Regional Financial Controller

AMPYR Solar Europe; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 60.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A fast-growing international business in Frankfurt is seeking a German-speaking Financial Controller to ensure efficient financial controls and governance. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience. Responsibilities include maintaining financial records, supporting audits, and ensuring compliance with German tax regulations. This role offers hybrid working arrangements and opportunities for professional growth within a multicultural team.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 4 years of experience in accounting or finance.
• Experience in renewable energy industry is considered a plus.
• Proactive work style with ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines.

Aufgaben

• Financial control, report and audit.
• Prepare and maintain accurate financial records including prepayments and accruals.
• Ensure compliance with ledger reporting rules.
• Assist with audit process and ensure timely resolution of queries.

Kenntnisse

Fluency in German

Fluency in English

Familiar with German GAAP

Excellent working knowledge of Excel

Analytical skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent

Tools

NetSuite accounting software

Jobbeschreibung

Location: Hybrid working in Frankfurt, Germany or London, UK (remote working negotiable)

Duration: 12-month fixed term contract

Working pattern: Full-Time – 40 hours/week

Department: Finance - Control and Assurance

Report to: Sr Regional Financial Controller

This is a unique opportunity for a German-speaking Financial Controller to join a collaborative, multicultural, and fast-growing international business. Under the guidance and mentorship of an experienced group finance team, the Regional Financial Controller will provide institutional-level assurance on the efficiency and effectiveness of ASE’s financial controls. The role involves undertaking work to deliver value-adding improvements to internal controls and governance, thereby protecting the company’s value.

This function is pivotal in achieving these objectives, driving effective change, and designing, embedding, and delivering processes to meet both current and future control and assurance needs.

Job Responsibilities

• Financial control, report and audit
• Prepare and maintain accurate financial records, include prepayments, accruals, depreciation/amortisation, as well as intercompany transactions.
• Monthly financial reconciliations, ensuring all balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled at the end of each month with individual balance properly explained/documented by BD 10 after end of each month
• Assisting monthly consolidation to provide an insightful information for management reporting, include sub-consolidation where necessary
• Create and maintaining entity and group consolidation templates
• Ensuring compliance with ledger reporting rules setup to ensure uniformity across jurisdiction
• Support the design and implementation of robust internal controls and streamlined processes to enhance compliance and operational efficiency.
• Review and provide guidance to both internal teams and external service providers to ensure accuracy, compliance, and adherence to quality standards
• Maintain shadow IFRS reporting with guidance from Snr Regional FC
• Assist with audit process, ensure queries are resolved within a reasonable timeframe with necessary evidence provided
• Preparation for filing of statutory accounts for both individual entity and consolidated group accounts as per local compliance requirements
• Assist with indirect tax matters management, include import/export, VAT returns and associated VAT administrative works, liaise with local tax authority when needed
• Support Snr Regional FC on local employment taxes matters, include dealing with queries from both internal staff and external stakeholders such as tax authorities
• Support filing relevant income tax returns on time for all group companies

Other responsibilities

• Support preparation of SPV accounts for project financing as per hard closing timeline
• Other local statutory filings, such as commercial register, trade registrations etc.
• Provide support and training to junior staff and to Treasury, P2P and O2C team members when needed
• Manage IBV (Independent Bank Verification) entry for all bank accounts, validate new and/or changes prior to system update.
• Other ad-hoc tasks when required

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other professional accounting qualification
• Minimum 4 years of experience in accounting or finance
• Familiar with German GAAP and tax system
• Fluency in German and English
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook
• Experience using NetSuite accounting software advantageous
• Keen eye for detail and analytical skills
• Proactive work style with ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines
• Experience in renewable energy industry is considered a plus
• Right to work in the UK (if hired in the UK) or Germany (if hired in Germany)