StepStone

KWS Group

  • Berlin
  • Post Date: 18. Juni 2024
Jobbeschreibung

About KWS

KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants' resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development.


For our Subledger team in KWS Berlin GmbH we are looking for a proactive, determined, and detailed-oriented candidate as a GTC Key User – Finance (m/f/d) in Berlin. This is a permanent, full-time position. With a high level of motivation and commitment, you will play a key role in optimizing and maintaining our accounts payable and accounts receivable systems and processes enabling you to actively shape the digital transformation of our organization. In this position, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including the IT department.

How you can make an impact:

  • Acting as an interface between the GTC function, Global IT (and external service providers), and Global Key User (GKU) to enable cross-functional alignment on IT solutions and processes
  • Translating functional business requirements into technical system requirements
  • Incident management and 2nd level user support. Monitoring and supporting development, testing, and implementation of change requests
  • Preparing and conducting tests of system upgrades and system enhancements including reviewing, assessing, and releasing the documentation of functional system tests (UAT) for upgrades and enhancements
  • Actively taking part in the implementation of S/4HANA and other IT tools
  • Documentation of business processes and process changes
  • Supporting the definition, implementation, and enhancement of roles and authorizations of related systems

Your profile:

  • Academic degree in business administration, finance, economics or similar
  • Several years of relevant experience in the areas of finance and information technology
  • Practical knowledge of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes, especially in SAP and and S/4HANA
  • PowerBI and Hypatos knowledge is an advantage as well as knowledge of electronic invoice processing systems, e.g. xFlow
  • Digital mindset and experience in supporting the digital transformation of the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal/written communication, organization skills
  • Solution- and service-focused mindset to develop innovative and sustainable solutions
  • English fluent, any other language skills are considered an advantage

Our offer for you:

  • We are an international team of open-minded people with diverse and cross-functional experience
  • Interesting and challenging tasks and projects
  • As a family business, we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, vision and independence; this culture is lived in practice and ensures an open and friendly working atmosphere from day one
  • The best of both worlds: KWS Berlin combines the security of a large, stable company with the passion of a start-up
  • Our location in the heart of Berlin-Schöneberg is very modern; directly opposite the underground station Bülowstraße and with secured car & bicycle parking spaces
  • We offer 30d holidays, flexible working hours, holiday and Christmas bonuses, company pension scheme, JobRad and/or Jobticket
  • True to our motto "Make yourself grow", we support the professional and personal development of our employees

Seed your career by submitting your application today! We are looking forward to your application using our online system.

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