Senior Financial Accountant, GL

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Job Title

Senior Financial Accountant, GL

Location(s)

Krakow, Poland - Hybrid

Job Description

Senior Financial Accountant (General Ledger) will be responsible for US GAAP and local accounting, reporting, process and compliance activities. Take ownership of part of finance related to statutory reporting, tax declarations, Intrastat and other reports. Preparing and maintaining good cooperation with local business and other stakeholders, to ensure that the work is done according to all corporate and compliance guidelines and policies.  

Qualifications:

• Support to preparation of the month end financial statements according to US GAAP and local statutory.

• Perform month- and year-end closings, balance sheet and profit and loss accounts reconciliation.

• Ensure all accounts are analyzed and reconciled with agreed deadlines and document GAAP to local GAAP differences.

• Timely and accurate preparation and processing of accounting documents like accruals, prepaid expenses, deferred tax calculation, revenue recognition.

• Payroll booking based on files provided by an external outsourced company.

• In collaboration with consultant preparation of the monthly, annual tax declarations including CIT, VAT, Treasury and Statistical reports/declarations, cooperating with the tax department/ local consultant in case of problems.

• Provide proactive support to internal/external audits.

• Preparation of Intrastat declarations.

• Collaborate on monthly/quarterly deliverables preparation.

• Independently liaising with external tax auditors and tax advisors to achieve compliance to local tax requirements. Providing support in gathering documents for internal and external audit requirements.

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in accounting or finance, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant financial experience.

• At least 4 years of professional experience in Finance/Accounting with focus on GL processes.

• Demonstrated experience in month end closing and maintaining ledger independently.

• Demonstrated VAT/tax capabilities as well as statutory returns experience.

• Proficiency in financial reporting; US GAAP knowledge will be considered a plus.

• Fluent in English - at least CEFR B2 level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP, Hyperion (HFM/Essbase).

• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.

• Fiscal proven experience to be ready to support EU (Intra/EC List/etc.) declarations.

• Process driven and organized, with sufficient flexibility to accommodate ad hoc requests.

• Good written and verbal communications skills.

• Must be professional and ethical with high integrity.

• Strong proficiency with financial systems and applications; Advanced skills in Excel and MS Office applications.

• Experience with working in a global team.

What we offer:

• Private healthcare including dental care,

• Life and long-term disability insurance,

• MyBenefit Cafeteria system,

• Multisport Card,

• Social Fund Subsidies,

• Home Office allowance,

• Tuition reimbursement,

• Referral awards,

• Internal career development opportunities in multiple business areas,

• Day off to celebrate your birthday, and up to 3 additional days of vacation by length of service in the company.

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