Group Lead Accounts Receivable Accounting | Gruppenleitung Debitorenbuchhaltung

Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg Die Oberbürgermeisterin Gebietskörperschaft

Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
Published Nov 7, 2025
Full-time
Permanent

Job Summary

This role involves leading a team of 9 employees within the City Treasury Department, focusing primarily on Accounts Receivable (AR) accounting, miscellaneous taxes, and individual revenues. The Group Lead is responsible for the technical leadership of the workgroup, including optimizing workflows, managing daily workload disposition, and providing professional guidance and control to subordinates. Key duties include controlling open items, processing complex individual cases, organizing cooperation with other departments, and independently consulting with citizens and institutions. The position also involves central AR tasks such as controlling and realizing the booking day, optimizing dunning and payment runs, and leading quality assurance and continuous process optimization efforts, including contributing to the revision of city-wide service instructions. This leadership position requires a degree in Public Administration or Economics, or equivalent professional qualifications, coupled with strong organizational and financial management skills.

Required Skills

Education

University degree (Bachelor or Diploma FH) in Public Administration, Administrative Economics, or Economics; alternatively, completed Employee Course II (Beschäftigtenlehrgang II)

Experience

  • Professional experience in team leadership and guidance
  • Professional experience in the area of Accounts Receivable accounting
  • At least two years of professional experience in the area of taxes or finance (if applying with a general university degree)

Languages

Not specified

Additional

  • Must possess required degree/qualification by March 31, 2026. Position is full-time (39 hours/week) and permanent (unbefristet).