SMF — a high-precision metalworking specialist in Ahlen, NRW, serving demanding sectors including Windkraft, Automotive, Defence, Luftfahrt and Medizintechnik — is hiring an experienced Finanzbuchhalter (m/w/d) for their growing finance team. This is a full-time, on-site, permanent position covering the full range of financial accounting operations: Kreditoren & Debitoren, Buchung von Eingangs- und Ausgangsrechnungen, Zahlungsverkehr, Kontenabstimmung, and active participation in Monats- and Jahresabschlüssen. Requires a completed kaufmännische Ausbildung, ideally with a Buchhaltung/Finanzen focus, MS Office proficiency, and experience with ERP/Buchhaltungssoftware. IHK-Bilanzbuchhalter qualification is a strong plus. Offers 30 Tage Urlaub, betriebliche Altersvorsorge, genuine Gestaltungsspielraum and a collaborative, short-decision-path working culture. Apply directly to k.schlinke@s-m-f.de.
About SMF — High-Precision Metalworking, Ahlen NRW
Company: SMF — innovationsstarker Partner for hochpräzise Metallbearbeitung, Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Size: Mittelständisches Unternehmen — approximately 100 employees; short decision paths, strong team culture
Core Capabilities: Blechumformung, Drücken, Drückwalzen, Tiefziehen, CNC-Bearbeitung, Werkzeugbau, Laser-Schweißen & -Schneiden
Sectors Served: Windkraft, Automotive, Defence, Luftfahrt (Aerospace), Medizintechnik — industries where quality is non-negotiable
Contact: Katharina Schlinke · Personalabteilung · k.schlinke@s-m-f.de · +49 (0) 151 45204844 · www.s-m-f.de
Was SMF Dir bietet — Benefits & Rahmenbedingungen
💰 Vergütung: Attraktive, leistungsgerechte Bezahlung + betriebliche Altersvorsorge
🏖️ Urlaub: 30 Tage Urlaub pro Jahr — weit über dem gesetzlichen Mindestanspruch
🔒 Sicherheit: Langfristiger, sicherer Arbeitsplatz in einem wachsenden, krisenresistenten Mittelstandsunternehmen
🤝 Teamspirit: Kurze Entscheidungswege, flache Hierarchien und ein wertschätzendes Miteinander
🛠️ Gestaltungsspielraum: Deine Ideen werden gehört — aktive Mitgestaltung der Modernisierung kaufmännischer Prozesse
Position Overview
The Finanzbuchhalter role at SMF in Ahlen is a genuine opportunity for a finance professional who wants more than a purely transactional accounting position. SMF is a precision metalworking company serving some of the most demanding industrial sectors in Germany — Windkraft, Automotive, Defence, Luftfahrt, and Medizintechnik — and the finance team sits at the heart of the company’s commercial operations, supporting not just day-to-day accounting but actively contributing to the modernisation and improvement of kaufmännische processes as the company grows.
This is a role for someone who combines solid technical accounting skills — accurate, structured, and independently responsible — with genuine curiosity about processes and a collaborative spirit. You will own the full spectrum of laufende Finanzbuchhaltung, from Kreditoren and Debitoren through to Zahlungsverkehr, Kontenabstimmung, and active participation in Monats- and Jahresabschlüssen. You will also serve as an interface between the company and its Steuerberater, authorities, and internal departments — a role that rewards clear communication and professional reliability as much as accounting accuracy. With SMF’s 30 days of annual leave, betriebliche Altersvorsorge, and direct application to Katharina Schlinke in the Personalabteilung, this is among the more comprehensively structured SME accounting roles available in the Ahlen/Münsterland/Ruhrgebiet region right now.
Warum diese Stelle besonders ist: SMF’s Finanzbuchhalter role combines the stability and genuine team belonging of a 100-person Mittelstandsunternehmen with real Gestaltungsspielraum — you are not just processing invoices; you are helping shape how a growing precision manufacturer manages its commercial future. The mix of sectors served (Windkraft, Defence, Luftfahrt, Medizintechnik) means the business has deliberate sectoral diversification built in, and the 30 days Urlaub plus betriebliche Altersvorsorge package positions this significantly above many comparable NRW SME accounting roles in total compensation value.
Deine Aufgaben — Key Responsibilities
Laufende Finanzbuchhaltung — Kreditoren & Debitoren
- Take full ownership of the laufende Finanzbuchhaltung — Kreditoren & Debitoren — managing the complete accounts payable and accounts receivable processes for a precision manufacturer serving Windkraft, Automotive, Defence, Luftfahrt and Medizintechnik customers, ensuring that every transaction is correctly classified, accurately recorded and processed in compliance with the company’s accounting standards and German commercial law requirements
- Perform thorough Prüfung, Kontierung und Buchung von Eingangs- und Ausgangsrechnungen — applying the careful, systematic invoice verification and coding discipline that accurate financial records in a high-mix manufacturing environment require, catching discrepancies, resolving queries with suppliers and customers promptly, and maintaining the completeness and integrity of SMF’s invoice documentation
- Oversee and execute Zahlungsverkehr — managing payment runs, monitoring due dates, ensuring timely settlement of creditor obligations and accurate receipt recording of debtor payments, applying the attention to cash-flow timing and payment-term compliance that operational finance in a manufacturing SME demands
- Conduct regular Kontenabstimmung und Klärung offener Posten — systematically reconciling balance sheet accounts, identifying and resolving open items, maintaining clean ledgers, and ensuring that the accounting records accurately reflect the company’s financial position at all times, with particular care applied to intercompany accounts, creditor/debtor sub-ledgers, and bank reconciliations
Abschlüsse, Stammdaten & Schnittstellen
- Actively contribute to Monats- und Jahresabschlüssen — supporting the preparation and completion of monthly and annual financial closes, applying the structured close-process discipline, deadline orientation, and documentation thoroughness that reliable management reporting and statutory financial statements require, and working closely with Steuerberater and internal departments to ensure a complete and accurate close
- Maintain and manage Stammdaten — ensuring that supplier, customer, and cost centre master data in the ERP/accounting system is accurate, current, and consistently structured, understanding that clean master data is the foundation on which booking accuracy, reporting reliability, and process efficiency in any manufacturing finance function depend
- Act as Schnittstelle zu Steuerberater, Behörden und internen Fachbereichen — serving as the professional interface between SMF’s finance function and its external tax advisors, government authorities, and internal departments (Operations, Purchasing, Sales), communicating clearly, preparing documentation accurately, and ensuring that information flows efficiently in both directions to support compliance, reporting, and operational decision-making
- Actively participate in the Weiterentwicklung und Modernisierung kaufmännischer Prozesse — bringing ideas, identifying inefficiencies, and contributing to process improvement initiatives as SMF continues to develop and professionalise its commercial operations alongside its technical manufacturing growth, in an environment where Gestaltungsspielraum is real and initiative is valued
Das bringst du mit — Qualifications & Requirements
Ausbildung & Qualifikation
- Completed kaufmännische Ausbildung — ideally with a Buchhaltung or Finanzen specialisation; a Steuerfachangestellte/r, Industriekaufmann/-frau, Bürokaufmann/-frau or equivalent Ausbildung with demonstrated accounting focus is the typical qualification baseline this role is structured around
- Ideally holds an IHK-Bilanzbuchhalter (m/w/d) qualification — or is actively pursuing this further qualification — which would provide the deeper analytical and statutory accounting capability that supports SMF’s Monats- and Jahresabschluss contributions and Steuerberater interface responsibilities
Erfahrung & Arbeitsweise
- Erste Berufserfahrung in der Buchhaltung is welcome — SMF is open to candidates at earlier career stages who bring the right attitude and learning orientation alongside solid foundational accounting skills, alongside more experienced Buchhalter/innen who want to bring depth and process insight to a growing SME
- Strukturierte, sorgfältige und eigenverantwortliche Arbeitsweise — the disciplined, detail-oriented approach to financial work that accurate bookkeeping and clean month-end closing in a manufacturing environment consistently requires, with the professional self-reliance to manage open tasks through to completion without constant direction
- Proficient in MS Office — particularly Excel for reconciliations, reporting, and data analysis — and ideally experienced with ERP or accounting-specific software platforms (DATEV, SAP, Lexware or equivalent) used in German SME manufacturing finance environments
- Teamfähigkeit, Zuverlässigkeit und Diskretion in handling sensitive financial and personnel data — the professional integrity that any finance role demands, combined with genuine team collaboration skills in a company where short decision paths and collegial working culture are both real and valued
Warum SMF und Ahlen — Why This Role Is a Strong Career Move in NRW 2026
The Mittelstand — Germany’s backbone of mid-sized, specialist manufacturers — continues to offer some of the most professionally stable and personally rewarding career environments in German industry. SMF’s position at the intersection of multiple high-growth industrial sectors (Windkraft is experiencing a sustained investment boom in Germany; Defence and Luftfahrt are similarly expanding; Medizintechnik is structurally resilient) gives this particular Mittelstandsunternehmen in Ahlen an unusually diversified and durable revenue base for a 100-person company. That means the “langfristiger, sicherer Arbeitsplatz” the job description promises is more than standard hiring language — it reflects genuine sectoral hedging built into SMF’s customer portfolio.
For a Finanzbuchhalter/in in NRW, the combination of 30 days Urlaub, betriebliche Altersvorsorge, real Gestaltungsspielraum, and the professional warmth of a kurze Entscheidungswege team culture is genuinely competitive against larger finance employers in the region — where compensation may be higher but the individual contribution often feels invisible. If you want a finance role in Ahlen or the wider Münsterland/Ruhrgebiet area where your work matters, your ideas are heard, and your career can grow alongside the company, send your application with your earliest start date to Katharina Schlinke at k.schlinke@s-m-f.de today.
Who Should Apply?
- Erfahrene Buchhalter/innen aus dem NRW Mittelstand: With a completed kaufmännische Ausbildung and hands-on Kreditoren/Debitoren experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or technical services SME environment — ready to take on the full-spectrum Finanzbuchhaltung responsibility of a precision manufacturer serving demanding sectors like Windkraft, Defence, and Medizintechnik, in a company where your work directly supports operational and strategic decision-making
- IHK-Bilanzbuchhalter/innen oder Kandidat/innen in Weiterbildung: Who have invested in developing deeper accounting and statutory reporting capability beyond the Ausbildung baseline — and want a role where that depth can be applied to Monats- and Jahresabschlüssen, Steuerberater interface, and process modernisation in a growth-oriented Mittelstandsunternehmen that genuinely values initiative and ideas
- Berufseinsteiger/innen mit solider kaufmännischer Ausbildung: Who are at the beginning of their accounting career, bring a structured and reliable work approach, are comfortable with ERP/accounting software, and want to develop their Finanzbuchhaltung breadth in a real manufacturing environment with genuine team integration and a supportive Gestaltungsspielraum culture — SMF is explicitly open to candidates at earlier career stages
- Buchhalter/innen aus der Industrie- und Fertigungsbranche: With background in metalworking, Maschinenbau, Automotive supply, or related precision manufacturing sectors — who understand how industrial procurement, production cost flows, and multi-customer invoicing create specific Buchhaltung demands, and who want to apply that manufacturing finance context in an Ahlen/Münsterland company with 30 days Urlaub and strong benefits
- Prozessgestaltungsaffine Finanzprofis: Who are not content with purely transactional accounting work and want to actively contribute to the modernisation of kaufmännische processes in a growing SME — bringing both accounting rigour and process improvement thinking to a company that is explicitly building the finance function’s capabilities alongside its technical manufacturing growth and whose leadership listens to ideas from the team
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