Finance Forwarding Sub-Ledger (FSL) Specialist (German Speaker)

About the role

Kuehne+Nagel is looking for a Finance Forwarding Sub-Ledger (FSL) Specialist who speaks German, to join its global finance team. The role ensures financial accuracy, compliance and operational excellence across the network, using analytical thinking and knowledge of operational and financial data to monitor KPIs, improve data quality and give actionable insights for business decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Review and analyse FSL activities by monitoring profitability, accruals, deferrals and losses at business unit, customer and file level
• Monitor FSL KPIs to drive continuous improvement in the covered countries
• Prepare and analyse reports on a weekly and monthly basis
• Ensure month-end and year-end closing deadlines are met accurately and on time
• Advise local finance and business unit teams on FSL-related decisions and take part in regular meetings with national finance and business unit teams
• Follow internal working instructions, procedures and corporate finance and accounting guidelines
• Support the implementation and refinement of global FSL processes and alignment to the Finance Operating Model
• Maintain accurate operational governance, including performance and documentation of internal control audits for FSL in the ICST track for assigned countries

Required profile

• Proficiency in written and spoken English and German
• 1+ years of professional experience in finance, accounting, economics, logistics or a related field, preferably in logistics or a comparable service industry
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills, with accountability for end-to-end finance deliverables
• Self-organisation, drive and prioritisation

Required skills

• Advanced Excel, including data analysis and reporting
• Microsoft Office Suite, enterprise systems and reporting tools
• Knowledge of FSL, TMS or similar finance and operational systems is an advantage
• Experience in FP&A and project management are advantages