Accounting & Tax Compliance Manager (m/f/d)
About this role
Your Responsibilities
Position SummaryWe are seeking an experienced Senior Accounting & Tax Compliance professional based in Germany to support and oversee accounting, tax, and transaction compliance activities across Europe, including both EU and non-EU countries. The role will ensure compliance with German GAAP (HGB), VAT regulations, cross-border transaction requirements.
The successful candidate will act as a key finance business partner supporting regional expansion while maintaining robust financial governance and regulatory compliance
Key Responsibilities
Accounting & Financial Compliance
- Manage and ensure compliance with German GAAP (HGB) requirements and statutory reporting obligations.
- Review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for German、France and UK entities.
- Coordinate external audits and support statutory filings.
- Ensure accounting treatments comply with local regulations and group accounting policies.
- Monitor changes in German accounting and regulatory requirements and assess business impacts
Tax Compliance
- Ensure timely and accurate VAT, Intrastat, EC Sales List (ESL), and other indirect tax filings across Europe.
- Support corporate income tax compliance and coordinate with external tax advisors. （E&Y）
- Manage tax audits and inquiries from local authorities.
- Monitor tax risks associated with cross-border transactions.
- Advise business teams on VAT and customs implications for European operations.
European Compliance Management
- Support transaction and tax compliance across EU member states and non-EU European countries (e.g., UK, Switzerland, Norway etc.).
- Coordinate with local service providers and finance teams across multiple jurisdictions.
- Evaluate compliance implications of new business models, supply chains, and market entries.
- Drive implementation of finance compliance controls and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Legal to ensure compliance across business processes.
- Identify process gaps and recommend improvements to mitigate compliance risks.
- Support ERP and finance system enhancements for compliance requirement
Your profile
- You have 8-10 years of experience in Accounting and Tax compliance in Germany
- Have previous team management experience
- Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of:
- German GAAP (HGB)
- VAT regulations
- Intrastat reporting
- Customs and trade compliance
- Intercompany transactions
- Transfer pricing concepts
- Financial controls and governance
- ERP experience (SAP preferred).
- Fluent English is mandatory.
- German language proficiency is strongly preferred.
What we offer
What we offer
- The opportunity to work independently in an experienced and highly motivated team
- An exciting position in a dynamic and fast-growing environment
- The chance to develop and implement your own ideas
- Flexibleworkinghours
- Directinsurance/savingsplan
- Job ticket or free parking space
- Subsidyforgymmembership
- Fresh fruit, coffee, water and more
Contact Us
Contact Us
Would you like to help shape the future of robot technology? Then get in touch with us and send your complete application documents with salary expectations and earliest possible starting date in English via the application link
About us
Long before the “Smart Home” concept became fashionable ECOVACS Robotics (ECOVACS) was already at the forefront of innovation in smart home robotics, exploring new ways for robots to transform homeowners’ lives. ECOVACS’ more than 25 years of work in service robotics has seen the company transformed from a visionary startup into a global corporation with a Mission of Robotics for All. Designed to change the way people live and work, ECOVACS robotics are now being used in over 145 countries and regions around the world.
Our guiding Vision - Advancing robotic technologies to serve the world, to create a holistic ecosystem between human and robotics in lifestyle and production.
Company at a glance
Ecovacs EMEA is a subsidiary of Ecovacs Robotics. At ECOVACS Robotics, our mission is simple: Robotics for All. This means we work towards letting robots’ role to shape new levels of convenience in people’s lives.
As a leading household robotics brand and both a pioneer and a trendsetter in smart home technology, our vision focusing on “Advancing robotic technologies to serve the world, to create a holistic ecosystem between human and robotics in lifestyle and production” – for that we offer a range of intelligent products. So why not let your robot do the cleaning, while you dive into that book you’ve been meaning to read?
Founded in China in 1998, ECOVACS expanded into Europe in 2012 and established the EMEA Headquarter in Düsseldorf. Today, we have over 6,000 employees across the globe, and we keep growing. Our EMEA team is comprised of over 50 experienced and highly motivated colleagues of ten nationalities, working in the dynamic and fast-growing environment of a start-up, with the background and security of a multinational enterprise.
Top Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Direct insurance
- Savings plan
- Job ticket
- Free parking space
- Gym membership subsidy
- Fresh fruit
- Coffee
- Water
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