ACCOUNTANT - Temporary job - 2 years

Scope of the role:

The role of the Accountant is to ensure, through the specific activities, the compliance with local tax regulations, as well as support the internal controls within COFCO, relevant for the Accounting & Tax areas. 

The holder of the role will be a hard-working professional able to work diligently with tight and recurrent deadlines. This person will be comfortable with working in a developing environment, implementing all applicable policies and procedures.

Main Job Responsibilities:

Regular

• Ensures compliance with applicable rules and standards related to payables and receivables (review/validation of trade-related invoices) – specific focus on AR and external AP (outside RO);
• Prepares specific reports related to receivables/payables assigned as per above;
• Manages the fiscal residency certificates for the external accounts payable under the responsibility, as well as prepare the necessary submission of contracts as per law;
• Performs consistency checks between operating systems (accounting vs. commercial systems) to ensure data integrity and correctness of the financial statements;
• Book general admin costs (invoices, accruals);

Monthly

• Prepares monthly analytical review/reconciliation of designated accounts, including reconciliation between balance sheet and detailed ledgers;
• Manages payroll book-keeping according to the cost center structure of the company;
• Performs the intercompany reconciliation with other COFCO entities (outside Central Europe region) and preparation of monthly submission schedules;
• Prepares analytical report of fixed expenses (sg&a costs): Actual vs. Budget, projections, explanations;
• Performs other specific activities related to month-end/budget process, as well as supports the rest of the team to deliver accurate and on-time reporting (external, Group vis BPC system)
• Prepare Intrastat, D390, Withholding Tax and Statistical/NBR reports

Support functions

• Supports the annual auditing process, with allocated responsibilities on certain auditing procedures as per roles & responsibilities schedule
• Supports with the standardization, optimization and implementation of accounting procedures, IT system developments

General/Compliance

• Performs any other duties as instructed by direct manager or senior management, relevant to the position
• Adheres to COFCO values, guidelines and procedures, as well as to internally developed policies and workflows

Requirements:

• Education in Financial area;
• CECCAR or similar accounting certification is a plus;
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Finance-related in a multi-national company
• Any experience with working in an ERP is a plus
• Proficient English speaker
• Positive personality
• Accurate, on-time deliverables
• Analytical abilities
• Team player
• MS Office knowledge

Building relationships (internally- externally): 

• internally: 
  • with the other members of local organization (Trade team, Contract Admin team, Execution team, Logistics team, Finance & Controlling team, Constanta team)
  • offers support to Finance Team
  • with Group departments (Geneva/Rotterdam Treasury, Accounting, Taxes, Legal)
• externally: company’s business partners (suppliers and clients)