We Do Group
Senior Financial Accountant
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SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT - INTERIM
REMOTE (UK) - OCCASIONAL TRAVEL TO WEST SUSSEX - INTERIM - GERMAN STATUTORY AND TAX COVER FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING GROUP
£500 - £600 per day (inside IR35)
Are you an interim accountant with real HGB depth and fluent German? Are you happy to pick up a country's statutory and tax reporting and keep it moving without a long run-up?
We Do Group are supporting an international manufacturing group with German operations, recruiting an interim Senior Financial Accountant to cover local GAAP and tax reporting for the German entities. The group reports under US GAAP, so the work sits around converting back to HGB, keeping the statutory ledger clean, and getting filings out on time and correct. Outsourced providers handle a good deal of the preparation, so you'll spend as much time reviewing and challenging as producing. You'll need to be a safe pair of hands from week one. The deadlines are fixed and the auditors will want answers.
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WISH LIST
- Qualified Accountant available at short notice for an interim assignment
- Proven HGB reporting experience, ideally converting from US GAAP or IFRS
- Fluent German and English - the filings, the advisers and the audit all require it
- Comfortable operating remotely and picking up an unfamiliar ledger quickly
THE ROLE
- Keep HGB statutory reporting on track for the German entities through the assignment
- Produce and evidence the US GAAP to local GAAP reconciliations for quarterly review
- Make sure statutory entries are posted to the general ledger on time and correctly
- Prepare and review VAT and corporation tax filings ready for director approval
- Keep Intrastat, EC Sales and import / export reporting up to date
- Check that transfer pricing agreements are correctly reflected in the numbers
- Manage the day to day relationship with the outsourced accounting providers
- Handle audit queries and turn them around quickly to protect the wider timetable
- Review vendor and customer invoice tax treatment where it looks inconsistent
- Flag any German tax or accounting change that will land during or shortly after the assignment
- Support the European finance team on ad hoc statutory and tax questions
- Leave clear documentation behind so the permanent successor isn't starting cold
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YOUR PROFILE
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA, CIMA or German equivalent)
- Effective communicator - written & verbal
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel
- Working knowledge of German tax and dealings with local advisers
- SAP experience advantageous, not essential
SALARY & BENEFITS
- £500 - £600 per day, inside IR35
- Interim assignment: 6-12 months
- Remote working, with occasional travel to the West Sussex office
- Start date: ASAP
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