Senior General Ledger Specialist

Linklaters; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

In-house fitness centre

Life insurance

Worldwide travel insurance

Multisport club card

Training opportunities

Job summary

Linklaters in Warsaw is recruiting a Senior General Ledger Specialist. You will handle month-end journal entries, reconciliations, fixed asset postings, and act as deputy for the team leader. The role requires several years in GL, a finance-focused master's degree, and fluent English.

The position is based in Warsaw with a hybrid model (min. 2 days at the office) and a contract of employment. You will engage with local finance teams and strive for process improvements and documentation quality.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of professional finance experience in General Ledger.
• Master's degree in Finance and Accounting or related field.
• Knowledge of GAAP and general accounting procedures.
• Understanding of SLAs, KPIs and SOPs.
• Proficiency with SAP and MS Office; strong Excel skills.
• Fluent English required.

Responsibilities

• Calculate, prepare and post journal entries for Month End Close and daily operations.
• Prepare bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations (assets & liabilities).
• Maintain Fixed Asset Registers and post monthly depreciation.
• Act as deputy for Team Leader in daily operations and escalation.
• Conduct Month End Close in line with global and office policies.
• Coordinate deliverables with team and report status to Clients.
• Suggest process improvements and automation in GL tasks.
• Serve as first contact for complex GL queries from Local Finance teams.
• Ensure high quality processes and documentation in GL.
• Build strong relationships with Finance and Shared Service staff locally.
• Maintain up-to-date process documentation.

Skills

General Ledger

Accounting Principles

SLA & KPIs

MS Excel

SAP

English Fluency

Education

Master's Degree in Finance and Accounting

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

MS Excel

Job description

For Linklaters Office in Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the Senior General Ledger Specialist role.

Your role

• Calculate, prepare and post specific and ad-hoc journal entries as part of Month End Close and day to day operations
• Prepare Bank Reconciliations and Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations (Assets and Liability accounts)
• Maintain Fixed Asset Registers and calculate and post monthly depreciation charges
• Act as deputy for the Team Leader in operational matters when required (e.g. daily coordination, issue escalation, contact for key stakeholders)
• Responsible for performing Month End Close activities, in line with global and office specific policies
• Coordinate statuses of deliverables versus the process calendar among other Team Members and reporting them to Clients
• Propose and implement process improvements and tools automations to bring efficiency into General Ledger operations
• Act as first point of contact for more complex General Ledger queries and issues raised by Local Finance Teams or LGS.
• Ensure that service quality is maintained in performing daily operations within global General Ledger Department
• Build excellent working relationships with the Finance and Shared Service staff in the local offices
• Maintain high quality process documentation
  

Your experience

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in finance (preferably in General Ledger Department within other SSC/BPO’s)
• Masters’ Degree in Finance and Accounting or related faculty, additional accounting qualifications nice to have
• Knowledge of general accounting principles, practices and procedures
• Understanding of SLAs, KPIs, process documentation, SOPs
• Office skills: SAP, Microsoft office, high competence in MS Excel
• Fluent English

Location

• Warsaw (hybrid model – min. 2 days per week at the office)

Type of contract

• Contract of employment

Linklaters and the Team

Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.

We recognize that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Key Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you’ll be making to our success. These include:

• Private medical care
• Free in-house fitness centre
• Life insurance
• Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel
• Benefit Multisport club card or subsidized travel card
• Wide range of training opportunities

What sets us apart

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments
• We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work
• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to
• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business
• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation
• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills

Accounting Reconciliation, Audit Reporting, Corporate Financial Reporting, Data Management, Document Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Controlling, General Ledger (GL), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Internal Controls, Invoice Management, Quality Control (QC), Regulatory Compliance

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.