Senior Accountant

Magpie Recruitment; Frankfurt; On-site; EUR 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40-hour week

Home-office day

30 days holiday

Company pension

Subsidised on-site restaurant

Free parking

JobRad

Company mobile for private use

Job summary

Magpie Renewables seeks a Senior Accountant in Frankfurt to own IFRS and HGB reporting for a fast-growing energy-transition business.

You will lead monthly closes, manage fixed-asset and intercompany accounting, and support external audits while guiding process improvements for scalable growth.

Qualifications

• At least five years in financial accounting.
• Strong working knowledge of both HGB and IFRS.
• Experience in a larger international organisation with formal group reporting cycles.
• Fluent German and confident business English, written and spoken.
• Solid ERP experience. Infor M3; SAP, Oracle or another major system transfers easily.
• Self-directed; proactive problem-solving and initiative.
• Stable career history.

Responsibilities

• Run the monthly and quarterly close independently and coordinate the team.
• Prepare reporting under IFRS and German statutory accounts under HGB.
• Own fixed-asset accounting and capitalisation for a newly commissioned facility.
• Manage inventory valuation across significant, fast-turning stock.
• Handle intercompany accounting across the group, including a South American operation.
• Work with USD exposure and currency transitions.
• Support external audit and liaise with tax advisers.
• Identify and implement process improvements as the function grows.

Skills

HGB

IFRS

German language

English language

Infor M3

ERP systems

SAP

Oracle

Tools

Infor M3

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Senior Accountant (m/f/d) — HGB & IFRS

Location: Frankfurt

Salary: €90,000 plus €10,000 bonus

Magpie Renewables is retained on a newly created Senior Accountant role with a fast-growing business at the centre of Europe's energy transition.

The business

Our client operates the first industrial-scale facility of its kind in Europe, producing the refined materials that feed the European battery and electric vehicle supply chain — output that until now has come almost exclusively from Asia.

Why the Senior Accountant role exists

Growth has outpaced the finance function. Invoice volume and complexity have risen sharply, and the team is at the point where everyone doing a bit of everything no longer works. This role brings in experienced hands to take ownership of the close, bring structure to how the work is divided, and help the function scale.

What you'll own

• Run the monthly and quarterly close independently and coordinate the team around it — the Finance Director reviews and signs off rather than manages the process
• Prepare reporting under IFRS as the leading standard, with German statutory accounts under HGB following the IFRS close
• Own fixed-asset accounting and capitalisation for a newly commissioned production facility
• Manage inventory valuation across significant, fast-turning stock
• Handle intercompany accounting across the group, including a South American operation
• Work with USD exposure — the IFRS functional currency converts to USD next year, while HGB reporting stays in EUR
• Support external audit and liaise with external tax advisers
• Identify and implement process improvements as the function grows

Where the Senior Accountant leads:

There is scope for this role to take functional lead of the accounting team within 6 to 12 months. It isn't a condition of the appointment, but the route is there and the client would like to appoint someone with that potential.

What you'll need:

Essential

• At least five years in financial accounting
• Strong working knowledge of both HGB and IFRS
• Experience in a larger international organisation with formal group reporting cycles — you're comfortable inside a corporate structure, not only in an owner-led Mittelstand environment
• Fluent German and confident business English, written and spoken. Both are used daily; English is not a nice-to-have
• Solid ERP experience. Theirs is Infor M3 — SAP, Oracle or another major system transfers easily
• Self-directed. You see what needs doing and do it, and bring options rather than questions when something needs escalating
• A stable career history

Highly desirable:

• Bilanzbuchhalter (IHK) or a chartered accountancy qualification
• A background in professional practice (Big Four or top ten) before moving into industry
• Appetite to build German tax knowledge — external advisers are in place, and the client would welcome someone willing to develop in this area

The package:

• €90,000 base, with flexibility for an exceptional candidate
• 10% annual bonus
• 30 days' holiday
• 40-hour week, flexible hours, one home-office day per week
• Company pension (betriebliche Altersvorsorge)
• Subsidised on-site restaurant, free parking, JobRad, company mobile for private use

Magpie Renewables is committed to fair hiring. We assess every applicant against the requirements of the role and nothing else. If you need any adjustment to the process, tell us and we'll arrange it.