Senior Financial Accountant

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The Senior Financial Accountant is responsible for acting as a finance expert and trusted partner to the Head of Accounting.

The role provides day‑to‑day expertise in financial accounting, management reporting, governance, and cross‑functional financial support.

They ensure the integrity, transparency, and consistency of financial information and support decision‑making across the organization.

Your role in our team

• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes ensuring accuracy and compliance with HGB/IFRS/local GAAP and corporate policy
• Review accounting entries, accruals, provisions, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensure high‑quality financial statements and management accounts including commentary on key movements and risks
• Support consolidation, intercompany accounting, and statutory reporting
• Serve as liaison to banks and audit firms
• Prepare and review management reporting including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and cost center performance
• Ensure alignment between statutory accounting and management reporting
• Provide senior‑level financial insights including variance and trend analysis
• Act as guardian of financial governance, policies, and internal controls
• Coordinate internal and external audits and ensure timely resolution of findings
• Monitor compliance with accounting standards, corporate guidelines, and legal regulations
• Identify financial risks and control gaps and implement corrective actions
• Act as senior finance partner for operations, procurement, HR, projects, and corporate finance
• Provide solid guidance to non‑finance teams on accounting treatments and implications
• Collaborate with international finance teams ensuring consistent accounting practices
• Support ERP‑related finance processes (SAP preferred) including optimization and standardization
• Participate in finance transformation, digitalization, and process automation initiatives
• Drive continuous improvement in workflows, documentation, and reporting quality
• Support change management and adoption of new systems
• Maintain a clean and safe work area
• Show a strong eagerness to learn and a positive attitude everyday
• Work on special projects as needed
• Take responsibility across divisions for assigned tasks and topics

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• 8+ years progressive experience in finance and accounting
• Hands‑on ERP experience (SAP preferred)
• Professional certification (CPA, CMA, ACCA)
• Experience in multinational or matrixed organizations
• Experience with finance transformation or system implementation
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of financial controls
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Ability to partner with and influence stakeholders non‑hierarchically
• Solid understanding of technical accounting and reporting principles
• Leadership capability with ownership mindset and attention to detail
• Advanced MS skills

Join Körber Pharma, and you will work in aninnovative, friendly, and digital environment, providing the opportunity to advance your career.

Irrespective of whether it is engineering, production, or supporting exciting projects, you have the chance to contribute your expertise and make a difference.

As part of the team, you contribute to the solution throughout the entire pharma value chain.

• You will work in a modern work environment with an open culture towards improvements and new ideas
• You are part of a global operating company with a wide customer base and a growing business
• You profit from international cooperation within a group-expert network to implement corporate‑wide concepts
• You will work in a team that is focusing on customer requirements
• You will get an attractive compensation package including health, dental, vision insurance, and a retirement plan

Can you find yourself in this profile?

Then you are right at Körber. We are looking forward to getting to know you!

Equal employer opportunity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity to all applicants.

All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial, and/or local law.

Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience, please contact us via jobs@koerber. com .

We work with selected partners and therefore ask recruitment consultancies to refrain from contacting us by mail or telephone.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the U. S., this position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applicants - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity, and any other protected status.

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