Team Lead Accounts Receivable | Gruppenleitung Debitorenbuchhaltung

Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg Die Oberbürgermeisterin Gebietskörperschaft

Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
Published Dec 2, 2025
Full-time
Permanent

Job Summary

This role involves leading the Accounts Receivable team (Other Taxes and Individual Revenues) within the City Treasury department, overseeing a team of nine employees. The Team Lead is responsible for the technical leadership, ensuring optimal workflow organization, daily workload disposition, and providing technical guidance and control to staff. Key day-to-day tasks include controlling open items and refunds, verifying and posting double-entry accounting transactions, and handling complex individual cases. The position requires managing central Accounts Receivable tasks such as controlling the booking day and optimizing dunning, payment, and internal performance allocation runs. A strong focus is placed on quality assurance and process optimization, including continuous review of workflows and contributing to the revision of city-wide service instructions. The ideal candidate holds a degree in Public Administration or Economics, or has equivalent qualifications, and demonstrates high levels of diligence, accuracy, and strong communication 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 Accounts Receivable
  • Experience in managing and guiding team members
  • At least two years of professional experience in taxes or finance (if applying with a general Bachelor's degree)

Languages

Not specified

Additional

  • Not specified