Senior Accountant, Revenue

Summary

Join Axon and support the Dedrone Finance team in Germany. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in revenue and will perform various tasks in the month-end close process, playing a critical role in stabilizing the function and supporting global consolidation and financial reporting. The position is remote with one week of travel to Kassel, Germany, per month. Key responsibilities include receivables/payables management, accounting support, and process improvement projects. The successful candidate will have a finance-related education, five years of relevant experience, and fluency in English and German.

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

Responsibilities

• Work closely with sales and international teams on contractual arrangements with customers, incl. 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 incl. 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 incl. accounting and analysis of typical variances, e.g. on material, labour, 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