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torq.partners

Consulting for scalable finance and HR

Head of Accounting

Financial AccountingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBerlin, Germany

About the Job

Requirements

  • Several years of relevant experience, including leadership responsibility, preferably in a medium-sized business, startup, or consulting firm.
  • Very good knowledge of HGB is required.
  • Basic knowledge of IFRS or other GAAP and consolidation is an advantage.
  • Further training as a certified accountant (Bilanzbuchhalter) or comparable qualifications is an advantage.
  • Very good knowledge of at least one accounting or ERP system, such as DATEV Rechnungswesen, SAP, or Business Central, and experience with modern finance tools such as Spendesk, Pleo, or Circula.
  • Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills and strong numerical aptitude.
  • Very good German skills at approximately C1 level and conversational English skills at least at B2 level.
  • Interest in team leadership, coaching, project leadership, and employee development.
  • Willingness to support clients remotely and, depending on the project, on-site to a limited extent.

Responsibilities

  • Independently carry out and lead accounting and back-office projects.
  • Independently manage ongoing bookkeeping and prepare monthly and annual financial statements in accordance with HGB.
  • Take on interim leadership positions, such as team lead or Head of Accounting, at client organizations.
  • Identify and implement efficient processes for ongoing bookkeeping and monthly and annual financial statements.
  • Select and introduce suitable finance and ERP tools.
  • Work with tax consultancies, auditors, CFOs, and financial authorities.
  • As required by client projects, work with IFRS, intercompany allocations, consolidation, and local GAAP.
  • Work with clients predominantly remotely and on-site when needed.

Desired Qualifications

  • Basic knowledge of IFRS or other GAAP and consolidation.
  • Further training as a certified accountant (Bilanzbuchhalter) or comparable qualifications.

About the Company

torq.partners

Consulting for scalable finance and HR

Torq.partners helps fast-growing companies scale by improving internal organization and operations through two service lines, torq.finance and torq.people. It works by embedding as a hands-on partner and delivering services like interim finance leadership, process digitization, budgeting, liquidity, accounting, M&A, fundraising, plus HR lifecycle, people analytics, DEI, and leadership coaching to create a ready-to-scale setup. It differentiates itself by providing a full-spectrum, hands-on partnership across both finance and people, backed by 80 experts and a track record of 325+ clients and €700M in funding. Its goal is Stability in Motion: building scalable, efficient operations and governance to sustain growth for startups and scale-ups.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2020

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