Teamlead Corporate Accounting - Financial Statements (m/f/d)

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Team Lead Corporate Accounting – Financial Statements (m/f/d) to join our Corporate Accounting team.

In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the preparation of consolidated and statutory financial statements, ensuring compliance with international and local accounting standards.

You will lead a small team of accounting professionals and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to optimize financial reporting processes.

Your tasks:

• Your tasks include the coordination and preparation of the financial statements HELM AG in accordance with German commercial law (HGB).
• Here, you are the first point of contact for internal accounting inquiries as well as for external inquiries, e.g. from auditors, in the context of the annual financial statement audits.
• You work closely together with the shared service center for subledgers, group accounting for consolidation, as well as Controlling and SAP-Team.
• Moreover, you will oversee the continuous review and optimization of internal accounting processes, as well as the ongoing development and standardization of financial processes in SAP.
• You will develop, implement and realize the commercial implementation of internal projects such as mergers & acquisitions, internal restructurings, etc.
• The implementation and continuous development of the month-end and quarterly closing process in SAP S4/HANA complete your field of activity.
   

Your profile:

• You have successfully completed a degree in economics and ideally have an additional qualification in accounting. 
• Furthermore, you have in-depth knowledge of the preparation of annual financial statements under commercial law for a company of a similar size.
• In this context, you have at least 3 years of professional experience in accounting under commercial law, ideally in a comparable position in a group or sub-group company of an international group of companies or an international auditing firm.
• In addition to sound accounting knowledge in the area of the German Commercial Code (HGB), you also have good knowledge of accounting in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• You are proficient in common IT applications (MS Office, Excel) and confident in using ERP systems, preferably SAP S4/HANA. Furthermore, you are fluent in German and English, both written and spoken.
• You have relevant knowledge of optimizing processes and workflows in accounting and you are keen to help shape corporate processes and workflows in a changing organizational environment and to lend a hand yourself with a "hands-on mentality".
• In previous positions, you have already gained initial experience in leading teams. In addition, you are characterized by your ability to grasp things quickly, your ability to work independently and in a structured manner, and a high degree of teamwork and communication skills.
• We expect you to have a high level of social competence in dealing with employees as well as the ability to contribute to a trusting and appreciative team atmosphere as a manager.