Financial Controller

5 Months ago • All levels • Financial Analysis

Job Summary

Job Description

The Financial Controller at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin will oversee daily financial reporting, advising on policies, processes, and accounting issues. Responsibilities include monthly financial reporting (account and variance analysis), US GAAP to HGB reconciliation, process improvement initiatives, data interpretation for risk assessment, identifying and correcting accounting discrepancies, preparing annual accounts and reports, and liaising with various departments and authorities. The role requires a strong understanding of accounting principles, experience with financial reporting systems (ideally Microsoft Dynamics AX), and fluency in German and English.
Must have:
  • Successful degree in business administration (accounting, controlling, finance focus)
  • Extensive HGB knowledge
  • Experience in auditing/consulting
  • Fluent in German and English
  • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX or similar
Good to have:
  • Further training in finance (accountant) or controlling (certified controller)
  • US GAAP knowledge
Perks:
  • Competitive salary and Tesla shares or bonuses
  • Pension program
  • 30 vacation days
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Employee insurances
  • Relocation and commuting support

Job Details

What to Expect

Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. We continuously develop revolutionary strategies and products within shortest time, and successfully launch them on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation, and efficiency.

Gigafactory Berlin forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla's incredible success story in Europe. The most important pillar for this is our employees. Their passion, motivation and engagement ensure that we consistently achieve our goals. We are looking for you to continue and expand this success story together.

We are looking for a Financial Controller, focused on the – Record-To-Report (“RTR”) process for Gigafactory Berlin-Brandeburg. In this position, you'll provide financial analysis for management and act as a liaison between the consolidation department in Fremont USA, the finance teams in Amsterdam, and those responsible for business transactions.

What You’ll Do
  • Directing and overseeing day-to-day financial reporting activities of Gigafactory Berlin, including advising on policies, processes, IT software tools and accounting issues
  • Responsibility for complex areas of reporting. Responsibility for the monthly financial reporting activities, including account and variance analysis, as well as communicating with all levels of financial management
  • Reconciliation from accounting principles US GAAP to HGB and vice versa
  • Accompanying initiatives to improve processes and system analysis as well as efficiency and quality in transaction and financial reporting
  • Interpretation of data on the company's financial development as part of the opportunity/risk assessment
  • Identification of financial transactions and transactions that have not been booked in accordance with applicable accounting regulations and development of correction options
  • Responsible for the timely preparation of the annual accounts and other mandatory financial reports within the area of responsibility. Responsible for the creation and submission of statistics and contact person for the authorities
What You’ll Bring
  • In addition to a successful degree in business administration, ideally with a focus on accounting, controlling or finance, you also have practical experience through relevant internships, vocational training or several years of experience in auditing/consulting
  • Further training in finance (accountant) or in controlling (certified controller). However, this can be replaced by comparable training or experience
  • Extensive knowledge of HGB. US GAAP knowledge is a plus
  • Sound understanding of accounting and business processes in an international group
  • Being able to work independently on new, highly complex topics and developing solutions or further developing solution models
  • Fluent in both German and English in writing and speaking
  • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX or similar financial reporting systems, Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint

What we offer

You will be working in our state-of-the-art Gigafactory, where you’ll solve the world's most interesting problems with the best and brightest people who share a passion to change the world. Tesla’s compensation package includes competitive salary and Tesla shares or bonuses. Typical benefits that are offered are a pension program, 30 vacation days, flexible work arrangements, employee insurances, relocation and commuting support.


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