Accounting Specialist (f/m/x)

You can look forward to these exciting tasks:

• Prepare complex journal entries, provide technical guidance, and ensure compliance with IFRS and Group Accounting policies.
• Coordinate and perform period-end and month-end closing activities in collaboration with local and global finance teams and in line with group closing calendar
• Manage monthly GL closing process (account clearing, intercompany reconciliation, customer/vendor reclassification, AP/AR aging report, sub-ledger reconciliation).
• Performs GL account reconciliations including action plan
• Manage and process incoming supplier invoices with and without Purchase Order
• Perform GR/IR analysis and follow-up on open items and perform its respective clearing
• Process customer cash allocation and manage bank statements.
• Detect customer payment deltas and respond appropriately in alignment with sales and local finance.
• Manage customer dunning process according to the defined schedule.
• Intercompany Netting.
• Create Ad-hoc and recurring reports including monthly/annual reporting package.
• Prepare documentation and provide necessary financial data and support to external auditors during audits.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve desktop procedures and process documentation to ensure operational consistency and compliance.
• Identify and contribute to implementation of continuous improvement iniciatives

This is what you bring to us:

• 3-5 years of experience in accounting, preferably in a shared service environment.
• College degree in Business Administration or equivalent accounting qualification.
• Proficient with SAP-FI.
• Advanced knowledge of MS office tools (MS Outlook and Excel).
• Excellent English skills, one further European language is desirable.
• Communication skills and cooperative mindset and a high level of accountability and accuracy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Critical Thinking to analyse complex topics;
• Team player with a good sense of different company/ country cultures.
• Ability to analyze daily situations considering the risk and available information, picturing the diverse scenarios, to adopt the best solution.
• Ability to respond to change with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work activities and objectives.