Location: Berlin, Germany
Application deadline: 15/11/2018
Earliest starting date: 01/12/2018

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate to join CDP Europe’s Finance & Administration team. This position is an exciting opportunity for a professional to take over the handling of all financial accounting tasks.

The role includes:

• Maintaining overall operational accountancy: Accounts Receivable - debtors (excl. dunning process) and Accounts Payable – vendors;
• Posting entries in CDP’s accounting system considering amendments, accounts reconciliation, clarification and intercompany adjustments (incl. documentation and preparation of audits as required);
• Processing and payments of supplier invoices, travel claims, staff expenses, credit card and petty cash transactions;
• Processing and monitoring cash flow on the basis of liquidity forecasts;
• Preparation and transmitting of monthly VAT returns to authorities;
• Verification of required VAT data of European companies. Preparation and transmitting of EC intra community sales lists;
• Supporting Director Finance & Administration, Europe, with monthly reporting, budget comparisons, annual accounts preparations and other activities;
• Point of contact for banks, vendors, auditors and tax advisor;
• Filing of documents and maintenance of databases;
• Artists’ Social Insurance: Reporting and Payments;
• Assisting with ad-hoc tasks as required.

The successful candidate will have:

• Successfully completed commercial training or business studies with a focus on accounting;
• 1-3 years’ work experience in financial accounting, ideally in the non-profit sector;
• Good knowledge of common financial accounting programs, ideally DATEV;
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook and Excel;
• Fluent German and a good command of spoken and written English;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with teams in a multi-national setting;
• Ability to take the initiative, multi-task, prioritise and work under pressure;
• Ability to work independently, accurately and in a structured manner;
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills;
• Attention to detail.

What we offer:

• Exciting and challenging tasks in a dynamic, innovative and highly motivated team;
• Working with many dedicated and passionate people for a better future;
• Competitive NGO salary and annual collective performance bonus (depending on company results);
• 30 days annual holidays;
• Monthly contribution to public transport ticket (BVG Monatskarte);
• Modern office at Sony Centre/Potsdamer Platz.

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.

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 starting date), as a single PDF file and via email to [email protected] with “Financial Accountant – First name Last name” in the subject line.

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Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates due to the sheer volume of applications. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for your understanding.