Sr. Accountant (General Ledger)

• Location Prague, Czechia

• Job ID 0000019943

• Category Finance

Job Description

The Senior Accountant plays an important role in developing a best-in-class General Ledger department within the BSO. We are seeking individuals who are dedicated to actively participating in crafting and improving our high-performing department. We prioritize collaboration, process excellence, quality, and encouraging a positive work environment.

“No relocation assistance is offered for this position”

Core Responsibilities

• Perform month end closing activities, prepare journal entries and maintain general ledger records and analysis for assigned accounting entities, all in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with group accounting policies and accounting rules

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

• Ensure compliance to and maintenance of internal controls in accordance with the LEGO guidelines and local tax and accounting legislation

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

• Consistently adheres to company guidelines and policies

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

• Act as “go to” person for the team and other process teams

• Develop subject matter expertise to provide guidance and support to your colleagues

• Support team leader in coaching junior team members

• 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)

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

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 from 3 locations: Monterrey, Prague and Singapore. The General Ledger (GL) department interacts with great parts of the LEGO organisation and therefore holds an important role within the Business Service Operations (BSO) supporting the EMEA region. The team manages the general ledger and collaborates with various partners to ensure compliance.

Support internal and external partners 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.

Do you have what it takes?

• Analytical, detailed - and high-quality oriented

• Be robust, resilient and ability to embrace changes, as well as having a proactive mind with a can-do attitude

• Personal drive and initiative, excellent collaboration skills and proven ability to build trust and credibility with assigned business areas or other key partners

• Experience with an enterprise-wide accounting software system, preferably SAP at an advanced level

• Microsoft Office at experienced level

• Preferably proven working experience in International accounting environment

• Experience with preparation of statutory financial statements is an advantage

• Ability to independently resolve moderate to complex problems

Advanced English both written and verbal would be ideal as we are an internationally gathered team.

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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.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

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.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

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.

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