Barry Callebaut is the heart and engine of the cocoa and chocolate industry. We are looking for General Ledger Accountant in Poland (PL) for Lodz Shared Service Center (PLSC). Our broad range of products and services span all aspects from cocoa sourcing to fine chocolate products, which are loved by people of all ages worldwide. We are passionate about our business and work hard every day to ensure that there is enough chocolate in the world. Nothing is more important to our success than the combined expertise of more than 10000 Barry Callebaut employees around the world.
Firma: BARRY CALLEBAUT SSC EUROPE | Senior Accountant, Record to Report
Miejsce: Łódź, łódzkie
Opis stanowiska
About the role:
The person on this position is responsible for general ledger activities including period end processes (month/ quarter/ year), as well as daily ones like balance sheet accounts reconciliations, fixed assets registration, leasing contracts maintenance, journal entry processing, standard and transfer price update, financial reports preparation or other ad hoc requests and queries coming from business partners. The person in this role needs to perform the activities independently and with high quality, within the agreed SLAs, timelines and accounting standards & controls.
The role acts as a backup for Team Leader and provides the accounting and process advisory support to other team members.
RTR senior accountant participates and supports transformation project teams in the area of accounting and reporting.
Key responsibilities include:
Perform period end activities such as:
- Key controls execution in area of material management, asset accounting and general ledger,
- Prepare and book manual journal entries, being defined in scope of SSC, such as month end accruals, obsolete stock provision, impairment provision and similar,
- Process and book into ERP manual journal entries received from local entities,
- Respond to questions and provide support to local entities, chief accountants and other SSC departments in area of finance general accounting,
- Taking ownership for complex accounting problems resolution, proactive communication, escalation and follow up,
- Perform activates related to leasing in dedicated RE-FX module,
- Perform yearly & ad-hoc standard and transfer price updates,
- Perform and analyse balance sheet reconciliation,
- Execute defined controls according to BC Internal Control Framework,
- Support in internal and external audit,
- Support and drive continuous improvement and innovative solutions, including transformation projects, and communicate them to the GL Supervisor and Global Process Owner,
- Support other team members from an accounting and process point of view.
Wymagania
About you:
- Bachelor degree in accounting, finance or similar field,
- At least 4 years of experience in finance and accounting,
- Experience in F&A (finance and accounting) shared services centre environments preferred,
- Fluency in English language,
- Accounting knowledge,
- Technical mindset and analytical skills,
- Technology skills, including SAP,
- Advanced Microsoft Office and web-based applications,
- RPA & Power BI experience will be an asset.
- Strong team player, highly motivated and eager to learn,
- Challenging the status quo, open-minded.
Oferujemy
We offer:
- Temporary contract for at least 12 months.
- Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
- Annual bonus based on your work results.
- Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
- Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
- Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
- PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
- Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
- Group life insurance.
- Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
- As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
- Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
- Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many other occasions during the year.
- And if chocolate is still not enough, you can join one of our theme clubs, where together with other employees we develop our passions and interests.
- Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
- You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
- Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
- Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
- We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
- Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.
