COMPANY OVERVIEW
A Japanese food wholesaler with a network in over 40 countries around the world is looking for senior-level accounting staff who can perform closing duties. The (Senior) Accountant is expected to handle all accounting and tax matters. Their German base has many Japanese/Japanese speaking employees.
A Japanese food wholesaler with a network in over 40 countries around the world is looking for senior-level accounting staff who can perform closing duties. The (Senior) Accountant is expected to handle all accounting and tax matters. Their German base has many Japanese/Japanese speaking employees.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for month, quarterly and annual closings and support the other European entities on request.
- Responsible for collecting and recording financial information, and for making sure that accountbalances are up to date, in compliance with local laws and follow the corporate policies.
- Ensuring compliance with IFRS, laws and corporate policies.
- Ensuring the business meets all its statutory and compliance obligations, including statutory accounting and tax issues in collaboration with our external service providers
- Perform actuals, budget and forecast analyses
- Managing cash-flow reporting
- Meet all corporate reporting requirements in a good quality and within the deadline.
- Support all tax, external and internal audits.
- Prepare and support all ad-hoc financial requirements.
- Liaising with internal Finance teams and external accountants/auditors
- Implement and maintain effective internal controls (SOX)
- Other ad-hoc tasks assigned by supervisor.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Confidence, flexibility and excellent communication skills to work with different people from different countries in a dynamic and international environment.
- Knowledge of IFRS
- Strong leadership, multi-tasking skills and execution capabilities
- Experience as an Accountant / advance bookkeeping knowledge
- Professional accounting certification (e.g. CPA, Bilanzbuchhalter, Steuerfachangestelter)
- Logical thinking capabilities
- Proficiency in German and English
- Eye for detail
- Needs to be a self-starter.
- Experience with accounting systems and ERP software
- Experience within Japanese companies is preferred
- Experience with Sage ERP is preferred
OTHERS
- Working hours: 9:00-17:30 (37.5 hours per week)
- Annual leave: 30 days
- Commuting allowance: yes
- Work location: Düsseldorf
Apply online or feel free to contact me directly for more information about this opportunity. Due to the high volume of applicants, we regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Thank you for your understanding.
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