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Barry Callebaut Senior RTR CSD Accountant in Lodz, Poland
Senior RTR CSD Accountant
Location:
Lodz, PL, 90-530
At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!
About the role:
This role will support month end close and other accounting related duties for some of the most important sites in BC and represents a greenfield capacity build-up for the current organization in Lodz. Through proper accounting and timely support, the role will ensure efficient, harmonized and high quality accounting and reporting across multiple plants, maintaining a high standard. They will ideate, launch and drive steer initiatives aimed at improving and simplifying processes, sharing best practices, knowledge and continuous improvement of analytics as well as accounting processes. This position is a nucleus for the build-up of a wider team down the line and will provide great development potential in the future, once additional responsibilities are moved from the local plant business partners to the GBS.
Key responsibilities:
Own the monthly closing process at plant/regional level in close coordination with local BP and factory management, supporting the preparation of the close and performing day-by-day closing activities
Support the plant BP in the following tasks: period end close, accruals, inventory records and controls, interactions with FP&A, basic analysis and reporting, issue solving, engagement with auditors, with the possibility of more varied tasks down the line
Consolidate data across multiple plants within your plant cluster
Perform some analysis on plant data, such as headcount or energy analysis, ensuring data used for accruals and other reporting purposes is accurate and plausible
Identify, trigger and implement process improvements and simplifications, aiming at reducing manual effort across the entire close process, both as performed in the plant by the local business partner and from the supporting accountants in GBS, for your cluster and, at a later stage, for the global close process in all plants
Support cash and investment process for plants, from launching investment proposals to global support
Participate in cross-functional teams accountable for developing the yearly budgets and forecasts
Other special projects include working to build, communicate, continuously improve and monitor new processes, with the opportunity to shape the global process and to set the standard for the group
This position will need to build and maintain relationships with functional disciplines outside of Finance
About you:
Degree in Accounting or Finance
Proficiency in English, both written and oral. Additional European languages appreciated but not required
5+ years of experience in Accounting with some experience in FP&A related tasks
Prior experience in plant / factory controlling or accounting mandatory
Some experience of speaking to senior management desirable / willingness to learn and develop
Knowledge of Business Intelligence tools
Good operational knowledge of MS Office software with advanced Excel skills (Tables, Pivot Tables, lookups variants)
Documented proficiency with SAP and Business Warehouse
Interest in process optimization and improvement, with a willingness to think outside the box and challenge the process status quo while performing the daily work
We offer:
Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
Annual bonus based on your work results.
Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
Group life insurance.
Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many other occasions during the year.
And if chocolate is still not enough, you can join one of our theme clubs, where together with other employees we develop our passions and interests.
Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.
At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.
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