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

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.