About this role
Join our dynamic Finance team as a Senior Financial Accountant focused on Record-to-Report (R2R) for our German entities. In this role, you will take ownership to lead financial reporting excellence, deliver meaningful insights, and care for our cross-functional community. You will drive process optimization, enhance data workflows, and support automation initiatives in a supportive international environment.
These are some of the key components to the position:
•Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and local standards.
•Drive month-end and year-end close activities, balance sheet reconciliations, and the resolution of accounting discrepancies.
•Support the accurate preparation of German statutory accounts (Jahresabschlüsse) and coordinate smoothly with audit partners.
•Oversee payroll accounting, manage intercompany reconciliations, and ensure alignment across international finance entities.
•Perform detailed variance analysis across key accounts to provide actionable commercial insights for strategic decision-making.
•Champion Record-to-Report (R2R) process improvements through workflow standardization, best practices, and automation.
What will you bring to the team?
•A recognized professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CPA, CIMA, Bilanzbuchhalter IHK) or actively progressing toward final completion.
•Solid understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), with knowledge of German Commercial Code (HGB) statutory accounting highly valued.
•Practical experience managing Record-to-Report (R2R) cycles, statutory reporting, and payroll accounting within international environments.
•Proficiency with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (such as SAP, Workday, or Oracle) alongside advanced Excel skills.
•Curiosity for data and automation, with an interest in tools like Power BI, SQL, Python, or generative AI productivity solutions.
•Excellent collaborative communication abilities in English, with German language skills being a welcome bonus.
At JET, this is how we play
Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
