Senior GL Accountant

About the role

Join Camunda as a Senior General Ledger Accountant for a 6-month full-time engagement. You will lead the financial close and reporting for our German parent entity, including HGB statutory statements, and manage reporting for additional entities like Singapore. Your role will involve maintaining the group close process, ensuring consistent accounting practices, and serving as a point of contact for complex GL matters. You will transform multi-entity, multi-currency financial data into reliable statements, while enhancing controls and documentation as the company grows.

Key facts

What you'll do

Manage the complete month-end close process for the German entity and one other entity, including complex journal entries, accruals, prepayments, fixed asset accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis.

Prepare the German entity's HGB statutory financial statements, contributing to the notes (Anhang), maintaining asset registers, and ensuring the package is complete and audit-ready.

Support both IFRS and local statutory audits by preparing documentation, providing evidence, participating in walkthroughs, and addressing auditor inquiries.

Oversee the group close schedule by maintaining the calendar, refining checklists, and clarifying dependencies between entities.

Act as a primary resource for intricate GL issues and unusual transactions, collaborating with stakeholders to find solutions and documenting accounting conclusions for future reference.

Improve controls and documentation by enhancing reconciliations, close narratives, and accounting procedures to increase efficiency without compromising accuracy.

Handle the administrative aspects of key accounting tools within your purview, including user permissions, workflows, and initial issue resolution.

Collaborate with various teams to streamline processes, reduce recurring challenges, test improvements, support automation efforts, and maintain clear procedures for a remote work environment.

Requirements

Possess substantial practical experience in general ledger accounting, with end-to-end responsibility for month-end closes and account reconciliations within a corporate setting.

Demonstrate hands-on experience preparing German local GAAP (HGB) financial statements, including notes (Anhang), and actively supporting a statutory audit.

Exhibit professional fluency in both German and English, both written and spoken, to manage German statutory matters and collaborate globally.

Have practical experience preparing IFRS reporting packages and supporting IFRS audit requests, with a strong focus on controls, audit readiness, evidence building, and decision documentation.

Show strong system proficiency, including daily ERP use (NetSuite preferred), experience with close management tools (FloQast preferred), and comfort managing workflows, permissions, and tool administration.

Nice to have

Previous experience administering Zip or similar procurement and spend management tools, including troubleshooting workflows and supporting users.

Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency accounting in a fast-paced or international setting, including intercompany transactions.

Familiarity with European entities and their specific compliance requirements.

A history of successfully implementing process improvements or automation projects in accounting, such as standardizing reconciliations or enhancing controls.

Skills & tools

NetSuite (preferred)

FloQast (preferred)

ERP systems

General Ledger accounting

HGB financial statements

IFRS reporting

Account reconciliations

Process improvement

Workflow administration

Practical notes

Equity is offered through a Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).

Benefits include remote work support, home office budget, co-working space options, flexible time off, annual kickoff events, team offsites, and connection budgets.

Health and wellbeing support includes locally tailored healthcare, global mental wellbeing resources, and a Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (€1,000 annually from 2027).

Financial security is supported through retirement plans and insurance where applicable.

Professional development is encouraged with up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-directed learning.

Camunda may use AI tools in its hiring process.

Camunda is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive environment.

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