Accounting & Controlling Specialist

Parker Hannifin is a global leader in motion and control technologies, helping customers solve some of the world's greatest engineering challenges. With a strong focus on innovation, reliability, and operational excellence, Parker's products and systems are used across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, industrial, transportation, life sciences, and energy.

Due to an upcoming major SAP transformation project, we are offering a fixed-term (“bubble”) assignment for an Accounting & Controlling Specialist. In this role, you will support our Accounting and Controlling team whilst the Accounting Manager is leading the SAP Finance workstream.

Duration: 12–15 months
Start Date: Immediately

This opportunity is also open to qualified graduates who have recently completed their university studies and are eager to start their career in Accounting, Controlling, Finance, or Business Administration. We offer an excellent learning journey with hands-on exposure to finance operations, reporting, automation, and transformation activities in an international business environment.

Accounting Support

You will support the team across key accounting activities, including:

• Statutory accounting tasks in accordance with US GAAP
• Compliance with SOX requirements, Parker policies, and accounting procedures
• Accounts receivable, accounts payable, and fixed asset ledger activities
• Financial processes across Order-to-Cash and Purchase-to-Pay
• Local tax matters as the responsible contact for the site
• Support for simplification, lean, and automation initiatives within accounting processes

Controlling, Reporting & Automation

You will drive simplification and automation within Controlling, particularly for month-end closing, reporting, and analysis requirements, including:

• Engineering development cost controlling
• Inventory Controlling
• Order entry and backlog analysis
• Daily income statement reporting
• Daily cash flow statement reporting

Standard Cost Accounting

You will also support the implementation of standard cost accounting as part of the broader finance transformation activities.

• Degree in Accounting, Controlling, Finance, or a related field
• Also open to recent graduates with strong motivation to learn
• Solid understanding of accounting and controlling processes, or the willingness and ability to quickly develop this knowledge
• Knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement methods
• Very good knowledge of automation and reporting tools such as Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Apps
• Strong skills in working with, analyzing, and interpreting large data sets
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills
• Structured, proactive, and solution-oriented working style

• A fixed-term assignment in the context of a major SAP transformation project
• An excellent learning journey with exposure to Accounting, Controlling, SAP Finance, automation, and process improvement
• The opportunity to work in an international environment and gain practical experience in a broad range of finance processes

If you are interested in contributing to a major SAP transformation project while developing your expertise in Accounting, Controlling, and Finance transformation, we look forward to receiving your application!