(Senior) Manager Accounting and Finance Operations

What you'll do

Accounting, Group Consolidation & Reporting 

• Work with finance / accounting team and external advisors on improving and running Hypersonica’s accounting processes 

• Define and document month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes to ensure a reliable, repeatable close across all entities 

• Prepare / oversee statutory accounts for the German entity (HGB) and support audit process 

• Run the monthly, quarterly, and annual group consolidation, including full intercompany elimination 

• Support with hands-on bookkeeping tasks (prepare invoices for external bookkeeping)  

Tax Compliance & Coordination 

• Oversee tax compliance for German entity, coordinating with external advisors 

• Operate and document the intercompany transfer-pricing arrangements, and maintain contemporaneous TP documentation 

• Support corporate tax coordination, including monitoring of loss-carryforward positions and correct treatment of GWG / AfA in the German entity 

Controlling & Management Reporting 

• Support on building the controlling function from the ground up: cost-centre and cost-carrier accounting, including the setup of respective structures in SAP CO 

• Establish project controlling for R&D programmes and government contracts — cost attribution, WIP tracking, and margin analysis at the programme level 

• Support budgeting and forecasting across the entity, consolidated, and cash-flow layers; partner with FP&A on the annual budget and rolling forecasts 

ERP / SAP & Process 

• Support SAP implementation, migration, and FI/CO module extension projects in coordination with other functions 

• Drive process automation and continuous improvement within the ERP environment 

Export Control & Trade Compliance 

• Serve as the finance and accounting interface to export control: ensure that invoicing, revenue recognition, and shipment/milestone workflows are aligned with export-licence status under the German AWV/AWG framework, EU dual-use rules, and UK export controls 

• Flag transactions with export-control or end-use sensitivity for review, working with legal / compliance ownership of the licensing process itself 

Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering 

• Work directly with senior stakeholders to create transparency and build out Hypersonica's process landscape 

• Support the Director Finance and Strategic Finance team on due-diligence processes, fundraising data rooms, and board-level financial reporting 

Who you are

• You are a finance generalist with a strong fundament in accounting and/or controlling 

• Significant experience (7+ years) in a (group) accounting or financial controller role, ideally in a setting spanning multiple legal entities 

• A degree in business administration, economics, or a related field, or an equivalent professional qualification (e.g. Bilanzbuchhalter, Steuerberater, ACCA/ACA/CIMA) 

• You are willing to challenge the status quo and bring forward own experience and best practices 

• Hands-on SAP experience required (FI & CO module minimum) 

• Solid technical knowledge of HGB; IFRS familiarity required, UK GAAP a plus 

• Working knowledge of corporate tax and VAT in at least Germany 

• German speaker, working proficiency in English