Head of Accounting & Taxes (m/f/d)

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Job Summary

Job Description

The Oetinger Publishing Group, a leading children's and youth book publisher, is seeking a Head of Accounting & Taxes. This role involves technical and disciplinary leadership of the Accounting department, with a future focus on Contracts and Royalty Accounting. Responsibilities include managing all accounting processes, financial statements, tax declarations, payment transactions, and special projects. The position requires collaboration with financial experts, coordination of legal entities, and employee leadership. The ideal candidate will support management in new business models and process optimization.
Must have:
  • Manage all accounting processes, monthly and annual financial statements.
  • Act as central contact for auditors, tax advisors, and banks.
  • Coordinate legal entities, including intercompany reconciliations and valuations.
  • Organize timely tax declarations and manage tax audits.
  • Oversee and monitor the group's payment transactions.
  • Provide expert support for new business model introductions.
  • Conduct ad-hoc evaluations and analyses for management decisions.
  • Lead special projects like mergers, digitalization, and process optimization.
  • Manage outsourced accounting and financial service providers.
  • Lead, develop, evaluate, and promote team members.
  • Develop standards for contract management and advise authors.
  • Review author contracts and handle commercial author support.
  • Optimize royalty and license accounting processes, including advances and fees.
Perks:
  • Varied tasks in an established, innovative publishing house.
  • Motivated team and appreciative cooperation.
  • Independent work in agile processes.
  • Subsidy for the Deutschlandticket (Germany Ticket).
  • Urban Sports cooperation.
  • Corporate Benefits.
  • Optional company pension scheme or capital-forming benefits.
  • Modern working time model for work-life balance.
  • Two days/week mobile working.
  • Three weeks/year Workation.
  • Employee contingent of 200 Euros and much more.

Job Details

Description

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More than 3,000 inspiring books to read and listen to, over 500 innovative play and experience products, 5 renowned publishing houses with a special success story, and 120 dedicated crew members with a love for great narrative worlds and young readers – that is the Oetinger Publishing Group.

To strengthen our crew, we are looking for a Head of Accounting & Taxes (m/f/d) for the commercial division as soon as possible, for the technical and disciplinary management of the Accounting department and, in perspective, the Contracts and Royalty Accounting division:

Your Responsibilities

  • Responsibility for all accounting processes as well as monthly and annual financial statements: Further development of the area and ensuring the timely and correct preparation and commentary of monthly and annual financial statements
  • Competent collaboration with financial experts: Central contact person for auditors, tax advisors, and banks
  • Coordination of legal entities: Management of participations, intercompany reconciliations, loans, interest calculations, pensions, distributions within the group and to shareholders, valuations, etc.
  • Tax responsibilities: Organization of timely tax declarations, compliance with legal reporting obligations, supervision of tax audits, and evaluation of tax issues
  • Payment transactions: Organization and monitoring of the group's payment transactions
  • Consulting on new business models: Professional support for management in the introduction of new business models
  • Ad-hoc evaluations: Conducting ad-hoc evaluations and analyses to support management in decision-making processes
  • Special projects: Organization, execution, and support of special projects such as company mergers, digitalization initiatives, process optimizations, internal controls, e-invoicing, etc.
  • Management of accounting service providers: Technical and organizational management of partially outsourced accounting and financial services
  • Employee leadership: Responsibility for leading, developing, evaluating, and promoting employees
  • Contract management: Development of binding standards for intra-departmental and cross-departmental processes; advising authors and the program department; sending receipts and finalizing contract attachments in EDDY/Pondus (publishing software)
  • Author contract review: Answering all questions regarding commercial author support
  • Royalty and license accounting: Optimization of existing and development of new processes for royalty accounting, advances, fixed fees, booking of bank statements and document entry; management of topics such as licenses, exemptions, and registrations for income tax and Künstlersozialkasse (Artists' Social Security Fund)

Your Know-How is required

  • Completed degree in economics with a focus on accounting/taxes
  • Several years of experience in finance and accounting
  • Very good knowledge of German tax law and HGB
  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills
  • Strong communication skills, team orientation, and hands-on mentality

Benefits

  • A varied range of tasks in an established publishing house with innovative power
  • A motivated team and appreciative cooperation
  • Independent work in agile processes
  • Subsidy for the Deutschlandticket (Germany Ticket)
  • Urban Sports cooperation
  • Corporate Benefits
  • Optional company pension scheme or capital-forming benefits
  • A modern working time model to promote work-life balance
  • Two days/week mobile working
  • Three weeks/year Workation
  • Employee contingent of 200 Euros and much more.

The Oetinger Publishing Group is one of the leading children's and youth book publishers in the German-speaking world. With a diverse program, innovative ideas, and a strong brand world, we stand for literature with attitude and imagination, and we look forward to welcoming you to our crew.

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