Senior Accountant - €70k-€120k - Leading Manufacturing/Tech Company

Senior Accountant - €70k-€120k - Leading Manufacturing/Tech Company

📍 Cologne Area

🏢 International Technology & Manufacturing Environment

🏠 Hybrid Working (Initial Onsite Focus)

Our client is an international technology business operating within a highly specialised manufacturing environment. Due to continued growth and increasing international reporting requirements, they are looking to hire a hands-on Finance Manager to support the local German finance function and act as the key interface to the international headquarters.

This is not a pure strategic CFO role.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys staying close to the numbers, operating within SAP, owning reporting and accounting processes, and supporting a lean but highly important finance function.

You will join a small finance team consisting of accountants and controlling functions while acting as the local finance lead for Germany.

Your Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under HGB
• Support quarterly and year-end US GAAP consolidation reporting
• Ownership of month-end and year-end closing activities
• Preparation of reconciliation files and reporting packages
• Main contact person for auditors, tax advisors and international headquarters
• Management of VAT-related topics, tax preparation support and compliance activities
• Supporting transfer pricing and cross-border finance processes
• Working directly within SAP finance processes and postings
• Supporting payroll/payment approvals and cash management processes
• Inventory, asset and manufacturing-related finance activities
• Budgeting, forecasting and operational finance support
• Supporting ongoing ERP/SAP optimisation and future S/4HANA-related activities

What We Are Looking For

• Strong background within accounting and finance operations
• Experience with HGB reporting and monthly/year-end closings
• Exposure to IFRS and/or US GAAP
• SAP finance experience (R3 or S/4HANA)
• Experience within manufacturing, industrial or production environments
• Comfortable operating in a hands-on environment within a smaller finance team
• Experience working with auditors and tax advisors
• Understanding of VAT, reconciliations and finance compliance processes
• Strong communication skills in both German and English

Nice To Have

• International group reporting exposure
• Manufacturing costing / inventory experience
• SOX, transfer pricing or cross-border VAT exposure
• SAP implementation or migration experience
• Experience supporting international HQ structures

Why Join?

• International and stable business environment
• High-impact role with broad responsibility
• Combination of operational finance and international reporting exposure
• Modern hybrid working structure
• Strong long-term development opportunities
• Collaborative and technically strong finance environment

If you enjoy operational finance, accounting ownership and working closely with international stakeholders within a manufacturing environment, we would be happy to speak with you confidentially.