Senior General Ledger Accountant (French & English)

Job ID: 2950 

Alternate Locations:  

Location: Prague, CZ
Reports to: Manager Accounting
Contract Type: Permanent

Your Role in a Nutshell

As a Senior GL Accountant, you will focus on accounting and related processes for EMEA entities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting of the general ledger. You will lead or collaborate on various projects and support the integration of new processes within our service delivery teams.

We will help you achieve your goals and develop by providing regular feedback and access to online training courses.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert advice to stakeholders based on your extensive knowledge and experience.
• Lead and participate in several ad-hoc projects, integrations, and company initiatives.
• Conduct regular reviews of balance sheet (BS) and profit & loss (P&L) accounts to identify trends, errors, or omissions.
• Assist in the review of monthly account reconciliations in Blackline.
• Ensure accounts are properly reconciled with supporting documentation in adherence to company policies.
• Support team members with queries around customer programme subledgers, analyse P&L and balance sheet movements, and collaborate with business finance.
• Participate in the monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing processes.
• Partner with various departments and GL team leaders to ensure accurate and timely reporting of expenses and accruals.
• Coordinate and monitor progress on internal and external audit requests, supporting team members in gathering relevant information.

What You’ll Need

Minimum:

• Qualified Financial and/or Management Accountant with an accountancy degree or equivalent qualifications (knowledge of US GAAP/SOX is a plus).
• Minimum of 4+ years of accounting experience in an international or multi-subsidiary environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in all GL processes, with a focus on balance sheet and P&L variance analysis.
• Fluent in both French and English (B2/C1 level), written and spoken.

Your Advantage:

• Proactive, innovative, results-oriented, and customer-focused.

• Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to recommend actionable suggestions for change.
• Knowledge of SAP and Blackline or other comparable financial packages.

What You Gain

Newell Brands has a strong footprint in the EMEA region, with several thousand employees spread over many corporate offices and manufacturing facilities. You might recognise some of our iconic brands, like Parker, Sistema, Spontex, Crockpot, NUK, Coleman, and Yankee Candle, to name a few.

Join us and benefit from:

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning – 17,000+ courses for your professional and personal development
• Corporate Citizenship Philosophies – environmentally sustainable and socially sensitive business practices
• Discounts on some of our products from brands Parker, DYMO, Sharpie, Contigo, and others
• Employee Referral Program – an opportunity to get a bonus
• Global Employee Assistance Program – confidential support for you and your family, complementing our commitment to your well-being at work and beyond
• Give@Newell – paid time-off for charity activities dedicated for local communities right where you live/work
• Access to Employee Resource Groups that foster Diversity & Inclusion
• Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, Leadership

Are You Interested?

If so, please click on “Apply Now” on this site and upload your CV in English.
If your application is shortlisted, our recruiter will invite you for an initial phone interview in English.

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