Accountant for Constructor Group of Companies with German

Location - Remote in Southern Germany (employer is located in Munich) with the occasional visits to company headquarters in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

 

About Constructor Group

Founded in 2019 by tech and education entrepreneur Dr. Serg Bell, Constructor Group is a global institution dedicated to revolutionizing education and driving innovation in Machine Intelligence, Quantum Technology, Intelligent Materials, Hybrid Reality, and Life Engineering. Our ecosystem includes Constructor Knowledge, offering education tools and services worldwide; Constructor, a software company delivering advanced tech solutions; and Constructor Capital, providing early-stage funding for science, technology, and digital transformation projects. Backed by a diverse network of academic partners, business leaders, and Nobel laureates, Constructor Group is redefining education and technology for the future.

 

Responsibilities: 

• Regular booking of Accounts Payables (vendor invoices), Accounts Receivables (customer invoices) into the respective sub-ledgers (for several German and Swiss legal entities). 
• Maintenance of Vendor Master- and Customer Master- files in ERP Acumatica (for several German and Swiss legal entities). 
• Weekly preparation of payment runs into e-banking tools (for several German and Swiss legal entities). 
• Occasional booking of General Ledger entries (for several German and Swiss legal entities). 
• Maintenance of Fixed Asset subledger (for several German and Swiss legal entities). 
• Booking of monthly payroll-journal provided by external payroll provider (for several German and Swiss legal entities). 
• Accrual Accounting (for several German and Swiss legal entities). 
• Monthly closing of books for several German and Swiss legal entities. 
• Quarterly preparation of VAT-returns (MWST / UST). 
• Assisting in the generation of monthly management reporting (for several German and Swiss legal entities and maybe some foreign legal entities). 
• Other ad-hoc tasks when required.

Requirements / Qualifications: 

• Trustworthy and reliable. 
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Financial Accounting. 
• Fluent in both German and English (including knowledge of Accounting terminology). 
• Strong Knowledge and Experience in VAT-Reporting (including cross border transactions and VAT imported services (Bezugssteuer). 
• Experience in using and learning new ERP-systems (in English). We have implemented “Acumatica” (which you most likely do not know yet).
• Diploma in German Accounting Standards is “nice to have”, not a must, if knowledge and experience is available. 
• Willing and eager to work in a dynamic international team. 
• Willing and capable of working in a start-up environment, where not everything is always 100% pre-defined, but flexibility and innovation is required. 
• Positive “can-do” attitude. 
• Existing working permit to work in Germany