Job ID

29635

GBS - General Ledger Specialist

Regular

Lisbon, Portugal (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lisbon,Portugal) My candidate profile

Syensqo is all about chemistry. We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.

Syensqo Job Grade: S14

Job Overview and Responsibilities

Syensqo is creating its internal Global Business Services (GBS) to cover Finance, Procurement and Human Resources activities. We offer you to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment and to contribute to this group’s transformation.

Join us in one of our 3 service centers: Lisbon, Curitiba, and Bangkok, be part of this transformation journey from the start.

As General Ledger Specialist you will:

• Perform accounting operations on topics such as corporate insurance, bonus, HR premium allocation, restructuring provision, and take all the necessary actions to have accurate data, and to respect closing deadlines

• Manage GL Master data (chart of account/ GL tables/ accounting scheme /document type)

• Participate in improvement accounting projects

• Work on the assigned transversal topics:

• Solve accounting and technical issues

• Answer external auditors’ requests

• Ensure closing tasks

• Perform internal controls

• Improve processes

• Ensure consolidation Actual 0 process, e.g. updating information about company shareholding & equity (follow up, consistency checks, quarterly reports, …)

• Participate to the audit coordination if needed

Education and Experience

• Postgraduate with a degree in Accounting

• Experience in accounting (at least 3 years of experience in accounting and/or audit)

Skills and behavioral competencies

• Accounting knowledge in IFRS

• Good SAP knowledge

• Ability to work under pressure and manage priorities

• Work collaboratively with others

• Ability to learn new domains

• Open-mindedness for a multicultural environment

• Good communication skills

• Autonomous

• Proactive

Language skills

Fluent in English

About us

• Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.

• At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity. We value the diversity that individuals bring and we invite you to consider a future with us, regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity. We encourage individuals who may require any assistance or accommodations to let us know to ensure a seamless application experience. We are here to support you throughout the application journey and want to ensure all candidates are treated equally. If you are unsure whether you meet all the criteria or qualifications listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.