Team Lead Financial Operations & Reporting (m/f/d)

DataGuard; München; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Join an ambitious security and compliance tech company as a Financial Auditor. You'll lead an Accounting and Reporting team, ensuring compliance and optimizing processes. This role offers autonomy, strategic involvement, and rapid development opportunities in a fast-paced environment.

Leistungen

Attractive bonuses

Opportunities for strategic involvement

Rapid development opportunities

Autonomy and impactful decision-making

Qualifikationen

• 7-10 years of relevant experience including in a Big 4 firm.
• Deep understanding of Local GAAP (HGB).
• Fluent in English and German.

Aufgaben

• Lead a team of controlling and accounting professionals.
• Ensure accurate standalone and consolidated financial reporting.
• Implement and optimize a new group ERP system.

Kenntnisse

Audit

Controlling

Accounting

Team Management

Process Improvement

Communication

Problem Solving

Attention to Detail

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

NetSuite

Jobbeschreibung

YOUR JOB

Are you ready to lead a high-performing Accounting and Reporting team in a fast-growing international tech environment? Are you passionate about driving financial excellence and optimizing processes? Excited to own financial reporting, compliance, and system implementation? Join us and make an impact!

LET'S PROTECT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE DATA

We are a fast-growing security and compliance tech company with a clear purpose: we protect the people behind the data. With over 250 team members worldwide and offices in Munich, Berlin, London, Vienna, and Stockholm, we help more than 4,000 global customers get certified quickly and build a strong, scalable risk posture. Using AI-powered automation, self-serve capabilities, and tailored expert advice, we offer a seamless security and compliance experience to stay ahead of the evolving security landscape and challenges like cyber-attacks.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Reporting to the CFO, you will lead and manage a team of controlling and accounting professionals, coordinating with external accounting and tax consultants across Germany, the UK, and Sweden.
• You will ensure accurate and timely standalone and consolidated financial reporting, including financial statements, budget vs. actual analysis, and group consolidation.
• You will set up and maintain strong internal controls while driving initiatives to streamline and standardize accounting and controlling processes.
• You will serve as the primary contact and lead the end-to-end financial audit process for all relevant entities and at the consolidated level.
• You will leverage your accounting and controlling expertise to implement and optimize a new group ERP system.
• You will collaborate closely with the FP&A team to provide accurate financial insights, align forecasting and budgeting processes, and ensure robust reporting structures.
• You will establish and implement procurement processes to ensure efficient purchasing and effective vendor management.
• You will manage and improve the company's net working capital.

WHAT YOU'LL GET IN RETURN

• The tools and capacities to build and lead an ambitious, international team with diverse skill sets.
• Freedom and trust to bring your ideas to life with autonomy and the ability to make impactful decisions.
• Opportunities for strategic involvement, working closely with leadership and executive peers.
• Rapid development opportunities, attractive bonuses, and a chance to enhance your leadership and business skills.
• A stable, forward-looking role within a dynamic scale-up shaping the fast-growing security and compliance industry.

THE QUALITIES YOU'LL NEED FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AT DATAGUARD

• 7-10 years of relevant experience (audit, controlling, accounting), including experience as a Financial Auditor in a Big 4 and in a scale-up environment.
• Deep understanding of Local GAAP (HGB) with proven experience leading financial audits.
• Skilled in managing diverse teams and overseeing complex accounting functions, including consolidation and month-end controlling.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• A proactive, process-improvement mindset focused on efficiency and scalability.
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail, thriving in fast-paced environments.
• An independent, strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills and a positive attitude.
• Familiarity with NetSuite is advantageous.
• Fluent in English and German.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST. FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS:

At DataGuard, we value diversity and inclusion. Regardless of your background, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, or individual needs, what matters is who you are. As Guards and Guardettes, we are united by our dedication and shared purpose: to protect the people behind the data. Show us your personality and skills – together, we can achieve great things. We look forward to meeting you!

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