Daimler Truck UK Accounting Team Leader

Daimler Truck AG; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Daimler Truck UK is seeking a dedicated Accounting Team Leader to manage its Trucks and Buses accounting division. This full-time role involves leading a professional team, overseeing financial reporting, and collaborating on multi-faceted finance projects, all while offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Colleague car scheme

Pension scheme

Flexible benefit pot

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in accounting, including leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Experience in multinational corporations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Trucks Accounting team, set objectives, and conduct performance reviews.
• Oversee monthly financial reporting under IFRS, ensuring timely submissions.
• Prepare annual financial statements and manage the external audit process.

Skills

Financial analysis

Reporting tools

Team management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Tasks

Are you a qualified finance professional with a passion for leadership, accuracy, and operational excellence? Daimler Truck UK is looking for a confident, strategic, and hands-on Accounting Team Leader to oversee our Trucks & Buses accounting function and outsourced finance operations.

This is a Full-Time position.

Please note: We are currently only considering applications from those with a current right to work in the UK.

Salary Circa £60k, depending on experience, Plus benefits.

Closing date: 11th July 2025

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Trucks Accounting team, including setting objectives, conducting performance reviews, and developing team members.
• Oversee monthly financial reporting under IFRS, including GAAP adjustments and inter-company reconciliations, ensuring timely and accurate submissions to Daimler AG.
• Act as the primary liaison with Accenture Shared Services, driving performance across P2P, O2C, and R2R functions.
• Support financial planning and forecasting, including balance sheet planning and financial adjustments.
• Lead accounting aspects of local and HQ projects, offering strategic insights for decision-making.
• Prepare annual financial statements and manage the external audit process.
• Ensure accurate and timely tax reporting in collaboration with the Tax Manager and external stakeholders.
• Manage monthly cash flow forecasting and address variances with DAG.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• A qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) with a strong understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in accounting, including leadership roles.
• Experience in both professional accounting firms and multinational corporations.
• Proficiency in financial analysis and reporting tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau). (Essential)
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial matters to diverse audiences.
• A detail-focused, analytical mindset with a clear ability to prioritise and problem-solve under pressure.

What we'll give you

As well as the opportunity to work for a great business who are passionate in everything that we do, we'll offer you a competitive salary and discretionary bonus structure. We also hope you'll love our products as much as we do, with access to our colleague’s car scheme. On top of that, you'll be able to join our pension scheme and you'll get a flexible benefit pot that can be used to find the benefits that are right for you.

We're here to support you - we offer access to colleague wellbeing resources, including an Employee Assistance Programme and Mental health First Aiders. What's more, we'll also encourage your development, with the training and knowledge you need to reach your potential.

What’s next?

Once you click apply, we’ll take you through to the Daimler Truck careers portal. Here, you’ll need to complete a short 10-minute application form, attach your current CV and submit your salary expectations. Simple.

Closing Date: 08th June 2025

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At Daimler Truck, we promote diversity and stand for an inclusive corporate culture. We value the individual strengths of our employees, because these lead to the best team performance and thus to the success of our company. Inclusion and equal opportunities are important to us. We welcome applications from people of all cultures and genders, parents, people with disabilities and people of any community.

Managing your data

We care about your personal data. The General Data Protection Regulation provides you with more control and by submitting an application to us; we consider this to be an agreement to process your personal data in support of our recruitment and selection process.

Data categories that we process in relation to your application are the ones that you provided as part of the application process. We process your personal data in relation to the application, in accordance with the legal requirements. Recipients of your personal data within our company are the managers of the specialist unit in charge of filling the position and the responsible colleagues from HR.