Team Lead Accounting
Location: Berlin, Germany
Application deadline: November 12, 2020
Earliest starting date: Asap
Due to the continuous, strong growth of our
organisation we are seeking a highly motivated candidate to join CDP Europe’s
Finance & Administration team and to lead our talented Finance Team in
Berlin.
The role includes:
- Develop, lead and
supervise the Finance Team comprising 3 highly skilled and motivated members at
present;
- Overall
operational responsibility and supervision of Accounts Receivable and Accounts
Payable incl. invoicing, payments, Intercompany Transactions incl. checking the
financial transactions in CDP’s accounting system (DATEV);
- Supervision, preparation,
transmitting of VAT returns and EC intra community sales lists (ZM) to
authorities and Z4 Reports to the Federal Central Bank;
- Grant and project
related budget preparations and financial reporting towards grant proposals;
- Monitor and
manage cash flow, accounts, and other financial transactions;
- Update, implement
financial policies and procedures; improve, design and develop processes across
the teams;
- Support Director
Finance & Administration, Europe, on reporting, budgeting and budget
comparisons, management accounts and financial statements preparations, creation
of additional reports, statistics, evaluations;
- Point of contact
for banks, vendors, auditors and tax advisor; interface to other financial
areas and teams to deal with accounting issues;
- Assisting with
ad-hoc tasks as required.
The successful candidate will have:
- Successfully
completed business studies, commercial training with a focus on accounting or
qualified by long-term experience;
- Great leadership
skills, proven ability to manage, motivate and inspire a team as well as work collaboratively
across departmental functions;
- 5+ years’ work
experience in financial accounting;
- Very good knowledge of DATEV
(incl. reporting tools);
- Excellent knowledge of
Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook and Excel;
- Very good command
of spoken and written German and English;
- Detail-oriented attitude, combined with a structured and analytical
working style;
- Convincing personality and ability to work both independently and as a team-player;
- Strong interpersonal skills
and ability to work with teams in a multi-national setting;
- Flexibility,
hands-on mentality, strong problem-solving skills;
- A high-level of
self-motivation, ability to take the initiative, multi-task, prioritise and
work under pressure.
What we offer:
- Exciting and challenging tasks in a dynamic, innovative and highly motivated team;
- Working with many dedicated and passionate people for a good cause;
- Competitive NGO salary and annual bonus (depending on company results);
- 30 days annual holidays;
- Flexible working hours;
- Company Pension with Allianz;
- Team events and Off-sites
- Monthly contribution to public transport ticket (BVG Monatskarte);
- Modern office at WeWork (Sony Center) with free networking events, and hot and cold beverages.
The successful
candidate will work five days per week and must be able to work legally in
Germany. This
full-time role is based at our office in Berlin, Germany, and will work closely
with and report to Director Finance & Administration, Europe.
Interested? Interested candidates should submit their application documents in German or English
(motivation letter addressed to Anna Rychlewska, CV, references/certificates, salary
expectations and earliest start date), as a single PDF file and via email to [email protected]
with “Team Lead Accounting – First name Last name” in the subject line.
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