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Buena is digitizing property management in Germany by acquiring traditional property management companies and transforming them into modern, technology-driven businesses. The company aims to make real estate management simple and transparent.
You will build the accounting function from the ground up, developing processes, designing systems, and progressively assembling a lean team while working operatively yourself. You will be responsible for correct HGB (German Commercial Code) financial statements for all group entities and report directly to the CFO. The group is growing through acquisitions, and the accounting infrastructure you build must scale with this pace. You will determine how accounting functions at Buena.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building a centralized accounting function for all German entities, establishing target vision and roadmap, taking over tasks from external service providers, and managing their collaboration
- Implementing uniform processes from accounts payable through annual financial statements, including a fixed closing calendar, and reducing manual steps
- Building systems and processes to rapidly and accurately integrate newly acquired entities
- Managing DATEV and LucaNet systems, including data model, chart of accounts, mapping, validations, and access controls
- Reviewing individual financial statements from all entities for accuracy and timeliness to ensure a reliable basis for consolidation; performing closing entries, reconciliations, and intercompany clarifications as needed
- Building HGB consolidation in LucaNet with monthly group figures that withstand audit, including group chart of accounts and accounting policies
- Serving as primary contact for auditors and tax advisors, implementing audit findings
- Building the team progressively and deciding which tasks remain in-house versus outsourced
Requirements:
- Experience creating group financial statements under HGB (not just coordinating or reviewing), ideally in a group with many entities
- LucaNet expertise with hands-on experience setting up consolidation from DATEV data import through reporting
- Deep DATEV proficiency with experience setting up and managing multiple clients with uniform structure
- Track record building accounting functions with processes and systems from scratch, not just improving existing ones
- Team building and leadership experience
- Ability to identify errors in individual statements before consolidation
- Experience as primary contact during audit processes and implementing audit findings
- Fast and accurate work, including under closing pressure
- Ability to act quickly in unclear situations
- Designing and implementing solutions independently without waiting for templates or support
- Business administration, accounting, or finance degree, or equivalent qualification; CPA, tax specialist, tax advisor, or auditor background is advantageous
- Fluent German and good English
