improvement.

The experience we're looking for

• Certified management accountant (Bilanzbuchhalter) or comparable education
• Experience with audits and auditing
• Around 3 years of relevant experience in accounting or auditing
• Ideally experience working in tax advisory or audit company

The skills for success

• Very good knowledge in SAP (or a comparable ERP system)
• German tax knowledge
• Very good knowledge of MS‑Office, especially Excel
• Good or advanced debtor/creditor accounting skills

Languages

• Fluent in German (writing and speaking)
• High degree of fluency in English (writing and speaking)

Personal skills

• Team player
• Structured and prioritising
• Highly analytical and conceptual
• Self‑starter and very organised
• Challenger mentality
• Ideally internationally mobile
• Highly motivated
• Looking for challenges
• Flexible with the ability to work in a changing environment
• Taking processes, using and improving them for oneself
• Clear communicator
• Convincing personality

Nice to have

• Good knowledge in sales tax law/VAT (DE/AT/CH/HU)
• University degree or equivalent, focus on accounting and tax
• FMCG knowledge would be beneficial
• Experience with ERP JD Edwards

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short‑term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.