Lena Müller
Staff Accountant
Munich, Germany·lena.muller@example.com·+49 151 2345 6789·linkedin.com/in/lenamueller
Summary
Staff accountant with 3 years in manufacturing, handling general ledger, VAT and month-end close with IFRS reporting to group. Known for fast, clean closes, tidy reconciliations and a habit of automating repetitive work in SAP and Excel. Fluent in German and English, and experienced with group reporting deadlines.
Experience
Staff AccountantMar 2022 – Present
Alpenwerk ComponentsMunich
- Shortened the monthly close for a 2,000-employee plant from 8 to 5 working days.
- Reconciled 15 bank accounts and 3,000 supplier invoices monthly with zero audit findings in 2023.
- Prepared VAT returns and supported the IFRS 16 lease accounting rollout across 4 entities.
- Automated accrual calculations in SAP, removing 12 hours of manual work each month.
- Supported the annual external audit, answering 150 requests within agreed deadlines.
- Built an Excel model for intercompany eliminations that cut consolidation errors to zero.
- Reconciled 3 payroll clearing accounts monthly and cleared a two-year backlog of open items.
Accounting AssistantJan 2021 – Feb 2022
Bavaria Trading GmbHAugsburg
- Processed payroll accounting for 350 staff in DATEV with no errors in 14 months.
- Digitised 5 years of paper records into the document management system.
- Reconciled intercompany balances with 3 sister companies each month.
- Maintained the fixed-asset register of 1,200 items.
- Prepared monthly VAT reconciliations for 2 entities with no penalties.
- Trained 2 new colleagues on the month-end checklist.
Working Student, FinanceOct 2019 – Dec 2020
Bavaria Trading GmbHAugsburg
- Processed 400 supplier invoices a month and resolved mismatches with the purchasing team.
- Built an Excel tracker for open payments that the team still uses.
- Prepared monthly expense reports for 6 department heads.
- Audited expense claims against policy and flagged 30 exceptions a year.
- Standardised vendor master data for 900 suppliers ahead of the SAP migration.
Education
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich2017 – 2020
B.Sc., Business Administration (Accounting)
Skills
Accounting: IFRS, HGB, VAT, Month-end close, Reconciliations
Tools: SAP S/4HANA, DATEV, Excel
Languages
German (Native) · English: Professional (C1)