About this role
You will be responsible for the purchase-to pay process at S&S Germany, mainly handling all SAP FI invoices and supplier account reconciliations.
In this role you will be also involved in the monthly closing process as well as yearly PWC testing procedures.
- Accounting of incoming supplier invoices in the SAP Cockpit
- Transfer of FI orders to MM (input of MM orders)
- Supplier account reconciliations and clearance
- Reconciliation of bank payments (to suppliers)
- Interface Management: Payment Block analysis with technical Purchasing department
- Set-up/Request new suppliers for FI
- Preparation of manual payments
- Monthly posting of petty cash account inc. reconciliation
- Monthly posting of intercompany re-invoicing's
- Month-end closing support (goods in transit, commission, intercompany reconciliation)
- Year-end closing support with PWC requests (e.g. delivery notes samples)
- If possible: reporting's to official German government institutions such as Deutsche Bundesbank, Statistisches Bundesamt, etc. (tbd)
- Ad-hoc requests regarding supplier accounts
- Ideally Bachelor/Master degree in Business Administration, Finance and Accounting or a related field
- Minimum 2 years of experience as accountant
- Fluent in English; knowledge of German is definitely a plus!
- Experience in SAP FI and MM
- Proficiency in data analysis: experience with tools like Excel, Google, ideally also PowerBI and Access
- Good communication skills: ability to build network with 2 technical purchasing teams (Haan and Sersheim) and potential communication with suppliers
- Communication with German suppliers might require basic skills in German language (via Email the use of
Gemini might be sufficient)
- The role can be handled in part-time (50%) - 20 hours/week, ideally 5 days/week