Onsite Head of Accounting – DACH

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About the role

  • Head of Accounting managing accounting operations for NTT DATA across DACH region, focusing on transformation and integration across multiple legal entities.

Responsibilities

  • Operational responsibility
  • Overall responsibility for proper and high-quality accounting in accordance with HGB and IFRS
  • Delivering timely monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements
  • Ensuring timely and high-quality reporting
  • Compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies
  • Primary contact for auditors, tax advisors and authorities
  • Managing audit processes
  • Building and leading the organization
  • Developing and implementing an efficient target operating model for Accounting in the DACH region based on the global Finance Target Operating Model
  • Gradually consolidating teams across multiple legal entities and leading and developing teams of local employees as well as nearshore and offshore teams
  • Promoting collaboration and a unified team culture across legal entity and country boundaries
  • Harmonizing and standardizing processes with regard to global standards and IT integration initiatives
  • Identifying and implementing automation and efficiency opportunities
  • Providing subject-matter support for IT and system implementation projects in the DACH region
  • Ensuring consistent accounting policies and standards and implementing global guidelines and directives
  • Further development of the internal control system (ICS) and implementation of requirements in accordance with SOX
  • Minimizing risks in the accounting and reporting environment
  • Close collaboration with Tax, Controlling and other relevant functions
  • Advising on accounting matters
  • Central point of contact for complex and new accounting issues within the DACH region
  • Assessing and implementing new accounting requirements under HGB and IFRS
  • Advising management and adjacent functions on the accounting impacts of business transactions
  • Close coordination with Group Accounting, Tax and auditors on complex matters
  • Close collaboration with the executives of the relevant legal entities as well as the Sector and Practice Leads in the DACH region
  • Acting as the interface between Group Finance and local entities
  • Participation in strategic initiatives

Requirements

  • Completed degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or a related field
  • Extensive professional experience in accounting within an IT service company, ideally in an international matrix organization
  • Strong leadership skills with experience leading distributed, diverse teams and a proven track record in transformation and execution
  • Excellent knowledge of HGB and IFRS
  • Business-partnering mindset
  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills
  • Strong communication and influencing skills
  • Hands-on mentality combined with strategic thinking
  • Experience with SAP S/4HANA
  • Proficient with reporting tools (SAC, Power BI) and data analysis
  • Affinity for digitization and automation in finance
  • Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development

Job title

Head of Accounting – DACH

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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