YOUR MISSION

Are you a highly skilled accounting professional with a passion for multinational work environments? Do you have a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of German accounting principles and tax regulations? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Head of Accounting & Administration at EPA Images, a global visual content provider with HQ’s in Frankfurt and employees and customers around the world.

Your main responsibilities would be:

• Leading and managing a team of professionals in Frankfurt HQ’s and EPA offices abroad, providing coaching and guidance to ensure good performance and implementation of the company policies
• Supporting the President & CEO in all financial, reporting and tax related issues also for EPA establishments abroad
• Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements and liquidity reports
• Handling the annual archive impairment test and accounts audit in cooperation with auditors and tax consultants, and liaising between them, the controller and the President & CEO
• Handling company communication with banks and shareholders providing financial support to EPA
• Cooperation with the controller in the preparation of the annual budget and forecasts
• Overseeing the invoicing and dunning process in close cooperation with the account managers from the Sales & Marketing department
• Management of company’s assets, insurances and trademarks
• Responsible for company payments and tax returns and refunds
• Supervision of travel management, purchases and logistics in close cooperation with the Editorial and IT departments
• Cooperation with the HR department in all matters related to payroll and on/off boarding of employees

Our/your aim is to continue the modernization of a department that is critical to the company’s best performance and growth, ensuring deadlines are met, implementing standardized processes and robust internal controls, promoting compliance and accuracy as basic rules, supervising the implementation of expenses guidelines and other company policies, conducting KPI’s evaluations of team members and assisting them on new procedures and techniques.

ABOUT US

The European Pressphoto Agency B.V. (EPA) was founded in 1985 by seven European news agencies motivated by what they saw as a lack of alternatives to the British/American-centric picture services offered at the time.
In early 2003 EPA successfully made its service available to the worldwide market, beginning its global operations. In 2014 EPA also launched a global video service. Along with the coverage from its shareholder countries, EPA has expanded its service to include its own coverage of North America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It also relies on suppliers to cover Latin America (via Agencia EFE), the Nordic countries and Oceania.
With headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, EPA has a permanent network of over 130 visual journalists worldwide and an extensive list of regular stringers.
The photo and video production is supported by photo and video editors in Tokyo, Bangkok, Frankfurt, Madrid, Cairo, Washington and Los Angeles, while EPA’s current Sales and Business Development team is spread across multiple locations in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, London, Paris, Belgrade and Cairo.

• Leading and managing a team of professionals in Frankfurt HQ’s and EPA offices abroad, providing coaching and guidance to ensure good performance and implementation of the company policies
• Supporting the President & CEO in all financial, reporting and tax related issues also for EPA establishments abroad
• Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements and liquidity reports
• Handling the annual archive impairment test and accounts audit in cooperation with auditors and tax consultants, and liaising between them, the controller and the President & CEO
• Handling company communication with banks and shareholders providing financial support to EPA
• Cooperation with the controller in the preparation of the annual budget and forecasts
• Overseeing the invoicing and dunning process in close cooperation with the account managers from the Sales & Marketing department
• Management of company’s assets, insurances and trademarks
• Responsible for company payments and tax returns and refunds
• Supervision of travel management, purchases and logistics in close cooperation with the Editorial and IT departments
• Cooperation with the HR department in all matters related to payroll and on/off boarding of employee