Group Financial Accountant

Helsing; München; Vor Ort; EUR 100.000 - 125.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A defense AI company in Munich seeks an experienced Accountant to lead group consolidations across multiple territories. The candidate will implement a new consolidation tool and enhance reporting processes while ensuring compliance with local GAAP and IFRS. Ideal candidates are ACA or CA qualified with strong multi-territory experience and fluency in German. The role offers competitive compensation, relocation support, and a focus on outcomes rather than time-tracking.

Leistungen

Competitive compensation

Stock options

Relocation support

Social and education allowances

Regular company events

Qualifikationen

• Substantial experience in group accounting and multi-territory consolidations.
• Hands-on experience with consolidation systems and ERP systems.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced international environment.

Aufgaben

• Drive group consolidations ensuring accurate reporting.
• Lead implementation of new consolidation tool.
• Coordinate with external advisors on transfer pricing.
• Implement robust finance processes to support operations.
• Provide financial insight on ad-hoc initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Group consolidations

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Fluent in German

Working proficiency in English

Ausbildung

ACA or CA qualification

Tools

Lucanet

SAP/S4 HANA

Jobbeschreibung

Who we are

Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.

As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously.

We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer‑facing programme managers. We are looking for mission‑driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.

The role

Reporting to the Head of Accounting, you will take full ownership of group consolidations across multiple international territories including the UK, US, and European entities, ensuring accurate conversion from local GAAP to IFRS. You will lead the implementation of a new consolidation tool and establish consistent, scalable reporting processes.
You will also work closely with internal senior stakeholders on strategic ad‑hoc projects, providing insight and expertise to support key business decisions and continued international growth.

The day‑to‑day

• Drive group consolidations across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring timely and accurate reporting from local GAAP into IFRS

• Lead the roll‑out and adoption of consolidation tool, enhancing efficiency and data integrity

• Coordinate with external advisors on group transfer pricing, ensuring alignment across reporting and compliance requirements

• Implement and maintain robust, scalable finance processes to support international operations

• Partner with internal senior stakeholders on ad‑hoc initiatives, providing financial insight and recommendations

• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting, improve controls, and support decision‑making at the group level

You should apply if you

• Are ACA or CA qualified accountant with substantial experience in group accounting and multi‑territory consolidations

• Have hands‑on experience implementing consolidation systems such as Lucanet and working with ERP systems such as SAP/S4 HANA (desirable experience)

• Are comfortable working in a scale‑up, fast‑paced, international environment

• Have strong communication and stakeholder management skills across global teams

• Fluent in German and working proficiency in English

Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under‑represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

Join Helsing and work with world‑leading experts in their fields

• Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns

• The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world

• Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward

• In our domain, success is a matter of ordermagnitudes improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts

• We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about

What we offer

• A focus on outcomes, not time‑tracking

• Competitive compensation and stock options

• Relocation support

• Social and education allowances

• <>Regular company events and all‑hands to bring together employees as one team across Europe

Helsing is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.

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