Job Description

Location: Munich Accounting clerk with a focus on individual institution financial statementsThe Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.de) currently operates 76 institutes and research facilities in Germany and is one of the leading organizations for application-oriented research. Around 32,000 employees generate an annual research volume of 3.4 billion euros. The Accounting Department is available to the Fraunhofer Institutes and external contacts for all accounting-related questions and prepares the individual institute financial statements as part of the annual financial statements. The department also manages the SAP VIM (Vendor Invoice Management) module, the central invoice receipt portal for all Fraunhofer Institutes and Fraunhofer headquarters. Other key areas of responsibility include maintaining subsidiary ledgers (creditors and debtors), preparing and submitting tax returns (sales tax, withholding taxes, etc.), foreign trade reporting, managing recurring payment relationships, and dunning. Furthermore, the department is responsible for developing guidelines for the proper, complete, and uniform handling of accounting. Furthermore, the department provides the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's customs officers.What you do with usPreparation of the annual financial statements for individual Fraunhofer InstitutesMonthly closing for the accounting interface from SAP HCM to SAP FIPreparation of accounting evaluations and reports for the department and division managementPreparation of certificates of residence and quality assurance for customs preferential certificatesReconciliation and processing of open items, especially in the context of SAP HCMMonitoring of outstanding receivables and initiation of value adjustment proceduresTechnical support and assistance to individual Fraunhofer Institutes and external recipients regarding accounting issuesQuality assurance in accounting (e.g. document review, processing and filing)