Group Accountant

About the Role

About the position:

As Group Accountant, you will join a group accounting team of three and take responsibility for the consolidation of the group's European entities. The role is purely group-level: local accounting is handled by the subsidiaries, and your task is to bring their figures together into IFRS-compliant consolidated monthly and annual financial statements. You will own selected IFRS topics centrally, including IFRS 16, work closely with local accountants, and contribute to the external annual reporting, including the notes and management report in German. Depending on your interests, you can also get involved in M&A projects, controlling topics and the use of AI functionalities in the group's consolidation tool.

Key responsibilities:

• Independent preparation, analysis and commentary of the IFRS group monthly andannual financial statements, with a focus on the European subsidiaries
• Continuous improvement of the quality and informative value of the group monthly andannual financial statements
• Consolidation tasks including ensuring correct intercompany consolidation, andcoordination with local accountants to ensure correct and timely reporting of domesticand international subsidiaries
• Central ownership of specific IFRS topics, in particular IFRS 16 (leases)
• Contribution to the consolidated financial statements and external reporting, including drafting parts of the notes (Anhang) and management report (Lagebericht), and support during the group audit
• Assessing differences between local GAAP / HGB and IFRS and transferring local figuresinto IFRS group reporting
• Further development of the group accounting policies; IFRS contact person for internaland external stakeholders
• Integration of acquired companies into group reporting, including the purchase priceallocation (PPA)process
• Optional, depending on interest: support of the controlling team in budgeting, forecasting and internal reporting, and participation in M&A projects and the use of AI functionalities in LucaNet

Qualifications

• A university degree in business administration or a related field with a focus on finance, accounting, taxation or controlling; Bachelor's degree as minimum (mandatory), Master's degree is an advantage

Required Skills

• 3–5 years of professional experience, ideally in audit or accounting-related financial advisory, alternatively in group accounting / consolidation with a strong IFRS focus (mandatory)
• Solid knowledge of IFRS and profound knowledge of HGB, including a clear understanding of the differences between the two (mandatory)
• Hands-on experience with consolidation, ideally including IFRS 16 and PPA
• Experience with consolidation and reporting systems, ideally LucaNet
• Knowledge of and experience in controlling and interest in using AI in finance are a plus
• Very strong MS Office 365 skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Analytical thinking, a structured, independent and results-oriented way of working,resilience, flexibility and strong team and communication skills
• The ideal candidate is an IFRS-minded accountant with a background in audit or accounting-related financial advisory. Strong candidates will most likely come from the Big Four (KPMG,PwC, EY, Deloitte) or other mid-tier audit firms, alternatively from group accounting functions.
• Languages:
• German language at least B2, written and spoken; native or near-native level is strongly preferred,as parts of the external reporting (notes, management report) are prepared in German (mandatory)
• English: business fluent (mandatory)
• Spanish and/or Italian: an advantage

Compensation package

• Permanent position in an international group with exposure to M&A projects
• Direct cooperation with the Head of Group Financial Reporting & Accounting in a team of three
• Annual bonus
• Hybrid model: office presence in Hamburg of at least approx. one day per week, or a few days every two weeks; candidates commuting from cities such as Hanover are welcome