General Ledger Specialist

Join Jungheinrich in a working environment where you can make a big difference! With your knowledge and drive, as a team player you will make an important contribution to ensure that we as a company continue to be among the global leaders in our industry. Working side by side with colleagues who enjoy bold ideas and in a family environment that offers you every opportunity to reconcile your professional and private goals.

Your main responsibilities:

• Leading or supporting month-end and year-end closing tasks for multiple group entities, ensuring compliance with group and local standards.
• Performing group reporting and ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial data.
• Managing accruals, provisions, and other general ledger entries.
• Handling asset accounting processes, including capitalization, depreciation, and disposals.
• Supporting internal and external audits with relevant documentation and analysis.
• Acting as a key contributor in transition projects, including knowledge transfer and process stabilization.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and implement process improvements.
• Supporting the migration to SAP S/4HANA, including testing, validation, and training activities.

Therefore, a successful candidate would have:

• 5+ years of experience in General Ledger or Financial Accounting roles, preferably in a Shared Services Center (SSC) environment;
• Proven involvement in transitions or migrations of financial processes between entities or systems;
• Strong expertise in month-end closing, group reporting, accruals, provisions, and asset accounting;
• Experience working in production or manufacturing companies is highly desirable;
• Exposure to global finance functions and collaboration across regions;
• Solid understanding of IFRS and/or local GAAP;
• English language skills;
• Advanced knowledge of SAP R/3 and hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA is a strong advantage.
• Microsoft Office

Jungheinrich was founded in 1953 in Hamburg by Dr. Friedrich Jungheinrich as a family business. Today, we are one of the world's leading intralogistics companies with a unique product portfolio: from conventional industrial trucks to fully automated solutions intralogistics companies. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Jungheinrich is represented by its own direct sales companies in 41 countries and by partner companies in around 80 other countries around the world, and employs more than 19,000 people internationally.

We look forward to receiving your online application.

For questions, please contact our Recruiter.

At Jungheinrich, we value inclusion and diversity and practice equity to create equal opportunities for all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, ethnic background, color, religious affiliation, union affiliation, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, nationality, genetics and health or disability.