Accounting Specialist

the LEGO Group; Monterrey; On-site; Confidencial; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Headspace wellbeing app

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Job summary

The LEGO Group is seeking an Accounting Specialist in Monterrey to develop a high-performing General Ledger function for US and Canadian operations. You will ensure accurate GL processing, payroll accounting, and stakeholder support within a global shared services environment.

As part of Business Service Operations, you’ll contribute to process improvements and establish trusted partnerships across Payroll, People, Places and Culture, and other regional teams.

Qualifications

• Delivered accounting activities within a Finance function or a similar role.
• Managed General Ledger accounting processes and related transactions.
• Used Microsoft Office tools at an experienced level.
• Worked with an enterprise-wide accounting system, preferably SAP or BlackLine.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for accounting and controlling activities covering United States and Canadian transactions.
• Manage payroll accounting with a consistent focus on quality.
• Strengthen General Ledger processes within Business Service Operations.
• Provide reliable, customer-focused execution for internal stakeholders.
• Help shape a department that values process excellence and development.

Skills

General Ledger

Accounting activities

Microsoft Office

SAP/BlackLine

Tools

SAP

BlackLine

Excel

Job description

Job Description

Just imagine shaping reliable accounting for United States and Canadian operations while helping build stronger LEGO® finance processes. Then make it real.

About the role

As our Accounting Specialist, you’ll help develop a high-performing General Ledger department within Business Service Operations. You’ll support the LEGO® team through consistent, high-quality and customer-focused execution of General Ledger processes and stakeholder management. This is a permanent role.

Required Qualifications

• Delivered accounting activities within a Finance function or a similar role.
• Managed General Ledger accounting processes and related transactions.
• Used Microsoft Office tools at an experienced level.
• Worked with an enterprise-wide accounting system, preferably SAP or BlackLine.

Preferred Qualifications

• Applied Microsoft Excel to support accounting activities and financial analysis.
• Created reports or insights using Power BI.

What you’ll build

• Take responsibility for accounting and controlling activities covering United States and Canadian transactions.
• Manage payroll accounting with a consistent focus on quality.
• Strengthen General Ledger processes within Business Service Operations.
• Provide reliable, customer-focused execution for internal stakeholders.
• Help shape a department that values process excellence and development.

If you’ve worked in a role where you built trust and credibility with business areas or key stakeholders, you’ll feel at home here. What matters most is taking ownership, showing initiative and staying committed to quality.

Life on the team

You’ll join Business Service Operations, a shared service center delivering employee and finance services to the LEGO Group from Monterrey, Prague, Singapore and China. It’s a collaborative environment where you’ll help improve how the team works while bringing positive energy to everyday tasks. You’ll communicate clearly, build trusted relationships and influence partners through reliable work and practical insights.

What success looks like

You’ll build confidence in the accounting and controlling of United States and Canadian transactions while developing strong payroll accounting routines. Success means delivering consistent General Ledger processes and dependable stakeholder support. You’ll work closely with Payroll, People Places and Culture, and partners supporting the United States and Canadian scope.

What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to 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 you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based

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

Your workplace – You’ll find this at the top of this advert and when you join the team, we’ll confirm this with you.

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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”
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.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.