In 2023, Swissport International AG provided best-in-class airport ground services for some 232 million airline passengers (2022: 186 million) and handled roughly 4.7 million tons of air freight (2022: 4.8 million) at 115 air cargo centres worldwide. Several of its warehouses have been certified for pharmaceutical logistics by IATA’s CEIV Pharma and by the British MHRA. At the end of December 2023, the world’s leader in airport ground services and air cargo handling, with currently around 60,000 employees, was active at 286 airports in 44 countries on six continents. In Germany and Austria, we are active at several locations with a wide range of services. We are on a regional and international growth path and want to continue this with you.

• Lead the finance team for the Germany-Austria region in the areas of AP, AR (incl. responsibility for the DSO process), general accounting and liquidity forecasting
• Full responsibility of the integrity and compliance with accounting standards (local and IFRS) in the reporting of financial results of all the entities
• Ensure accurate and timely compliance with all local legal requirements; including taxes (contact person for tax consultants), filing of all entities’ shareholders minutes and resolutions
• Perform all reporting tasks incl. balance sheet reconciliations in accordance with Group policies and on time
• Drive the transformation process, manage projects to optimize processes and automate the department
• Work with our ICS, internal and external auditors to implement necessary controls and fulfil internal and external audit requirements
• Responsibility of the entities as authorized signatory for the Germany-Austria region

• Qualified “Bilanzbuchalter”
• More than 5 years of professional experience managing a team
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills
• Excellent knowledge of IFRS and of statutory and legal requirements in the accounting area
• Customer-centric; able to manage a variety of internal customers across different business lines, entities and locations
• Confident handling of financial software (SAP) and MS Office, especially MS Excel
• Willingness to travel (approx. 10-15%)
• Dynamic, persistent
• Experience with private equity reporting cadence and deadlines, experience with digitalization and transformation are a plus