German R2R Accountant 

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world. 

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Finance Teams are responsible for economic research, analysis of profit-and-loss income statements and preparation of reports on findings to make recommendations to management. They generate forecasts and analyze trends in sales, finance and other areas of business. The Finance Teams also create financial models of "what if" scenarios to help future business planning decisions.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Be a solid support for R2R related topics, develop skills & knowledge of R2R Junior Financial Analysts

• Back-up and support Senior Accountants

• Perform general ledger accounting, fixed assets processes, treasury related activities, intercompany transactions and any other activities in accordance with the taxonomy of Global Process Design book

• Complete required close activities incl. journal entry posting preparation

• Execute accounts reconciliation with focus on financial risk identification and follow-up

• Prepare Trial Balance and perform all related validation checks

• Complete period-end-close activities according to the established calendar including financial reporting package in HFM (financial statement and supplementals)

• Support in Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to safeguard all critical activities

• Update desktop procedures as per cadence

• Liaise with auditors and tax advisors coordinating the supply of information and responses to queries

• Ensure robust compliance environment with applicable policies, procedures and processes as per SOX requirements and respective local statutory regulations

• Execute Control Self-Assessment (CSA) activities of internal controls framework

• Ensure all performance metrics are regularly fulfilled as per targets with adherence to the internal deadlines

• Build and manage strong relationship with key stakeholders as per TE values standard

• Lead or support on operational calls with BUs as per CRM framework as well as supporting R2R Team Leader in deck preparation on Performance Review meetings

• Identify and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the R2R function as per TEOA-F taking part actively in process standardization projects

• Participate in the transition of new scope to FSC, including preparation and/or review of desktop procedures as well as stabilization and standardization of processes

What your background should look like:

• Education - Undergraduate degree in Finance / Accounting

• Experience - 2+ years of experience in a financial shared service center supporting multiple countries / business units in General Ledger area

• Diversified Industrial Products/Manufacturing industry experience preferred

• Prior experience in R2R functions in a shared services environment

• Ability to work in culturally diverse teams with many levels of personnel

• Strong analytical skills. Ability to identify and resolve problems

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Detailed orientation and self-discipline skills

• Excellent in English

• Communicative knowledge of the German language - at least B2

• Experience with ERPs