We are looking for a Team Coordinator General Ledger (m/f/d) for KWS Berlin who collaborates with the lead of the General Ledger to provide effective and highly efficient transactional processes. While achieving operational excellence through continuous improvement, the Team Coordinator ensures internal and external customer inquiries of transactional services are delivered in a competent and timely manner. The position is temporary (one year) for maternity coverage and in full-time at our location in Berlin.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the delivery of operational and administrative services to ensure they are executed in a competent and timely manner
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators, taking proactive steps to address any deviations from targets
• Identify opportunities for automation and digitalization and provide support for their implementation and realization
• Translate departmental goals into actionable tasks, providing guidance and structure to facilitate their completion
• Strive for operational excellence by continuously identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing appropriate measures
• Evaluate and measure team and individual performance against set goals, providing constructive feedback and recognition where appropriate
• Facilitate idea generation and decision-making among team members while promoting a positive, trustful, and collaborative atmosphere
• Foster cross-functional cooperation and an efficient information flow between the Global Functions, GTC and Business Units
• Ensures delivery of transactional GL services in accordance with the defined SLAs
• Oversee financial statements according to IFRS and local GAAP
• Liaise with auditors in the interim and yearly auditing process

Your profile:

• Academic degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or similar
• Experience working in a Shared Service organization
• Experience in coordinating teams and/or projects is preferred
• Fluent in English, knowledge in any other language is an advantage
• Experience in relevant IT systems (MS Office and SAP - preferably SAP R3 or S4)
• Work experience with external auditors, especially one of the big fours
• Operational leadership and decision making skills
• Customer orientation and extraordinary service attitude
• Optimistic and resilient person with a can-do attitude that loves to challenge the status quo and possesses the necessary analytical skills to recognize potentials as well as the structure to implement them
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Our offer:

• We are an international team with diverse and cross-functional experiences shared by open-minded people
• Best of both worlds: KWS Berlin combines the security of a big, stable company with the passion of a start-up
• As a family-backed company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence; this culture is lived in practice creating an open and friendly working atmosphere from day one
• Our location in the heart of Berlin Schöneberg is very modern, directly opposite of a train station and with secure car & bike parking facilities
• We offer unlimited contracts with 30 days of holiday, time account, flexible working hours, additional payment for holiday and Christmas, JobRad and/or financial support with the public transport ticket
• Following our motto “Make yourself grow”, we support employees’ professional and personal development with individual training measures

We look forward to receiving your online application via our SuccessFactors application system! Please use the "Apply" function in the online application for this purpose.