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Financial Controller (m/w/d) (m/w/d) – Gigafactory Berlin -Brandenburg

Brandenburg, Germany (On-site)

Financial Controller (m/w/d) (m/w/d) – Gigafactory Berlin -Brandenburg

32 Minutes ago • All levels • Finance

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Job Description

Tesla seeks a Financial Controller for its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. Responsibilities include overseeing daily financial reporting, advising on policies and processes, managing complex reporting areas, and ensuring monthly financial reporting accuracy. The role requires US GAAP and HGB reconciliation, process improvement initiatives, data interpretation for risk assessment, identifying accounting discrepancies, preparing annual accounts, and collaborating with various teams (Fremont, Amsterdam). The ideal candidate possesses a business administration degree (accounting, controlling, or finance focus), relevant experience, and strong US GAAP and HGB knowledge. Proficiency in Microsoft Dynamics AX or similar systems is essential.

Must have:

Successful business administration degree
Relevant experience in auditing/consulting
Extensive HGB knowledge
Fluent in German and English
Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX

Good to have:

Further training in finance or controlling
US GAAP knowledge
Experience with complex topics and solutions

Perks:

Competitive salary and Tesla shares or bonuses
Pension program
30 vacation days
Flexible work arrangements
Employee insurances
Relocation and commuting support

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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