Hybrid Process Expert, Precious Metals Accounting – Consultant

at Scheer IDS

• Job title: Process Expert, Precious Metals Accounting – Consultant
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: SQL, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Munchen, Germany

About the role

• Consultant for precious metal accounting supporting clients in establishing robust accounting processes. Focus on documentation, reconciliation, and reporting in a consulting environment.

Responsibilities

• Participation in client projects (precious metals accounting): processing of precious metal weight accounts, precious metals balancing, reporting — design, standardization and documentation of processes.
• Monthly closings & reconciliations: design and improvement of metal reconciliation steps (e.g., receipts/consumption/WIP/output), variance analyses and documentation of findings.
• Governance & controls: definition of practical controls (four-eyes principle, sampling, outside-refiner reconciliation) and auditable traceability; interfaces to trading/hedging/FX and finance.
• IT enablement (finance-focused): functional specifications and data models for SAP-based implementation (FI/CO, SD/MM, ideally CO‑PC/Analytics) as well as reporting/BI; support for testing and go‑lives.
• KPIs (concise): maintenance of a few core KPIs such as recovery rate, loss rate and mass-balance deviation to objectively assess inventory and closing quality.

Requirements

• Degree: Business Administration (BWL) or Business Informatics; alternatively Accounting/Controlling with a strong affinity for process and data topics.
• Experience: Practical experience in precious metals accounting and/or in precious metal recycling/refining; routine in monthly reconciliations, weight accounts, variance analyses and clear process/control documentation.
• Tool know-how: confident with SAP (especially FI/CO, SD/MM, preferably CO‑PC/Analytics), reporting/SQL‑based analyses; basic understanding of data flows to MES/LIMS.
• Working style & soft skills: analytical, precise, structured; high numerical and attention-to-detail accuracy; strong ability to act as an interface between business/finance/trading and IT; very good German and English skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive onboarding in the Scheer family: with our Scheer Welcome Days and our buddy program we provide the perfect start.
• Tailored professional development with the Scheer Campus: we offer diverse opportunities to shape your personal and technical development.
• Stay fit with Scheer: with our cooperation partners and Business Bike offers you can create your individual fitness program.
• Work, leisure & family compatibility: flexible working hours as well as home office options, workation and part-time models allow you to design your work‑life balance.
• Our gift to you and the environment: when you start, we will plant a Scheer tree for you — the tree grows with you!