GA Accountant Ref. No: 7462

Kingfisher plc is an international home improvement company with approximately 1,380 stores, supported by a team of 79,000 colleagues. We operate in eight countries across Europe under retail banners including B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt, Screwfix, TradePoint and Koçtaş. We offer home improvement products and services to consumers and trade professionals who shop in our stores and via our e-commerce channels. At Kingfisher, our purpose is to make home improvement accessible for everyone.

Over 4 years ago Kingfisher opened a Finance Shared Service Centre in Krakow, to which we are looking for candidates for the position below.

Region: Krakow, małopolskie

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You are a perfect candidate if you have:

• Relevant University degree (Accounting or Finance preferred) or equivalent education
• Minimum 2 years of work experience in accounting
• Very good spoken & written English (B2)
• Very good MS Excel knowledge
• Analytical skills and good problem solving (attention to details)
• Being able to work within tight operational deadlines and priorities
• Good problem-solving skills and cooperation attitude         
• Knowledge of SAP accounting system (considered an asset)

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Your area of responsibilities will include:

• Performing journal entry processing (ad hoc and recurring)
• Calculating and posting of accruals, provisions, prepayments
• Reconciling dedicated GL accounts, explaining and resolving unrecognized items / balances
• Initiating required action on incorrect allocated items
• Performing Fixed Asset accounting
• Reconciling Intercompany transactions
• Ensuring month-end processes are completed accurately and according to month and year end closing schedule
• Performing Financial Master Data related activities in SAP
• Performing reporting activities using BPC and HFM
• Performing reconciliation between SAP / BPC / HFM
• Preparing regular and ad hoc reports
• Communicating with clients on a regular basis, ensuring timely and accurate responses to any client queries
• Ensuring operational and design effectiveness of the controls over financial reporting within areas of responsibility
• Ensuring proper company policies are being followed
• Supporting audit as required
• Ensuring that developed KPIs and SLAs are continuously met
• Performing other related tasks assigned by Team Manager

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We offer:

• Performing journal entry processing (ad hoc and recurring)
• Calculating and posting of accruals, provisions, prepayments
• Reconciling dedicated GL accounts, explaining and resolving unrecognized items / balances
• Initiating required action on incorrect allocated items
• Performing Fixed Asset accounting
• Reconciling Intercompany transactions
• Ensuring month-end processes are completed accurately and according to month and year end closing schedule
• Performing Financial Master Data related activities in SAP
• Performing reporting activities using BPC and HFM
• Performing reconciliation between SAP / BPC / HFM
• Preparing regular and ad hoc reports
• Communicating with clients on a regular basis, ensuring timely and accurate responses to any client queries
• Ensuring operational and design effectiveness of the controls over financial reporting within areas of responsibility
• Ensuring proper company policies are being followed
• Supporting audit as required
• Ensuring that developed KPIs and SLAs are continuously met
• Performing other related tasks assigned by Team Manager

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