About the Role
This role leads group consolidation and financial reporting for a growing pharma company, sitting within the Finance team and reporting closely to the Head of Finance. You will own end-to-end consolidation processes across multiple group entities, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and continuous improvement in financial reporting.
What You'll Do
- Design and optimize consolidation processes, including intercompany reconciliations, eliminations, and capital consolidation in LucaNet, with a focus on scalability and efficiency.
- Consolidate individual financial statements from group companies and contribute to the preparation of consolidated financial statements, including validation checks and financial analysis.
- Support group reporting at both standalone and consolidated levels, creating and commenting on budget vs. actual (Soll-/Ist) variance analyses.
- Analyze complex balance sheet and P&L structures within a group accounting context.
- Advise group entities on harmonizing accounting and tax treatments across the organization.
- Continuously refine and enhance consolidation and reporting processes to drive operational excellence.
What We're Looking For
- 3 or more years of hands-on experience in group accounting and consolidation, covering multiple group entities.
- Demonstrated proficiency with LucaNet or a comparable consolidation platform for intercompany eliminations, capital consolidation, and reporting.
- Degree in business administration, accounting, or finance with a focus on HGB and/or IFRS, or an equivalent professional qualification.
- Hands-on experience spanning both accounting/controlling and group consolidation, including intercompany reconciliations, interim result eliminations, and debt consolidation.
- Experience preparing and reviewing consolidated financial statements, including plausibility checks and variance analysis.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics ERP and/or DATEV is a strong plus.
- Background in an audit or assurance practice, or experience in a fast-growing scale-up environment, is a plus.
- Fluent German (C1 or above, written and spoken) and business-fluent English (C1 minimum) are required.
- Structured, analytical, and comfortable working independently.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: 55,000 to 80,000 EUR annually, depending on experience.
Location
On-site in Berlin, Germany. Candidates based in or able to relocate to Berlin or nearby major German cities are encouraged to apply.