Working Student Global Finance Service (all genders) I Beiersdorf
Date: Apr 24, 2024
Location: Hamburg, DE
Company: Beiersdorf
At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.
Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live an inclusive culture of respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values – CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We also embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.
Your Tasks
This unique corporate culture also applies to the Global Finance Services (GFS) team at Beiersdorf Shared Services, THE global Shared Services business partner within the Beiersdorf family. We are closely integrated into the Beiersdorf family, so we can work with our internal partners on eyelevel and always deliver maximum value. And we do this together with great people in a dynamic and international working environment that offers various exciting development opportunities. The Finance Services Europe Team is responsible for the Financial Accounting of all European Beiersdorf companies. This includes closing activities (according to local regulations and IFRS), General Leger, Cost Accounting, Accounts Payable, Payment, Accounts Receivable and all other areas necessary to provide a comprehensive accounting service. Additionally, the team participates in local and global projects on digitalization and the optimization of accounting processes.
In SSC Global Finance Services, we are responsible for the accounting of the Beiersdorf Group's European affiliates, global master data maintenance, and support for international projects. This broad range of topics offers exciting challenges and the chance to get to know many aspects of accounting in SAP and shared service operations. The digital transformation in our business area offers plenty of opportunities to optimize processes and further automate them through the use of state-of-the-art technologies (e.g. Robotics Process Automation). Apply your previously acquired knowledge in the context of practical use cases and thus expand your knowledge.
- Customer-centric Operations: Operational activities in the context of shared service center accounting (e.g. month-end closing activities, recording of accounting transactions) and collection and analysis of operational accounting process metrics.
- Digitization and Automation: Support in standardization, optimization and automation (RPA) of processes in Finance/ Accounting.
Your Profile
- You are ideally studying business administration or a comparable field of study
- Properly enrolled during the entire time as a student trainee
- Strong numerical skills and sense of responsibility Enjoy working with IT systems
- Confident handling of MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
- Structured, careful and independent way of working
- Very good knowledge of spoken and written German and English are required
- German and another European language (e.g. Polish, Italian, Romanian) are an advantage
At Beiersdorf, we embrace Diversity and aim to provide equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of e.g. gender, sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion or ideology, disability or age. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates). For instance, please feel free to upload your CV without a picture. If you have any questions, please contact our recruiter Isabel Warnecke via Students_RC@Beiersdorf.com.