Senior Financial Reporting Accountant

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**e help the world run better**
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging - but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

**The Role**:
The Local Reporting and Tax Compliance (LRTC) Organisation is responsible for the preparation of the local financial statements, tax returns and tax accounting for SAP subsidiaries worldwide.

The LRTC organization belongs to the CFO Board area, and it is directly assigned to the Chief Accounting Officer of SAP within Global Accounting, Reporting and Tax (GAR&T).

In this position, you will not only prepare financial statements, tax returns and tax accounting, but you will also leverage your expertise in IFRS, local GAAPs, tax laws and technical accounting to manage local reporting and tax compliance for multiple entities. You will engage in cross-functional projects, contribute to automation initiatives, and gain exposure to complex topics.

**Responsibilities**:

- repare Financial Statements: Following IFRS and other GAAPs, ensuring identification of differences between IFRS versus local GAAPs.
- oordinate or Prepare Tax Returns: CIT, VAT, WHT and other taxes, ensuring compliance with tax laws and identification of deductible and non-deductible items.
- ollaboration: With internal and external stakeholders including CFOs, Local Chief Accountants, Local Tax Managers, Treasury, Controlling, internal and external auditors, Government and Tax Authorities.
- ontinuous Improvement: Support the automation and standardisation of tax returns and financial statement preparation in accordance with SAP's strategy to streamline processes, improve efficiency and ensure accuracy and compliance.
- ackle Complexity: Provide expertise and solutions and dive into complex topics like hyperinflation, M&As, transfer pricing, global minimum tax etc.
- echnical Analysis: Research and prepare technical memorandums to address scenarios supporting the rationale for the accounting treatments at subsidiary level [only for T3, delete for T2]

**Role Requirements**:

- ualified accountant with at least 6 to 8 years of hands-on experience in preparing and/ or auditing financial statements
- Big Four experience is a plus.
- ble to articulate viewpoints with excellent communication skills
- ssertive and able to work both independently and within a global team
- luent in spoken and written English (other languages are a plus)
- xcellent in MS Excel, knowledge of accounting-related functionalities in SAP ERP is a plus
- niversity degree in finance, accounting, tax or audit (CPA/ CA/ ACCA/ ATT/ CTA/ ADIT a plus).

Few words from your future manager: “We are searching for colleagues who love finance, tax and accounting as much as we do, to join our international team and prepare financial statements and tax returns worldwide”.

What you can expect is professional onboarding, exciting career progression, a diverse work environment providing growth opportunities, learning & development possibilities, and an international business network for you to leverage. Interesting non-work related activities (volunteering, charity, sport events,...) This role is based at the ultra-modern Metronom office building directly above the Nove Butovice metro station. The location encompasses SAP's vision for the perfect work-life balance.

**Bring out your best**

W**e win with inclusion**
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