Manufacturing Controller
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PlanetSatellite manufacturing
This is a full-time, remote position based in Germany., Initial US-hours coverageFull-TimeMiddle
SalaryGermany Salary Range €54.100 — €67.600 EUR
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Job Details
- Languages
- Professional working proficiency in German and English
- Experience
- 4+ years of relevant cost accounting experience
- Required Skills
- Microsoft ExcelGoogle Sheets
Requirements
- Have 4+ years of relevant cost accounting experience in a manufacturing or high-tech operational environment.
- Hold a bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration, or a relevant German Ausbildung with a specialized focus on accounting or controlling.
- Have experience with inventory controls and multi-entity global structures.
- Be proficient with modern ERP systems.
- Have advanced capability in Excel or Google Sheets.
- Have professional working proficiency in German and English.
- Working knowledge of US GAAP and German GAAP (HGB) is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite ERP is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Establish cost accounting workflows, standard costing methodologies, and manufacturing time-tracking with Berlin Operations.
- Lead monthly close processes for GmbH inventory, reconcile raw materials, WIP, and finished goods, and oversee cycle counts and adjustment analysis.
- Ensure local accounting activities comply with German GAAP (HGB) and prepare cost breakdowns for German R&D tax incentives and documentation for government grants and subsidies.
- Manage PCard reconciliations for lab equipment and flight materials, and review capital expenditure versus operational expense classifications for the German entity.
- Provide backup coverage for US cost accountants and cross-train on US month-end workflows.
- Review and clear consolidated transfer orders between international subsidiaries and manage inventory movements for PBC and GmbH entities.
- Track costs and movements for satellite materials, launch, build processes, inventory, WIP, and internal fixed asset materials.
- Assist with labor capitalization tracking across software development, satellite construction, and commissioning.
- Analyze purchase price, production, scrap, and excess and obsolete variances; prepare reconciliations, journal entries, and manufacturing accrual and prepaid schedules.
- Support internal and external audits across US GAAP, German GAAP, and SOX controls.
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