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Responsibilities:Process Ownership: You define the vision, strategy, and objectives for Accounting processes and drive their continuous development in line with functional requirements, local needs, and the BPM methodology.
End-to-End Process Alignment: Together with BPM, Business Process Experts, and IT, you ensure the end-to-end alignment and optimization of Accounting processes.
Continuous Improvement: You develop business cases and functional roadmaps and lead continuous improvement initiatives to drive innovation and sustainable process enhancements.
Leadership & Collaboration: You lead the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Cross Services areas within Accounting and manage the respective teams.
Performance Management: You monitor process performance and define meaningful KPIs to measure and improve Accounting operations.
Governance & Documentation: You develop and maintain policies, ensure compliance, and keep process documentation and training materials up to date.
Cross-Functional Cooperation: You work closely with Business Process Experts to identify improvement opportunities and monitor process performance.
Transformation: You actively support organizational transformation initiatives, leveraging Shared Services and AI-driven solutions.
Education: Degree in Business Administration with a focus on Accounting, Finance, or a comparable qualification.
Process Expertise: Strong understanding of end-to-end Accounting processes and a clear vision for their future development.
Mindset: Passion for the future success of our company and enthusiasm for driving and shaping change.
Leadership & Seniority: Proven experience, credibility, and the ability to make decisions and drive transformation in complex environments.
Business & Technology Acumen: Strong business understanding combined with solid knowledge of SAP S/4HANA.
Experience: Experience in Shared Service organizations and/or global process structures is an advantage.
Languages: Fluent German (minimum C1) and strong English skills (minimum B2), combined with a willingness to travel occasionally.
The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Freudenberg Business Services KGSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business administration with a focus on accounting or equivalent
- Experienced in technical and disciplinary management of teams
- Confident leadership of transformation and digitalization projects
- Practical knowledge of accounting within corporate structures
- Proficiency in preparing HGB and IFRS financial statements
- Very good knowledge of SAP S/4 Hana FI, CO, MM, and Concur
- Very good English and German language skills
Freudenberg Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Freudenberg Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Freudenberg Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is considered strong at many U.S. sites, with low‑cost options, HSA contributions, and on‑site clinics in some locations.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is standard across U.S. entities, though exact match mechanics differ by business group and year.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is often described as good, with some locations offering generous holiday schedules.
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What We Do
Freudenberg is a global technology group that strengthens its customers and society long-term through forward-looking innovations. Together with its partners, customers and research institutions, the Freudenberg Group develops leading-edge technologies and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, technical textiles, filters, specialty chemicals, medical products and the most modern cleaning products. Strength of innovation, strong customer orientation, diversity, and team spirit are the cornerstones of the Group. The 170-year-old company holds strong to its core values: a commitment to excellence, reliability and pro-active, responsible action. In 2022, the Freudenberg Group employed more than 51,000 people in some 60 countries worldwide and generated sales of more than €11.7 billion. Learn more about us and visit our digital home at freudenberg.com and read the stories that make us Freudenberg. Visit and follow us at www.freudenberg.com https://www.instagram.com/freudenberg.group/ www.youtube.com/FreudenbergGroup www.facebook.com/freudenberggroup *** Netiquette *** We look forward to receiving your comments and posts. On behalf of all users, we ask for constructive contributions, mutual respect, courtesy and tolerance. All contributions will be checked and we reserve the right to delete contributions. This applies in particular to unlawful content, incorrect statements, advertising for third parties, spam or slander. In addition, we reserve the right to remove comments that are otherwise inappropriate or incorrect. Contributions made by external users do not necessarily reflect Freudenberg’s opinion. Please find our data protect information here: https://www.freudenberg.com/fileadmin/downloads/english/2020-11_DataProtectionInformation_SocialMedia_EN.pdf
