Accountant (Fixed Assets)

Kingfisher plc; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Sports card (Fit & More)

Life insurance

Lunch break included

Home office options

Training & buddy program

Wellbeing programme

Ticket co-financing for Krakow public

Professional development & LinkedIn

Job summary

Kingfisher plc in Kraków is seeking an accounting professional to join the Fixed Assets team. You will manage capitalization, transfers, disposals, and depreciation, while maintaining projects and performing journal entries.

You will also reconcile GL accounts, support month-end close, and prepare regular reports. The role requires an accounting or finance degree, at least 2 years of fixed assets experience, strong English and Excel skills, and a detail-oriented mindset.

Qualifications

• University degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of accounting experience with fixed assets.
• Strong English (B2) and advanced Excel skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Process Fixed Assets transactions: capitalizations, transfers, disposals, depreciation.
• Maintain and monitor capital projects.
• Perform journal entries and reconcile GL accounts.
• Support month-end closing and generate reports.
• Communicate with clients and ensure timely responses.
• Ensure controls over financial reporting and policy compliance.
• Support internal audits and KPI/ SLA targets.
• Assist Team Manager with additional tasks.

Skills

English (B2)

MS Excel

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Meet deadlines

Cooperation

Education

University degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP accounting system

Job description

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in. At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation. We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Kraków. Talk to us about how we can best support you! At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements. In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We also offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:

• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) for you and your family
• Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)
• Life insurance financed by the employer
• 30-minute lunch break included in the 8-hour working day
• Work in a highly professional and stimulating atmosphere
• Training & Buddy programme that will allow you to quickly adapt to your new role
• Wellbeing programme for employees
• Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow
• Comfortable working environment in the office and the possibility of home office
• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification
• Employee referral programme

What's the job?

Responsibilities

• Processing transactions on Fixed Assets- capitalizations, transfers, disposals, running depreciation
• Capital projects maintaining and monitoring
• Performing journal entry processing
• Reconciling dedicated GL accounts, explaining and resolving unrecognized items / balances
• Ensuring month-end processes are completed accurately and according to month and year end closing schedule
• 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

What You'll Bring

Qualifications:

• Relevant University degree (Accounting or Finance preferred) or equivalent education
• Minimum 2 years of work experience in accounting, fixed assets area
• 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)