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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