Job Description
READY TO MAKE AN IMPACT EVERY DAY?
Your journey to a meaningful career starts with ZF LIFETEC
At ZF LIFETEC, we save lives through cutting-edge technology. With over 60 years of automotive safety innovation, we blend start-up agility with corporate stability to drive meaningful impact worldwide. Operating across 48 locations in 20 countries, our global presence amplifies our mission to make roads safer and save lives.
Join us in a supportive and dynamic environment committed to safety, innovation, and reliability. As a part of our international team, your contributions spark industry-leading innovations in automotive safety. Our inclusive and diverse working environment promotes creativity, career growth, and continuous development.
Why ZF LIFETEC?
- Innovative Impact: Shape the future of safety with life-saving technology that truly matters.
- Dynamic Workplace: Thrive in an agile, collaborative environment where every idea counts.
- Culture of Excellence: Be part of a team with over 60 years of high standards and groundbreaking achievements.
- Growth & Empowerment: Advance your career with strong support for personal and professional development.
Diversity & Inclusion
At ZF LIFETEC, we are committed to building a culture where inclusiveness thrives and diversity is valued. We welcome unique perspectives and actively work to remove barriers, empowering all employees to reach their full potential. Guided by this vision, we innovate and create life-saving technology that makes a real impact on automotive safety.
- Preparation of (pre-)consolidation procedures the ensure matching consolidation data in the system
- Consolidation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to IFRS
- Conducting consolidation procedures and checking consolidations results
- Ensuring that all internal and external reporting deadlines are met.
- Preparation of consolidated financial statements including notes according to IFRS requirements
- Reviewing of financial data of reporting units to strengthen accounting quality
- Assistance in the preparation of ad hoc financial analysis and reports.
- Assistance in the implementation of specific projects related to financial reporting.
- Support the development and training of employees in the team and in the accounting community.
- Development and implementation of new concepts as well as further development of existing instruments in the event of legal and/or internal change requirements for the consolidated financial statements
- Preparation of presentations to the management and the supervisory board
- Participation in the integration of new reporting units into the consolidation software as well as support in maintaining the master data of reporting units and consolidation hierarchies in collaboration with employees responsible for system governance and maintenance
- Preparation of the consolidation system (additional data, reporting structure, fx rates) in collaboration with employees responsible for system governance and maintenance
- Support of domestic and foreign subsidiaries in accounting, initial consolidation and preparation of financial statements
- Well-founded consolidation practice including IFRS
- Very profound knowledge of SAP- consolidation software, especially SAP S/4 HANA for Group Reporting, Skills on SAP SEM-BCS are an advantage
- Very good knowledge of spoken and written German and English
- High level of communication skills and social skills, independence, initiative, assertiveness and conceptual skills
- Understanding of reporting requirements for publicly listed entities or private equity environment
- Understanding of controlling-perspective on financials is an advantage
- Experience in a carve out business is an advantage