C935 Financial Accountant

Destinus Madrid offers a great challenge for a Financial Accountant. Are you passionate about aerospace technology? Do you like working in a multicultural and creative environment? Then Destinus is the right place for you! Destinus is at the forefront of European aerospace, hydrogen, energy solutions, and defense, developing AI-driven autonomous flight systems and advanced turbine engines. Our cutting-edge technologies deliver superior efficiency and performance, pushing the boundaries of supersonic and hypersonic drones, hydrogen technologies, advanced sustainable aviation, and power generation.

We're pioneering the next wave of combat-proven defense innovations and breakthrough propulsion systems combining turbojet and ramjet technologies for future hypersonic vehicles. As Chief Accountant, the main emphasis is on tax compliance and reporting as well as establishing the reporting workflow at the enterprise. We are looking for highly qualified chief accountants with experience at companies with foreign trade activities and production.

Tasks

1. Regular bookkeeping and preparation of monthly financial statements
2. Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations
3. Support in the preparation of consolidated financials in IFRS
4. Preparation and review of tax returns (mainly VAT and income tax) and support to other specialized tax areas
5. Preparation of Annual Accounts and Official Books
6. Support in external and internal audits
7. Preparation of various financial and tax reports for management
8. Assistance in developing high-level cost optimization within Production and Financial departments
9. Measure, interpret and propose actions to engineering teams regarding production costs. Follow-up regularly (including producing cost evolution updates)

Compliance

1. Ensure compliance with Company Guidance and Policies, internal and external regulations
2. Propose and design new local controls

Requirements

1. University's Degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration or similar
2. Ideally 4 years of experience at Accounting & Tax firms or consulting companies
3. Excellent knowledge of Spanish GAAP & Tax compliance; knowledge about US GAAP/IFRS would be considered a plus
4. Excellent communication skills (written and spoken) in English and Spanish
5. Proficiency in MS Office package, along with experience of local accounting ERPs (e.g. MS Dynamic)
6. Knowledge of Finance-related software (Monday, Coupa, or similar)
7. Excellent organization skills and adaptability to a high multitasking environment
8. Ability to be self-motivated
9. Strong analytical skills - Understand what is going on in the business analyzing different data to take the right decision
10. Team player - Work effectively with others
11. Dynamism, proactivity and a strong spirit of initiative
12. Well organized with attention to detail
13. Used to work in multinational environments
14. Flexibility to travel may be required

Benefits

Hybrid model