Lead Expert – Digital Accounting and Financial Processes, IHK

DWW Akademie

Lead Expert for the IHK Weiterbildung program in digital and AI-supported office and finance processes. Developing curricular content and ensuring compliance with legal standards in a fully remote role.

Posted 7/29/2026contractRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanySenior💰 €2,000 - €4,000 per monthWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in German financial accounting, including accounts payable and receivable, while ensuring compliance with legal requirements and best practices. Proficient in digital document workflows and e-invoicing processes, with strong coordination skills among subject matter experts.

Highest-signal resume keywords

German Language Skills (C1/C2)German Financial AccountingDATEV and DATEV Unternehmen OnlineE-Invoicing, XRechnung, and ZUGFeRDDigital Document Workflows

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Hard Skills

Accounts Payable AccountingAccounts Receivable AccountingProcessing Incoming and Outgoing InvoicesMaster Data MaintenanceData Import and Export in DATEVUnderstanding of Digitization and AutomationOpen-Items ManagementPractical Experience with GoBDDigital ArchivingExperience with Financial Processes

Soft Skills

Coordination with Subject Matter Experts

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Development and professional quality assurance of the course content.
Design of a continuous end-to-end case study from digital document receipt through to archiving.
Development of practical exercises and assessment criteria.
Definition of realistic process flows from companies and tax firms.
Ensuring subject-matter currency with respect to legal requirements and best practices.
Coordination of content with the program's other subject matter experts.

Requirements

What you’ll need

German language skills at C1/C2 level.
Solid knowledge of German financial accounting.
Several years of experience in accounts payable and accounts receivable accounting and processing incoming and outgoing invoices.
Very good knowledge of DATEV and DATEV Unternehmen online.
Experience with e-invoicing, XRechnung and ZUGFeRD.
Practical experience with digital document workflows, GoBD and digital archiving.
Knowledge of banking and payment processes as well as open-items management.
Experience with master data maintenance as well as data import and export in DATEV.
Understanding of the digitization and automation of accounting and financial processes.
At least 5 years of professional experience in German financial accounting or in a tax firm.
At least 2–3 years of experience with digital accounting and financial processes.
Experience implementing or optimizing e-invoicing, digital document workflows or DATEV workflows.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Project-based freelance compensation with a fee of €2,000 to €4,000 per project.
Flexible scheduling during the project period.
Fully remote collaboration.
Engagement under a service contract.
A motivated team that values your ideas and initiative.