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English speaking Management accountants ?
My partner moved to Berlin recently and she has around 5 years of experience in management accounting. She possess a Bsc in accounting and a UK qualification (CIMA). And good… Hello Fella berlinerers.
My partner moved to Berlin recently and she has around 5 years of experience in management accounting. She possess a Bsc in accounting and a UK qualification (CIMA). And good with analysis and power BI stuff. Yet we find it so difficult to find jobs in accounting without german language.
She is fed up of job search. Does anyone has similar experience in the same field. Is it worth even trying for english speaking jobs. She is learning German and currently at A1 level. Any ideas or suggestions are highly appreciated.
honestly at A1 she's gonna struggle with traditional controller roles at german firms, those usually want B2 minimum for internal reporting. but her power bi + cima combo is legit gold for fp&a at tech companies, especially ones that report to a uk or us parent. tell her to look up "financial analyst" not "management accountant" on linkedin berlin, filter by english, and target companies with a clear international hq like wework or contentful. also the berlin volkshochschule offers cheap intensive german courses that move faster than goethe if she wants to hit A2 quick, that alone opens more doors
honestly the startup route is her best bet but she needs to network not just apply online. berlin has a pretty active slack community called berlinstartupjobs or she could hit up coworking spaces like betahaus or factory berlin where finance people sometimes hang out. also worth checking if her cima gives her any exemptions for the german steuerberater exam, long term that unlocks way more doors. the a1 level is rough but if she grinds to b1 in 6 months it gets noticeably easier.
yeah it's a grind but not hopeless. a1 is rough for controller roles where you talk to budget holders daily, but power bi + cima is a strong combo for the right places. have her check out companies like getyourguide or babbel, they run english-first finance teams and hire for fp&a roles that don't need german day-to-day. also worth looking at the startup scene in mitte, especially around torstraße, a few smaller tech firms there will take english speakers if she can handle the finanzamt stuff with a steuerberater on retainer
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What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.