Accountants in Germany

• Supported monthly and annual closing activities
• Checked incoming invoices for formal and factual accuracy
• Posted incoming invoices
• Contact person for internal departments on accounting matters
• Created and maintained vendor master data
• Processed open items
• Took on additional accounting-related special tasks
• Managed the functional mailbox
• Performed payment runs

Training and knowledge transfer – Accounts Payable:

In addition to the tasks above, I was responsible for training and transferring knowledge to 8 employees of an external service provider in India who took over the accounts payable activities:

• Conducted structured training and practical guidance throughout the accounts payable process
• Trained employees in checking and posting incoming invoices, including formal and factual checks
• Taught vendor master data maintenance, open-item processing and payment runs
• Trained employees in using the functional mailbox and communicating effectively with internal departments
• Explained accounting procedures, controls and company-specific accounts payable requirements
• Conducted “Training on the Job” using practical posting cases and real business transactions
• Supported the team in independently carrying out accounts payable processes and resolving accounting questions
• Checked the quality and accuracy of work results and provided continuous feedback and coaching
• Supported the transfer of accounts payable processes to the external service provider and ensured structured knowledge transfer and an orderly handover
• Supported a smooth transition by documenting processes, clarifying responsibilities and ensuring consistent application of accounting requirements

Software: JDE, ELO, SAP Concur

• Processing of a five-month backlog of incoming documents;
• Clarification of residual items and overdue open items;
• Review, reconciliation and clarification of accounting matters;
• Analysis of existing workflows and implementation of process improvements;
• Processing of accounting transactions in SAP FI and MM

Reporting to the Head of Group Accounting / VP Finance.

• Preparing and monitoring weekly cash flow forecasts for four entities
• Handling VAT matters with the tax authorities
• Submitting monthly VAT returns
• Leading the team during the annual audit conducted by Deloitte
• Preparing and analysing monthly financial statements (under HGB and IFRS) for four entities
• Compiling annual financial statements—including management reports and notes—for the auditors
• Conducting segment analyses and associated reporting

Industry: Asset management and services

Systems: DATEV Unternehmen online, Microsoft Dynamics 365, DocuWare, Microsoft Excel

• Independently processed incoming invoices for three companies and checked them for completeness
• Prepared manual customer invoices and carried out payment runs
• Supported monthly and annual closing activities
• Calculated and posted provisions
• Responsible for parts of fixed asset accounting
• Posted foreign currency bank accounts and performed account reconciliations via Excel
• Processed travel expenses and credit card statements; contact person for travel expense questions
• Prepared tax reports, especially VAT returns and EC Sales List

• Independent accounts receivable and accounts payable accounting, including posting all incoming and outgoing payments
• Preparing customer invoices and monitoring open items and dunning
• Preparing and creating monthly and annual financial statements under HGB
• Preparing VAT returns and working with tax advisors and the tax office
• Preliminary payroll accounting
• HR administration including recruiting, applicant management, and conducting job interviews
• Preparing reports and business analyses for management
• Handling complaints and clarifying accounting issues

• Independently manage financial accounting
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements according to HGB and IFRS
• Create monthly reports
• Prepare booking documents and calculate provisions
• Submit VAT advance returns, annual tax returns, and summary reports
• Consolidate all relevant financial data from multiple entities in SAP BYD
• Optimize AP and AR processes
• Manage general ledger and fixed asset accounting
• Serve as direct contact for internal and external finance topics
• Prepare monthly forecasts, intercompany and account reconciliations
• Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank accounting
• Submit factoring reports to banks
• Provide cash flow report to the CFO
• Train new finance staff
• Prepare and ensure compliance with financial statements
• Liaise with auditors and tax advisors

• Interim management as freelancer for finance accounting, HR, controlling, accounting and leadership, process optimization
• Clients: Esprit (DE/CH), MSD (CH), Sedus Stoll AG (CH), Brooks AG (CH), Yves Rocher (DE), Lilium (DE) and others

• Risk analysis
• Performing control activities
• Transaction Monitoring

• General ledger accounting
• VAT
• ZM reports
• Z4 reports
• Z5a reports
• Intercompany reconciliations

• ➤ Processing a backlog of around six months in accounting, stabilizing day-to-day operations, and supporting a twelve-person finance team as part of a restructuring
• ➤ ⁠Handling ongoing accounts payable bookkeeping
• ➤ ⁠Reviewing, coding, and posting incoming invoices as well as bank, leasing, and repair invoices
• ➤ ⁠Account reconciliation and clarification of accounts payable, general ledger, and clearing accounts
• ➤ ⁠Structured processing of existing accounting backlogs
• ➤ ⁠Support with day-to-day operations, including processing digital and physical documents
• ➤ Support with monthly and annual financial statements according to HGB, including closing entries

• Managing the general ledger and subledgers as well as intercompany reconciliation for the subsidiary companies

• Acting as project controller for the STEAM sub-project within Iqony's long-term modernisation programme for an industrial water demineralisation plant at the BP refinery site in Gelsenkirchen-Scholven alongside the parallel WATER sub-project
• Managing cost control, SAP PS data integrity and project tracking in a challenging data environment

• Responsible for accurate posting of monthly payroll and payments in 15 EMEA countries, including special topics such as company cars and benefits in kind, and reconciliation of balances for period close.

• Act as the interface between Finance, HR and Treasury, providing support for processes and developing solutions.

• Developed an application to automate preparation of booking lists for SAP, saving the team several hours per month and significantly reducing error rates.

• Tasks:

• Point of contact for all payroll inquiries

• Account reconciliation and harmonization

• Pre-close controls

• Improvement and establishment of existing and new processes

• Skills: financial accounting, payroll, Python

• Tools: SAP, ATAQ, MS Excel, IntelliJ IDE, MS Power Automate

• Independent training in travel expense accounting (Egencia, Perk, AirPlus)
• Interface management between travel expense tools
• Onboarding and offboarding of employees and vendors
• Advising teams on posting incoming and outgoing invoices
• Documentation and process improvement