Senior Accountant

Job Description

Axon is seeking a Senior Accountant to support the Dedrone Finance team in Germany. The Senior Accountant will play a critical role in stabilizing the function while supporting the global consolidation and financial reporting process. The role is located in Kassel, Germany, and reports to the Financial Controller, EMEA.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with sales and international teams on contractual arrangements with customers, including multiple deliverables.
• Generate and post accounts receivable invoices in accordance with revenue recognition under ASC606/IFRS 15.
• Post and functionally coordinate credit and debit transactions, in particular incoming/outgoing invoices taking into account local VAT regulations.
• Process and monitor incoming/outgoing payments, execute payment runs.
• Manage open items including clarification of differences, permanent reconciliation of general ledger and sub-ledgers.
• Review aging analysis, conduct dunning procedure, collaborate with collection agencies.
• Support intercompany accounting and settlement process according to global guidance.
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual general ledger and financial statement closing activities in accordance with US GAAP and HGB.
• Support standard cost accounting process including accounting and analysis of typical variances, e.g. on material, labor, overheads.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with international team, e.g. sales, corporate accounting, and tax.
• Functional contact person for local Finance Director as well as for tax auditors, tax advisors and auditors on relevant topics.
• Participate in (sub-)projects or lead sub-projects to optimize the Accounting activities and the implementation of internal (SOX) controls.
• Perform and document month end close controls, e.g. around balance sheet reconciliation and manual journal entries.
• Develop into functional expert in Accounting on ERP (NetSuite/Salesforce) related topics.

Requirements:

• Successfully completed studies in Business Administration or a successfully completed Finance-related professional education
• 5 years of experience in accounts receivables and accounts payable sub ledger accounting and in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements
• Experience with multiple deliverable contracts and accounting according to international revenue recognition guidelines
• Business fluent written and spoken English and German language skills; other languages are advantageous
• Ability to constructively deal with conflicts and ambiguity to work in a cross-functional and dynamic environment
• Experience in internal controls and process optimization