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Senior Accountant, Germany
Senior Accountant, Germany-March 2024
Warsaw
Mar 29, 2026
About Senior Accountant, Germany

  Location: Warsaw

  Do you have Group Accounting and Reporting experience?

  Are you a natural problem solver who delivers organized and quality work?

  About our Team

  The Compliance team is responsible for performing all corporate tax and statutory reporting tasks. We work closely with global teams in Group Reporting, Global Financial Services, RELX Tax and Financial Planning and Analysis. We ensure the financial statements for assigned entities and countries are reported accurately.

  About the Role

  In this position, you will deliver efficient and accurate reporting of the statutory financial statements and account reconciliation globally. You will interface with our international auditors and accountants to prepare statutory financial statements, coordinate statutory audits and complete financial statements. You will drive the resolution of any issues that arise in connection with the local statutory audits.

  Responsibilities

  Managing the timeline and budget with external auditors, leading the financial statement sign-off process for each legal entiity filing.

  Keeping up-to-date with local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles changes to determine impacts for the respective Elsevier entities.

  Ensuring that a regular bridge is maintained between Group and Statutory ledgers

  Ongoing reconciliation between group and statutory accounts. Providing oversight of the statutory implications of business combinations.

  Preparing year-end tax provision work and delivery to RELX tax group. Providing supporting documentation and explanations to local Advisors on corporate income tax matters.

  Recommending entity-specific process improvements including the use of secondary vs adjustment ledgers. Building files and templates that extract data from the source, reducing manual intervention.

  Standardizing annual financial statement skeletons, in coordination with RELX and external advisors.

  Driving operational excellence into processes and procedures. Supporting in the implementation of the Group Finance Competency Framework.

  Requirements

  Possess financial skills with in-depth accounting knowledge and understanding of the end-to-end audit process.

  Experience in project and stakeholder management and able to cross-functionally collaborate.

  Experience working in Microsoft Excel and Word to an advanced level.

  Possess fluency in German.

  Possess an educational background in finance, accounting, or a related field.

  Possess practical experience and have understanding of accounting principles and corporate income tax.

  Be able to work practically and cross-functionally, managing multiple priorities and competing deliverables.

  Work in a way that works for you

  We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

  Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productiveWorking with us

  We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.

  Working for you

  We want to protect your health, help you accumulate wealth and secure your future. We are therefore delighted to offer:

  Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days

  Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance

  Tax-free childcare support

  Parental leave options

  Health screening and private medical benefits

  Season ticket loan

  About Us

  A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

  Join Us

  Purposeful WorkWhen you work with us, your work matters. You are part of an organization that nurtures your curiosity to stimulate innovation for the communities that we serve.Growing Every DayLike the communities we serve, you are on a constant path of discovery to shape your career and personal development.Colleagues Who CareYou will be part of the Elsevier family. We will support your well-being and provide the flexibility you need to thrive at work and home.Together, we create possibilities.Join us

  


Elsevier is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK .

  Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy (https://www.relx.com/careers/join-us/privacy) .

  RELX is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.

  We help scientists make new discoveries, lawyers win cases, doctors save lives and insurance companies offer customers lower prices. We save taxpayers and consumers money by preventing fraud and help executives forge commercial relationships with their clients.

  In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

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