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Overseas Accounting/Finance Trainee - Freudenberg

Overseas Accounting/Finance Trainee

The trainee program will consist of 12 month of on-job training in accounting department at Freudenberg Regional Corporate Center in Shanghai, and 12 months of further overseas training with global Accounting/Finance team at Freudenberg headquarter in Germany. After the traineeship, the relocation to a Freudenberg branch in China according to the business requirements is intended.

Accounting Function: 

- Keep clearly, proper and accurate records of all financial transactions in the Freudenberg Management Company on a timely basis.

- Secure to meet all government and internal deadlines for reporting on relevant data, e.g. monthly reports, taxes, social security.

- Secure proper and complete, well kept documents for all transactions.

- Assist the Accounting Function to provide services to the group companies including payment management, monthly bookkeeping and reporting, invoice management, tax declaration and VAT refund services.

- Overall back-up and support of Accounting Supervisor including related administrative tasks 

Other Job Functions: 

- Act as back up for Finance Assistant or other commercial function as needed.

- Supporting or independent analytical and project work as assigned from time to time.

- Back-up for general office management issues (e.g. travel organization, Office organization etc.)  

The position requires a high level of precision (attention to detail) and confidentiality. Subject to the individual learning progress the tasks may include an increasing level of responsibility.

Proficiency in English is a must while understanding of German is a plus. 

Location: Pudong, Shanghai

Please send your CV to: hrfco@freudenberg.com.cn

Freudenberg Group 

Freudenberg is a family-owned group of companies offering its customers technically challenging product solutions and services. The Group has held business ties with customers and partners in China for more than 100 years. Together with its long-standing partners, the Freudenberg Group has a workforce in China of more than 5,600 employees at 70 locations. Consolidated sales were 4,07 billion CNY in 2012. Over the past ten years, Freudenberg has invested more than two billion Yuan in China. The Freudenberg Group is continuously expanding its presence and focus in China, and offers manifold career opportunities in a network of global acting, innovative and successful companies. 

The company supplies seals, vibration control technology components, filters, nonwovens, release agents and lubricants to almost all of the world’s car manufacturers. The significance of customers from other industries, such as mechanical and plant engineering, energy, chemistry, oil and gas or medical and pharmaceutical, is continually gaining ground. A small share of its products is sold to consumer under the vileda®, O’Cedar®, Wettex®, Gala® and SWASH® brands. 

Freudenberg’s actions are driven by the search to find the best solutions for its customers. 

This has been the case for more than 160 years and remains the company’s pledge for the future. As a family company, Freudenberg is guided by its long-term orientation, financial solidity and the excellence of its people in 57 countries around the globe. The Freudenberg Group generates consolidated annual sales of about 52 billion CNY and employs more than 37,000 people worldwide.