Senior Accountant Shared Service Center

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.

SurTec, a company of the Freudenberg Group, is a leading provider of chemical specialities for surface treatment, with manufacturing facilities in Europe, North and South America and Asia, operating in more than 20 countries with its own subsidiaries and a global distribution network. Headquartered in Germany, the company serves four fields of application – Industrial Parts Cleaning, Metal Pre-treatment, Functional and Decorative Electroplating. We offer a highly comprehensive portfolio in these sectors and supply almost all segments, industries and markets dealing with advanced surface treatment.

Some of your Benefits
Health Insurance:
Rely on comprehensive services whenever you need it.

Personal Development:
We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.

International Opportunities:
Grow in your career through international exchange and global job opportunities.

Employee discounts:
Opportunities for deals on products and services.

Corporate Events:
We celebrate success as a team, because only together can we achieve our goals.

Porto

Hybrid Work

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You support our team as

Senior Accountant Shared Service Center (f/m/d)
Responsibilities

• To be responsible for keeping partly or full the books for one entity in one country according to IFRS and local GAAP
• To produce a full suite of reconciled financial performance statements, accompanied by supporting schedules and analyses, for each operating legal entity within the scope in accordance with the timetables set by each reporting entity
• To participate in senior management meetings, delivering results and supporting commentary, in a media suitable to the meeting environment
• To ensure that all up-to-date accounting standards are adopted and applied to financial statements, including seeking training where appropriate to ensure skills remain current
• To regularly review statement outputs to ensure that suitability is matched to the needs of the recipient, discussing needs and offering solutions where appropriate
• To provide ad-hoc financial reporting support where appropriate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or General Business, or Associates degree with 6+ years of experience
• 5+ years of experience using in-depth accounting knowledge with IFRS reporting experience in a global business setting
• 4+ years of track report of being full responsible for General Ledger and Tax accounting at a Shared Service Center or BPO
• Successfully supported and driven several Accounting migration and/ or automation or standardisation projects in the area of Shared Service Center or BPO
• Ability to perform international travels and work in different time zones
• Very good English

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.