Full-Time

Lead Occupational Safety Specialist

DATEV eG

DATEV eG

1,001-5,000 employees

Tax and accounting software provider

No salary listed

Nuremberg, Germany

Hybrid

Partial mobile working is available; home-based work is permitted within Germany.

Category
Facilities Operations (1)
Required Skills
Quality Assurance (QA)

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Requirements
  • The candidate must hold the qualification as an occupational safety specialist under the German Occupational Safety Act and DGUV Regulation 2, with several years of experience in operational occupational safety.
  • The candidate must have several years of experience in the professional leadership, direction, or coordination of multiple occupational safety specialists in a larger company or group, ideally across multiple locations or business areas.
  • The candidate must have comprehensive knowledge of occupational safety law, especially the Occupational Safety Act, German Occupational Safety Act, DGUV regulations, and other relevant legal and technical rules.
  • The candidate must have experience establishing, developing, and managing occupational safety organizations and management systems, including the use of key performance indicators and governance structures.
  • The candidate must be able to establish binding professional standards, implement them across organizational areas, and successfully support change.
  • The candidate must have strong analytical skills and confidently engage with executive management, managers, authorities, and other stakeholders.
  • The candidate must have strong communication, advisory, and moderation skills, as well as decisiveness, assertiveness, and diplomatic judgment.
  • The candidate must work in a structured, analytical, and solution-oriented manner.
Responsibilities
  • The role provides professional leadership, coordination, and development for occupational safety specialists, including setting professional standards, assuring the quality of advisory services, supporting professional development, and ensuring consistent interpretation of legal requirements and internal policies.
  • The role coordinates and prioritizes the professional deployment of occupational safety specialists based on company-wide priorities, risks, and strategic objectives.
  • The role continuously develops the strategic direction of the occupational safety organization, considering legal requirements, operational risks, and company-wide objectives, and derives strategic measures from legal changes, key performance indicators, audit results, and operational developments.
  • The role advises Facility Management leadership and the employer on fundamental occupational safety matters and prepares decision documents, management reports, and recommendations.
  • The role coordinates and monitors the consistent execution of risk assessments, workplace inspections, audits, accident analyses, and occupational safety measures, and evaluates their effectiveness against uniform quality standards.
  • The role develops company-wide standards, policies, and processes, supports their implementation across the company, and reviews their effectiveness.
  • The role coordinates collaboration with occupational health services, managers, employee representatives, authorities, accident insurance providers, and other internal and external partners.
  • The role prepares occupational safety committee meetings, coordinates their execution, follows up on adopted measures, and regularly reports on occupational safety maturity and key developments.
  • The role actively supports the development of the safety culture and helps managers fulfill their occupational safety responsibilities.
  • The role supports the professional development of occupational safety specialists and ensures continuous knowledge transfer within the team.

DATEV eG provides information services and software for auditors, tax consultants, and their offices. It offers a modular mix of software, services, and knowledge designed to fit different office sizes and specializations, with a centralized DATEV computer center that acts as a data turntable to share tasks and data among members and their clients. The company’s software helps handle daily work, reduces routine tasks, and keeps figures up to date, enabling collaboration between auditors and tax consultants and their offices. Unlike many competitors, DATEV combines a large cooperative structure with tailored, modular solutions, extensive international presence, and a focus on coordinating workflows and data exchange to create synergy in accounting processes. Its goal is to support its members at home and abroad by expanding across Europe and providing integrated software, services, and knowledge that streamline tasks for accountants and their clients.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Koblenz, Germany

Founded

1966

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What believers are saying

  • DATEV reached 1.01 million customers by June 2026, up more than 80,000 year-to-date.
  • First-half 2026 revenue hit 881.0 million euros, driven by Rechnungswesen and Personalwirtschaft.
  • AI-integrated tools like DATEV Copilot and Automatisierungsservices expand across the 2026 product suite.

What critics are saying

  • Sebastian Koch was removed from the Vorstand on 29 June 2026, signaling governance strain.
  • On-premises DATEV programs begin phasing out in 2026; migration failures disrupt Kanzlei operations.
  • Austria-specific products end by 31 December 2029, shrinking revenue and regional credibility.

What makes DATEV eG unique

  • DATEV owns German tax, payroll, and accounting workflows inside one cooperative platform.
  • Its cloud-native data centers in Germany keep sensitive client data under domestic control.
  • DATEV Kanzleimanagement starts cloud migration in October 2026, deepening advisor lock-in.

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Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Professional Development Budget

Company News

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Banks: Pennylane raises 175 million euros. Paris-based fintech offers a platform for accounting and financial management. The company also wants to invest its raised capital in the German market. Germany CEO Janiesch: Valuation is said to have doubled. Photo: Pennylane Frankfurt. Fresh capital for Pennylane: As the Paris-based fintech announced on Tuesday morning, it secured 175 million euros in a funding round. From the company's environment, it is understood that the valuation is said to have roughly doubled. In the last funding round in the spring of last year, Pennylane was valued at 2.2 billion dollars (approximately 1.9 billion euros). The round is led by investment firm TCV. Blackstone Growth, an investment division of asset manager Blackstone, is also involved, as are existing investors. 'Especially for the German accounting and financial market, this funding round is an important milestone for Pennylane,' said Tobias Janiesch, who is responsible for Pennylane's German business. The capital enables significant investments in the German market. In the long term, it also provides financial resources to be able to react early to a possible consolidation of the European market, according to the company. Pennylane currently employs 1000 people and is an AI-supported platform for accounting and financial management. Founded in 2020 in Paris, the company advertises that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and tax consultants can collaborate on their platform, for example on topics such as accounting, invoicing, payment transactions or reporting. Through this and by automating a variety of manual tasks, customers can achieve 'significant savings,' Pennylane advertises. Currently, about 800,000 companies in France and 6000 tax consultants across Europe use the software. At the end of November last year, the fintech expanded into the Federal Republic. The company does not disclose how many customers it has gained since then in Germany, its second market. In this country, Pennylane competes with accounting software Datev, among others. The Paris-based fintech is not yet profitable. According to its own statements, the current annual recurring revenue is about 115 million euros. They are approaching profitability, Janiesch emphasized. However, the company does not aim for profitability 'for its own sake.' 'Our corporate strategy follows a long-term vision: We are investing massively today to quickly create the best possible tool,' said Janiesch.