Senior Accounting Specialist - GL

Job Description

Just imagine helping ensure every number tells the right story. Then make it real.

We are hiring a Senior Accounting Specialist - GL in Shanghai, China. This is an individual contributor role, instrumental in developing a best-in-class GL department within the BSO — helping to set the standards, cadence, and discipline that a high-performing shared-service GL function depends on.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The LEGO Business Service Operations (BSO) is a shared service center that delivers HR and Finance services to the entire LEGO Group 

The team is responsible for compliant handling of the general ledger and all engagements related hereto, which involves natural interaction with a broad range of both internal and external stakeholders.

The departmental focus is to:

• Make sure we live our partner promise by ensuring high quality, stewardship and full compliance with the LEGO Groups current Accounting Policy and global processes 

• Ensure timely, accurate and reliable transactional data recorded in general ledger and timely reconciliation of all accounts

• Support internal and external stakeholders with insightful and value-adding financial analyses, recurring statements and reporting bringing value to the overall business

The GL department supports The LEGO Group with consistent, high quality and customer oriented execution of GL processes and stakeholder management, and thereby enables the BSO to succeed in delivering great value to the LEGO organization. 

Core Responsibilities

• Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations including supporting explanations and ensure follow up on outstanding balances and taking corrective action.

• Responsibility for the completion and review of internal and external reporting and audit requirements

• Approves journals, ensuring  consistency and completeness of all postings with correct coding, classification and aligned with local accounting standards

• Consistently adheres to company guidelines and policies

• Perform variance analyses for movements on all accounts to keep  financials free from  probable errors and misstatements

• Support all audit-related activities including internal audits, statutory audits, tax audits

• Acts as key contact for queries concerning accounting and other finance matters

• Maintain adherence to local statutory reporting rules, tax requirements for entities in region and lead communication with external and internal auditors

• Prepare, review and submit government reports, and ad hoc financial information requests. 

• Understanding stakeholders needs

• Building and strengthening basic stakeholder relations across areas and geographies including collaboration and culture (incl. Business Controllers, Treasury, CRBC, Tax, Group Reporting and our auditors) 

• Articulate stakeholders priorities and identify opportunities to translate to plans in own process and area.

• Continuously train and coach junior team members and participate in preparation of cross trainings for other departments/functions.

• Support the Team Leaders and FBP Controllers with ad hoc projects, issue resolution and continuous process improvement.

Do you have what it takes?

We are looking for development-oriented people who are eager to actively shape and strengthen a high-performing department. You should value collaboration, process excellence, and quality, and you should bring a sense of fun to everyday work life.

What you bring

• Approximately 8–15 years of demonstrated experience in a Finance function, including 5+ years in a comparable GL role

• Experience with an enterprise-wide accounting system, ideally SAP

• Proven experience preparing statutory financial statements

• Prior experience in an international accounting environment

• Microsoft Office at an experienced level

• Strong written and spoken English; additional languages are an advantage

• An analytical and detail-oriented mindset that is focused on high quality

• Resilience and robustness, comfort with change, and a proactive "can-do" attitude

• Personal drive and initiative, strong collaboration skills, and a demonstrated ability to build trust and credibility with business partners and key stakeholders

• The ability to independently resolve moderate to complex problems 

Nice to have

• Accounting / Finance related qualification preferred, CPA is advantageous.

• Advanced SAP proficiency

• Audit experience

• 3+ years focused specifically on statutory financial statement preparation

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Your workplace: Your workplace will be the office, store or factory specified in this advert.

Hybrid Working: Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team.

Learn more about our benefits, culture and workplace experience here

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.