Beschreibung
Responsibilities / Tasks
As a Working Student in Corporate Accounting (f/m/d) you will play an active role in shaping projects and processes within the corporate accounting department of a DAX-listed company.
Reporting directly to and working closely with the Head of Corporate Accounting, you’ll gain hands-on experience in strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations of the Corporate Accounting function.
Your key responsibilities (indicative, as the exact role will also be shaped based on ...
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Responsibilities / Tasks
As a Working Student in Corporate Accounting (f/m/d) you will play an active role in shaping projects and processes within the corporate accounting department of a DAX-listed company.
Reporting directly to and working closely with the Head of Corporate Accounting, you’ll gain hands-on experience in strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations of the Corporate Accounting function.
Your key responsibilities (indicative, as the exact role will also be shaped based on your individual strengths):
1. Support Special Projects
* Assist in project planning and structuring: Create templates for project plans and help track milestones and timelines of the important projects in the Corporate Accounting department
* Prepare status reports: Summarize progress for the different sub-department Heads and the Head of Corporate Accounting and other stakeholders.
* Coordinate project meetings: Schedule appointments, prepare agendas, and document meeting minutes.
2. Drive Process Optimization
* Understand and document processes in a structured and standardized way.
* Identify automation opportunities: Analyze repetitive tasks and propose digital solutions in collaboration with the department's Innovation Task Force.
* Develop templates for reports, presentations, and project documentation.
3. Manage Data and Information
* Build and maintain a central project repository
* Support KPI monitoring: Assist in defining, collecting, and analyzing key metrics.
4. Provide Operational Relief
* Act as a communication interface between departments, other business units, and external stakeholders (e.g., auditors).
* Provide hands-on help in the different sub-departments in times of workload peaks.
* Help with administrative tasks: Organize meetings and follow up on action items.
Your Profile / Qualifications
* Analytical and structured Business/Finance student with a hands‑on mindset, eager to contribute to Corporate Accounting in a DAX‑listed environment.
* Comfortable preparing concise status updates for senior stakeholders and collaborating across departments.
Your qualifications:
* Accounting foundation: Solid knowledge of financial accounting and IFRS basics; initial exposure to consolidation topics is a plus.
* Project support & PMO: Able to structure project plans, track milestones/timelines, prepare status reports for sub‑department leads and the Head of Corporate Accounting, document and follow up on meeting minutes.
* Process excellence: Open for change and eager to continuously improve processes; proactively identifies automation opportunities and collaborates with innovation stakeholders.
* Data & KPI skills: Understanding of how to build and maintain basic databases (Excel/Access); supports KPI definition, data collection, and analysis to drive insight‑based steering.
* Tools & automation: Advanced Excel (incl. pivots, formulas; VBA and PowerQuery basics desirable), PowerPoint/Word; familiarity with Power BI for reporting/monitoring; experience with SharePoint for repository management desirable.
* Communication & collaboration: Clear, concise writing of summaries, minutes, and follow‑ups; confident stakeholder interface across functions and departments; dependable support during workload peaks.
* Languages: German (fluent), English (advanced)
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