Head of Controlling & Accounting (m/f/x)

Benefits

That's why you'll feel at home:

• Flexibility you love: Work remotely for the most part and enjoy the freedom to organise your working day according to your needs - whether from Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin or another location.
• Appreciation of your expertise: Your commitment will be rewarded - with an attractive salary of between €80,000 and €90,000 per year and a company car.
• Responsibility and creative freedom: You have the opportunity to play an active role in the further development of the company and significantly optimise processes.
• Team spirit: Become part of a motivated team that works together to create innovative solutions and achieve great goals.

Tasks

Your mission - More than just numbers:

• Billing with foresight: You will take responsibility for the correct and timely invoicing of transport and logistics services. You will always maintain an overview and ensure that everything runs smoothly.
• Controlling as the key to success: You take care of analysing and preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements. With your eye for detail, you will manage KPIs and carry out target/actual comparisons.
• Leadership skills: You will lead a small, dynamic team and ensure that great things are achieved together. You promote open communication and a positive working atmosphere - so that everyone in the team can give their best.
• Passionate about process optimisation: you drive digitalisation forward and develop innovative solutions. In this way, you not only ensure efficiency, but also maximum transparency.

• Take responsibility: As the interface between the departments, IT and management, you ensure that everything runs smoothly. You ensure that compliance and quality are practised in all areas.

Qualification

What makes you special - your expertise:

• Numbers professional: You have a degree in business administration, finance, logistics management or a comparable qualification and have several years of experience in controlling - ideally in the logistics or freight forwarding industry.
• Team leader with heart: You are a motivator and lead your team with empathy and clarity.
• Process optimiser: You have an eye for efficient processes and are very familiar with digitalisation and process improvements.
• Communication talent: You impress with your strong communication skills and assertive manner, both within the team and with customers and management.
• Affinity for numbers: You are familiar with common ERP systems (such as SAP) and enjoy working with MS Excel and Power BI.

• Legally fit: You have a sound knowledge of tax and legal regulations in the freight forwarding industry.