General Ledger Accountant

What you will do with us

Purpose of the role: Ensure accurate and timely general ledger accounting and support assigned month-end, statutory and audit activities in accordance with legal requirements and internal accounting guidelines.

What you will do with us

• Prepare and post manual journal entries and maintain complete supporting documentation.
• Prepare and post assigned local-GAAP entries and VAT-clearing entries.
• Support month-end and year-end close through assigned checklist, cut-off and closing activities.
• Calculate and prepare assigned accruals and support related postings and documentation within the defined accounting process.
• Perform reconciliations of assigned general ledger accounts and clarify differences.
• Perform assigned inventory accounting activities, including data collection and physical-count or WIP support.
• Perform assigned fixed-asset activities, including creation requests, physical-count support, disposals or leasing documentation, investment-status coordination and AUC follow-up.
• Perform petty-cash management and reconciliation for the assigned scope.
• Monitor assigned local accounting and tax requirements and reflect relevant requirements in day-to-day accounting work.
• Prepare assigned schedules and supporting information for statutory financial statements; no overall statutory ownership is implied.
• Support payroll-related postings and reconciliations where these are part of the local accounting scope.
• Perform assigned intercompany activities, including backcharge support and selected intercompany postings or reconciliations.
• Prepare audit, tax-file and statutory-closing documentation and provide evidence for internal and external audit requests; overall audit ownership remains with the responsible senior role.
• Participate in accounting process improvements, projects and special accounting tasks within the assigned scope.

What you will bring with you

• Completed commercial education or degree in accounting, finance or business administration.
• Practical experience in general ledger accounting, journal postings, reconciliations and month-end close.
• Knowledge of SAP FI and Microsoft Excel.
• Working knowledge of local accounting requirements; tax or statutory knowledge appropriate to the assigned tasks is beneficial.
• Accurate, structured and reliable working style
• Excellent command of English; knowledge of other European languages would be an advantage.

Why join us?

• The love of animals is our Fressnapf DNA – if you have a dog, you can bring him/her to work with you
• Unique corporate culture – with us you will experience openness, transparency and appreciation in an innovative, dynamic environment – because we love what we do
• Here you can be YOU, the “you” culture will be used across entire company and across all hierarchical levels
• An extremely successful business model in combination with permanent expansion and high growth, even in uncertain times
• Work-life balance and flexible working hours – with us you have the opportunity use the advantages of mobile working (2-3 days/week in the office)
• Because you deserve it! – Attractive remuneration as well as various additional services and benefits, e.g. employee discounts or cafeteria scheme, are a matter of course for us
• Stay connected! – Cohesion is very important to us: with the employee app or digital
• We Care! – The well-being of our employees is important to us
• Your development is important to us – we support you with a wide range of learning opportunities

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Our team does everything to make the coexistence of humans and animals easier, better and happier: Happier Pets, Happier People This drive has made us Europe's number 1 in the pet supplies business. But we're still bubbling over with ideas and are currently creating a unique pet-related ecosystem that we're using to herald tomorrow's trade. We need you for this: ambitious doers who like to take responsibility - and are keen to create inspiring products and shopping experiences. Ready for first-class prospects with an owner-managed top dog? Welcome to Fressnapf!

We look forward to receiving your application!

Please only send us your documents online via our applicant portal. As we want to speed up our processes and save CO2 and paper, applications sent by other means, e.g. email or post, can unfortunately no longer be considered. Postal applications will not be returned, but will be destroyed directly in accordance with data protection regulations.