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Financial Accountant German Speaking

WOLFFKRAN

London

On-site

Confidential

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled accountant to manage financial accounts and reporting. This role involves preparing financial statements, coordinating with management, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. You will play a key role in the financial operations of a leading company in the tower crane sector, contributing to the accuracy and reliability of financial data. If you have a strong background in accounting, experience with SAP, and excellent analytical skills, this opportunity offers a dynamic environment where your expertise will make a significant impact on the business's success.

Qualifications

  • 5 years of recent experience in accounting with various standards.
  • Professional training in accounting with additional certification.

Responsibilities

  • Preparation of financial accounts and closing in SAP.
  • Continuous review of legal entities’ accounts for compliance.

Skills

SAP R/3
Accounting Standards
Data Analytics
MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel)
Process Management
Communication
Change Management

Education

Professional training in accounting
Additional certification in accounting

Tools

SAP FI
IDL

Job description

WOLFFKRAN. The name stands for experience and competence in the design, construction and use of tower cranes. With its innovative technology and know-how, the company has significantly contributed to the rapid developments in the field of material handling to date.

Around 860 dedicated employees around the world ensure that the innovation process continues and that the WOLFF brand stands for a comprehensive range of trolley jib and luffing jib tower cranes. The red WOLFF cranes are manufactured in the main plant in Heilbronn and Luckau (both in Germany). Branch offices across Germany and subsidiaries in Austria, France, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Great Britain, Czechia, the USA and the United Arab Emirates guarantee intensive customer care.

With a rental fleet of approx. 800 tower cranes, WOLFFKRAN is among the major providers in this area of business. This underscores the flexibility and dynamics of the tower crane specialist serving customers worldwide as both manufacturer and service provider.

Tasks
  • Preparation of the financial accounts and closing in SAP (R/3, S/4)
  • Coordination with the local Managing Director and team where necessary
  • Posting for AP, AR, FA and VAT/Intrastat on entity and group level
  • Payroll reconciliation
  • Preparation of the group financial reporting package in IDL incl. relevant notes as per the group accounting manual (IFRS similar)
  • Preparation of the local GAP financial statements incl. relevant notes as required.
  • Continuous review of the legal entities’ accounts, ensuring that the group accounting manual is correctly and consistently applied.
  • Contact for the local and group auditors.
  • Preparation of analysis and reviews for the management
  • Intercompany recharges and the correct posting of consolidation relevant entries and intercompany reconciliation
  • Support and act as backup for the Sr. Manager Group Reporting & Consolidation in preparing the entire consolidated group financials package
  • Key user for SAP FI as Technical Accountant
Requirements
  • Professional training in accounting with additional certification
  • 5 years of recent experience in accounting as single accountant, applying different accounting standards in parallel
  • 5 years of recent experience with SAP; nice to have IDL on top
  • Good experience working with IT, MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel)
  • Languages: English (full fluency), German (fluency nice to have)
  • Very strong skills regarding managing processes, data analytics, communication and change management. Reliable, structured and efficient
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