Financial Controller Germany

As a Financial Controller Germany you will be part of the DACH and Eastern Europe Financial Control team. You will be working on financial month-end procedures in close collaboration with finance operations colleagues who execute most of the journal entries. You will also be responsible for the preparation of the statutory financial statements, external audits, the tax compliance (e.g. VAT) and many more interesting topics. You report into the Head of Financial Control DACH and Eastern Europe. The Financial Control DACH and Eastern Europe team exist of 5 persons including your manager and yourself. The DACH and Eastern Europe region is Rituals biggest region at this moment and consists of Switzerland, Austria Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary and soon even more countries!

In this role you will be in close contact with local office staff and local advisors. You will be doing the analytical review of the P&L and balance sheet, investigating variances and validating the numbers together with stakeholders from the business.

Within the finance department, you work together with approximately 60 ambitious colleagues (of which 20 colleagues in our Financial Control sub-team) from more than 7 nationalities. Rituals offers a challenging role in an eager and diverse Financial Control team, where empowering your colleagues (and vice versa) is part of the deal. 

High on energy, low on ego and with a little bit of humour. In addition, you are an ambitious, eager and talented financial. You thrive in a corporate, international setting and you are a team player. On top of this, you have:

• 3 to 5 years of work experience as a financial controller or as an (external) auditor.
• Excellent written and verbal German communication skills. This is a must have.
• Eligible to work in The Netherlands (working permit), no sponsorship possible. 
• A HBO/WO or equivalent degree in accounting or finance.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Grounded, approachable personality.
• Critical yet constructive and positive approach.

YOUR PATH TO A NEW CAREER

Grow with us! The next steps are:

1. Apply via our website (make sure you meet the requirements and tell us why you apply)
2. Our recruiter will contact you within 10 working days.
3. A first interview follows in our Central Head Office in Amsterdam. 
4. You do an online assessment.
5. You have the second interview.
6. In the event of a positive outcome, you will receive a proposal with the terms of employment.

Any questions? Our recruiter is happy to speak to you via Pieter.deboer@rituals.com.

Please note that applications via e-mail and LinkedIn are not taken into consideration. 

We kindly ask recruitment agencies to refrain from acquisition efforts. Unsolicited CVs or resumes will not be taken into consideration and will be treated as not received