Head of Accounting

Global Accounting Network; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance organization is seeking a Head of Accounting in Berlin. This role involves shaping financial workflows and ensuring diligence across core accounting functions. You will lead teams across accounts payable, receivable, and general ledgers, ensuring timely financial statements under IFRS and Local GAAP. The position focuses on enhancing accounting processes, implementing KPIs, and providing expertise for audits. This role requires strong leadership and process optimization skills, supported by proficiency in SAP S/4HANA.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading AP, AR, GL, and Fixed Assets teams.
• Expertise in IFRS and Local GAAP requirements.
• Strong focus on process design and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Shape the flow of financial information within the organization.
• Own the full closing cycle and ensure timely financial statements.
• Lead Local GAAP statutory audits and support IFRS audits.

Skills

Leadership in Accounting

Process Excellence

SAP S/4HANA Proficiency

Financial Control Standards

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

We are recruiting for a high growth business that has an international presence. This role is to transform how accounting is done and bring together workflows underneath a shared service function that is being built.

Location: 3 days in the office, 1 hour outside of berlin.

We’re redefining Accounting into a high-quality, automated, and scalable function. As Head of Accounting, you will shape how financial information flows through the organisation and ensure that every number is accurate, controlled, and meaningful.

This role leads AP, AR, GL, and Fixed Assets teams and builds a culture of clarity, ownership, and performance. You’ll work closely with Finance Business Partners, Tax, Treasury, Consolidation to ensure Accounting is deeply connected to the broader Finance ecosystem.

You will own the full closing cycle under IFRS and Local GAAP, ensuring timely statements, strong reconciliations, and complete data from all source systems. High-quality documentation, audit trails, and financial control standards will sit at the core of your work, along with acting as the go‑to expert for Local GAAP topics.

A major focus of this role is process excellence. You’ll design and enhance end‑to‑end Accounting processes , implement consistent KPIs and RACIs, and harmonise procedures across all entities to create a controlled, scalable environment aligned with our Corporate Finance Operating Model.

You will also play a key role in our Finance Transformation. From optimising SAP S/4HANA to improving data flows, workflow automation, and system integration. Governance, compliance, and audit readiness will be central. You’ll lead Local GAAP statutory audits, support IFRS Group audits.