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Head of Finance & Legal
Posted 7 years ago
Reporting directly to the CEO and in relation to shareholders and external partners, you will be in charge of all aspects related to finance and legal.
These will include:
- Defining our global financial standards and forecast process
- Participating in further fundraising, loans and R&D grants application process
- Preparing financial statements and produce budget according to schedule
- Contributing to internal and external audits to ensure compliance and prepare ISO certifications
- Liaising with the CTO on the implementation of ERP system
- Liaising with external charted accountant, lawyers and banks
- Assisting with tax audits and tax returns
- Performing different types of accounting and reporting tasks for month-end, quarter end, and year end closing, with appropriate and complete supporting documentation
- Performing monthly balance sheet accounts reconciliations and bank reconciliation
- Performing inter-company reconciliations
- Manage fixed assets
- Building and maintaining relationships with other teams, including purchasing, sales, etc.
Requirements
Technical skills:
- A minimum of 8 years’ experience as senior accountant in a holding company.
- Experience in accounting and reporting for a company group with different subsidiaries, including subsidiaries in other countries & continents
- Good knowledge of new financial service providers (FinTech’s)
- Strong experience in due-diligence processes, fundraising and grant application processes would be a plus
- Advanced user of Excel
- High proficiency in English, German would be a plus
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