Senior Manager Group Audit Coordination & External Reporting (m/f/d)

To serve as the organizational backbone of the group's external audit, ensuring that all quarterly reviews and annual audits are finalized on time through rigorous end\-to\-end coordination across internal finance functions and external auditors. As the single point of accountability for one of the most time\-critical and compliance\-sensitive processes in the organization, this role directly safeguards the integrity and credibility of the group's public financial reporting.Essential Responsibilities:Audit Coordination* Own the group audit process end\-to\-end for IFRS and US GAAP: from initial planning and scoping through fieldwork, review, and final sign\-off — for both quarterly reviews and the annual group audit

• Design and maintain the master audit coordination plan, including a detailed timeline, milestone tracking, and escalation paths — aligned to SEC filing deadlines (40 days for 10\-Q, 60 days for 10\-K)


• Serve as the single primary interface to the external auditors for all group\-level matters; manage day\-to\-day audit communication, resolve open items, and ensure the auditors have timely access to all requested information


• Orchestrate the Group’s audit preparation process across all group entities: coordinate local controllers and accounting teams to ensure PBC (Prepared by Client) deliverables are complete, accurate, and submitted on time


• Establish and enforce an internal pre\-audit review process to ensure sufficient level of quality before external auditor engagement — minimizing surprises and re\-work during fieldwork


• Plan and manage audit kick\-off meetings, status reviews, and closing conferences; prepare all relevant materials and ensure senior management is briefed on open issues at all times


• Track and manage the resolution of audit findings, review notes, and auditor queries across workstreams; maintain a central issue log with owners, due dates, and status


• Oversee the PBC list management from end to end: distribute requests to the appropriate internal owners, monitor completeness, and ensure quality before delivery to auditors


• Coordinate Big 4 or audit firm relationships at the operational level; manage engagement efficiency and constructively challenge scope or timelines where appropriate


• Prepare Audit Committees in close alignment with the VP Group Accounting on audit planning, significant accounting judgments, and audit progress; support the preparation of Audit Committee materials

Internal Stakeholder Management \& Cross\-Functional Coordination* Act as the central coordination hub between group accounting, local finance teams, tax, treasury, legal, and FP\&A throughout the audit and reporting cycle

• Drive rigorous internal closing calendar management to ensure all upstream inputs arrive with sufficient lead time ahead of external audit deadlines


• Build and maintain a culture of audit\-readiness across the group finance organization — not just at year\-end, but as a continuous state of preparedness

Process Improvement \& Project Work* Continuously evaluate and improve the audit coordination process — including tooling, templates, communication flows, and escalation mechanisms

• Lead or support ad hoc finance and accounting projects (e.g., new accounting standard adoption, M\&A integration, ERP/consolidation system enhancements)


• Support the build\-out of scalable audit and reporting infrastructure suited to the ongoing demands of a public company

Qualifications / Requirements:* Bachelor’s Degree in Finance / Accounting / or equivalent (Master appreciated) or economic education with sufficient years of work experience (HAK or equivalent)

• Minimum 7–10 years of relevant experience, with a significant portion in roles with direct exposure to external audit processes — either in public accounting or as an in\-house audit coordinator at a multinational group


• Demonstrated experience owning and managing complex external audit engagements end\-to\-end, including multi\-entity group audits


• Proven ability to coordinate large numbers of internal stakeholders under strict, non\-negotiable deadlines


• Solid knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS


• Experience in multinational, multi\-entity group structures with cross\-border audit coordination


• Very good Microsoft 365 experience


• Excellent Excel skills, experienced with large sets of data


• Prior experience at a Big 4 accounting firm (audit practice), ideally followed by an in\-house role at a publicly listed company


• Experience with consolidation systems (e.g., SAP, Hyperion/HFM, LucaNet, Oracle FCCS, or similar)


• Outstanding organizational and project management skills — able to manage multiple parallel workstreams without losing track of detail or deadline


• Fluent in English, additional languages are a plus

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