Senior Statutory Accountant with German

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) advances the way people live and work. We bring together curious minds to create breakthrough technology solutions, helping our customers make their mark on the world.

Our Finance team is central to HPEs operational excellence, people development, and innovation—enabling our growth and exceptional customer value. We provide accurate and timely financial information meeting the company’s regulatory and fiduciary responsibilities with unwavering integrity.

In the Finance division, our reporting and controlling teams are working on integral tasks like asset management, financial integration of mergers and acquisitions, as well as USGAAP-reporting. Our objective is to display all business activities in a financially correct and transparent manner in line with our business values, and developing our own knowledge to support business growth.

Scope:

• Complex financial analysis of statutory accounts and conversion from management GAAP to local GAAP
• On-going review of statutory accounts and adjustment bookings
• Preparation of statutory balance sheet reviews and fiscal profit and loss reviews with focus on reconciliation between management and statutory accounting
• Responding to any day-to-day queries on companies in scope
• Liaising with the business owners and finance to clear any  errors or omissions
• Liaising with external auditors to investigate and respond to all audit queries

The Statutory Accountant/Country controller will work on preparation of annual disclosures to the financial statements. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following activities:

• Support to the Region Financial Controller and Board of Directors/MD
• Preparation of annual set of financial statements and applicable notes in accordance with the local GAAP, including balance sheet, income statement, equity statement, and cash flow statement
• Keeping the local GAAP asset accounts database updated
• Monitoring standard activities in order to assess potential balance sheet risk areas and prepare a quarterly balance sheet review
• Monitoring accounting correctness of transactions in the books
• Monthly preparation and presentation of transfer pricing margins in line with the corporate guidelines
• Preparation of the legal only quarterly intercompany charges for services delivery entities to beneficiary entities
• Preparation of operating expenses legal variance analysis as per local chart of account requirements
• Tax: Preparation of tax analyses and tax returns in consultation with tax department and the country team on a monthly and yearly basis

About you?

• First level university degree with focus on business or economics
• Preferred candidate partly qualified (or actively studying) ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
• Preferable 5 years of experience as an external auditor in a Big 4 audit company or at least 5 years of experience as a financial analyst or chief accountant in the accounting function in a multinational company
• Fluency in English and German
• Excellent understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent Business application skills (e.g. Microsoft Excel, SAP, others)
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, presentation and communication skills
• Ability to work with virtual teams in international environment
• Proactive and positive attitude

What we can offer you:

Extensive benefits, a competitive salary and shared values/ purpose, make Hewlett Packard Enterprise one of the world´s most attractive employers. At HPE our goal is to provide equal opportunities, flexibility/ work-life balance, and constantly evolving career growth.

If you are looking for challenges in an exciting, supportive and international work environment, then we definitely want to hear from you. Continue the conversation by clicking apply now below, or directly via our Careers Portal at www.hpe.com/careers.

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HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to diversity and building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global diverse team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.