Accountant

At Oxford Instruments, we enable the world’s leading industrial companies and scientific research communities to image, analyse and manipulate materials down to the atomic and molecular level.

With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

Role Details : Business, Location :

Business, Location : Wiesbaden, Germany

Wiesbaden, Germany

Role : Accountant

Accountant

Reports to :

Finance Manager ,Germany

Key relationships : No direct reports

No direct reports

Primary Purpose :

Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial records, preparing financial reports, and providing support for financial decision-making.

This role involves a combination of day-to-day accounting tasks, financial analyses, and compliance with relevant regulations.

Key Responsibilities :

Financial recording and reporting

• Record and maintain accurate financial transactions in accordance with German accounting standards (HGB) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS)
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements.
• Assist in consolidation of financial data for group reporting purposes.
• AR and AP accounting incl. expenses for several small entities (German, Swiss & Italian)
• Reconciliation of intercompany transactions incl. recharges

Internal controls and compliance

• Implemenst and maintain internal controls to ensure the accuracy of financial data.
• Assist by internal and external audits

Person Specification Essential requirements unless stated

Education / Qualifications :

• A relevant degree or qualification in accountancy, finance or business administration
• Solid understanding of German accounting principles (HGB) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS)
• Proven experience in Group reporting and intercompany transactions

Professional Skills / Abilities :

• Good knowledge of German and English in both writing and verbal
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills, with data-driven thinking
• Organised, with solid administrative / reporting skills and proficient PC skills including MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Personal Qualities :

• Adaptable, able to flex to needs of team and the business.
• Proactive self-starter, completes activities with minimal support. Initiates actions to develop new and better ways of working, using past experience and any mistakes as positive opportunities for improvement.
• Can do" attitude Decisive, able to work around issues to deliver performance.
• High levels of energy, resilience, and drive to achieve challenging goals.
• Able to work in a high-pressure environment.
• Organized with great attention to detail.
Vor 30+ Tagen