Senior Financial Accountant

Job type:Permanent
Town/City:Hamburg
Region:Hamburg
Sector:Accounting, Finance
Client Company Type:In-House
Job ref:10568
Post Date:August 27, 2026

About the Role

Senior Financial Accountant 

If you're ready to take ownership of complex accounting instead of just closing the books, this is worth ten minutes of your Saturday night.

The Opportunity

You'll take the lead on some of the trickiest accounting issues in the business, the kind that need real judgement, not a checklist. Instead of routine postings, you'll be the person colleagues come to when something doesn't fit the standard pattern.

You'll also have genuine influence over how things get done. If you've ever sat inside a process thinking "why do we still do it this way?", here you get to actually change it, not just flag it.

The Role

  • Take ownership of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, keeping P&L and balance sheet accounts accurate and audit-ready.
  • Independently prepare annual financial statements for group companies, so the output carries your name, not just your input.
  • Act as the go-to person for complex accounting questions, building solutions rather than escalating them upward.
  • Work directly with stakeholders across the business, becoming a trusted point of contact rather than a back-office function.
  • Review and redesign processes end to end, with real influence over how the accounting function evolves.

The Company

Our client is an established international business with a stable, well-run finance function behind it. You'll be joining a team where process improvement is genuinely part of the job, not a side project, and where a senior accountant is trusted to run with complex issues rather than pass them up the chain.

What You'll Need

  • Several years of experience in financial accounting, ideally within an international company or group.
  • A completed qualification as a certified accountant, tax specialist, or comparable.
  • Solid, hands-on experience preparing financial statements and resolving complex accounting issues.
  • Fluent German and English.

How to Apply

Get in touch with the MAM Gruppe team for a confidential conversation about this role. Your CV doesn't need to be up to date, send what you have, or just give us a call.

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