Intercompany Accountant
KOSTAL Group is a globally active, family-owned German company renowned for delivering innovative, market-leading solutions in the solar and automotive industries. Founded in 1912, the company has grown into a worldwide organization with around 20,000 employees across 47 locations in 22 countries.
As part of its continued expansion, KOSTAL established KOSTAL Business Services (KBS) in 2022, marking the launch of its first Business Service Centre in Hungary. This hub provides high-level support across key functions including IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales, and human resources.
Designed as a global centre of excellence, KBS focuses on delivering complex, high value-added services that strengthen and support KOSTAL’s international operations.
Beschreibung
About the Role
We are looking for an Intercompany Accountant to join our growing Shared Service Center in Budapest and support the transition of accounting processes from various European entities. In this role, you will become a key member of an international finance team, contributing to daily operations while helping shape and improve processes in SSC environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support daily intercompany accounting activities, including:
- Intercompany invoice processing
- Recharge calculations
- Posting intercompany journal entries (e.g. accruals and recharges)
- Intercompany settlements
- Reconciliation and reporting of intercompany balances, including resolving discrepancies
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to resolve intercompany-related issues
- Monitor and follow up on pending intercompany requests
- Prepare ad hoc reports and respond to finance-related queries
- Support external audit requests and manage balance confirmations
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and support issue resolution
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, policies, procedures, and agreed service levels
- Build and maintain strong professional relationships with business partners and stakeholders
- Maintain and regularly update process documentation and work instructions
Qualifikationen
What We’re Looking For:
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or relevant professional experience in Finance & Accounting
- 2–3 years of experience in finance operations, ideally within a Shared Service Center environment
- Good understanding of intercompany accounting processes
- Experience in a service-oriented, international environment
- Experience with process migrations, standardization, or documentation is considered an advantage
- Confident Excel user (basic formulas and pivot tables)
- Experience with SAP R/3 and SAP S/4HANA is preferred
- Fluent English, both written and spoken
Skills & Competencies:
- Strong communication and analytical skills
- Proactive and solution-focused mindset
- Independent, flexible, and reliable approach to work
- Accurate and detail-oriented with strong time management skills
- Service-minded attitude with a collaborative and positive approach
- Comfortable working with structured and repetitive processes while maintaining high quality standards
Benefits
What do we offer :
- Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time), you can have a real work-life balance
- Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
- Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
- Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
- KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company, an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
- You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative