Assistant Finance Manager

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Job description

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for an Assistant Finance Manager to join our team in Germany (Kaiserslautern) to support the Europe Finance Manager looking after the reporting of the business operations in Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Taiwan.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the integrity of the underlying accounting records in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands
• Liaise with local tax advisors in Germany/Belgium/Netherlands and Taiwan related to Payroll, investigating any discrepancies identified within the process
• Liaise with Local tax advisors and Group Tax on Vat issues in Europe and Taiwan
• Working with operations to identify trigger points where tax input is needed and work with Group tax to find the most compliant and cost-effective solution
• Ensure that external governance compliance is maintained for legal filing requirements
• Preparation of Statutory accounts using German GAAP, from IFRS reports
• Supporting the European Finance Manager on Governance and other financial needs as required

Skills / Qualifications

• Professionally qualified with significant experience in a similar role
• Proficient user of Excel and other MS office applications
• Good Knowledge of German Tax systems
• Experience of preparing German Statutory Accounts
• Experience of preparing and supporting payroll processes

Anticipated working Hours would be a minimum of 32 hours per week.

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people.

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.