Specialist Accountant General Ledger & Fixed Assets (m/f/d)

We are the world market leader for reusable packaging containers (RPCs) for fresh food and are constantly optimizing our products.

We help make the food supply cycle for the population more sustainable. With our RPCs, safety for food transport is improved, there is less waste of food and at the same time the lifespan of the products increases. Through our products and the need for less packaging materials we reduce the carbon footprint.

„The future is circular“

Own your books – not just your postings. In our General Ledger & Fixed Assets team in Berlin, you take end-to-end responsibility for a set of IFCO entities, from the first journal entry to a clean, audit-ready close. And you help us build one standard way of accounting across the group.

About us

IFCO is the world market leader for reusable packaging containers (RPCs) for fresh food. Our RPCs make the food supply chain more sustainable: they improve food safety in transport, reduce food waste and need less packaging material, which lowers the carbon footprint. The future is circular.

IFX Corporate Services GmbH is IFCO's shared service company in Berlin, where an international team runs accounting for IFCO Group entities and drives the standardization of accounting processes across the group.

Your role

As Specialist Accountant, you independently manage an assigned responsibility area – one or several entities, or a defined accounting scope – end-to-end. You understand the business behind the numbers, act as a sparring partner for local Finance and are not afraid to question how things have always been done. Expect real operational accounting work: closing, reconciliations and analysis are the core of the job.

What you will do

• Month-end and year-end closing – Own the close for your entities, including journal entries, accruals, provisions, prepaids and recurring postings

• Fixed assets – Account for additions, disposals and depreciation

• Intercompany and bank – Handle intercompany accounting and reconciliations, bank postings and VAT-related entries

• Reconciliations and analysis – Prepare balance-sheet reconciliations, sanity checks and flux analyses – and explain what moved and why

• Audit trail – Keep every posting audit-ready, with complete and reproducible backup in SAP

• Sparring partner for local Finance – Challenge account assignments, accounting treatments and unnecessary local practices – constructively and with good arguments

• Centralization – Spot tasks that belong in the Shared Service Center and drive their transfer

• Continuous improvement – Find root causes, fix them sustainably and improve our processes and documentation

• Audits and team support – Support audits and be the first point of contact for junior colleagues in your area

What you bring

• Degree in business administration, finance or accounting, or an equivalent vocational accounting qualification

• 3+ years of experience in General Ledger accounting, including month-end and year-end closing

• Sound practical IFRS knowledge and a good understanding of fixed asset accounting

• Confident, independent use of SAP and strong Excel skills

• Economic understanding and professional skepticism: you do not book what you do not understand

• The ability to look beyond your own task and see how it affects other entities, processes and people

• Clear, confident communication and the ability to disagree respectfully

• Respect for different company and country cultures

• Fluent English

Nice to have

• Experience in an international or Shared Service Center environment

• Experience with multiple company codes, intercompany relationships or centralization projects

What we offer

• An international team in Berlin and real ownership from day one

• Hybrid work and workation (for EU citizens within the EU), with the equipment you need for effective remote work

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

• Urban Sports Club membership

• Daily lunch subsidy via Wolt

• Fresh fruit and coffee in the office

• Employer-funded capital-forming benefits (vermögenswirksame Leistungen)

At IFCO, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant, more competitive, and more resilient company. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. IFCO is an equal opportunity employer.

About Us

IFCO is a leading global provider of reusable packaging solutions for fresh foods, empowering customers to participate in the circular economy in 50+ countries. IFCO operates a pool of over 400 million reusable packaging containers (RPCs) globally, which are used for over 2.5 billion shipments of fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, bread, and other items from suppliers to grocery retailers every year. IFCO RPCs ensure a better fresh food supply chain by protecting freshness and quality and lowering costs, food waste and environmental impact compared to single-use packaging.More: www.ifco.com | Follow us on LinkedIn @IFCO SYSTEMS