Senior Accountant – General Ledger (R-18864)
Employee: Full TimeJob Overview
We are now looking for a Senior Accountant – General Ledger to join our Finance team in Warsaw, Poland. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong balance sheet governance, and compliance across multiple legal entities, while partnering with stakeholders locally and globally.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior Accountant – General Ledger, you will be responsible for end‑to‑end accounting activities with a strong focus on general ledger ownership and financial integrity.
We are now looking for a Senior Accountant – General Ledger to join our Finance team in Warsaw, Poland. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong balance sheet governance, and compliance across multiple legal entities, while partnering with stakeholders locally and globally.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior Accountant – General Ledger, you will be responsible for end‑to‑end accounting activities with a strong focus on general ledger ownership and financial integrity.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own and execute US GAAP month-end close activities for assigned legal entities, in line with the global close calendar
- Prepare, review and analyse general ledger postings, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Perform and review monthly balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner
- Deliver timely and accurate financial reporting to local, regional and global stakeholders, providing insight into key movements vs. prior periods and forecast
- Maintain and explain US GAAP vs. Local GAAP reconciliations, highlighting main drivers of differences
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, corporate accounting policies, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements and audit standards
- Act as a key contact for external and internal auditors, supporting audits and driving resolution of audit points
- Support continuous improvement initiatives, including process optimisation, automation and system enhancements
- Collaborate cross‑functionally (e.g. FP&A, Tax, Payroll, Revenue Accounting) to support business needs
- Mentor junior accountants and contribute to a collaborative, high‑performance finance team
What You Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- 5+ years of experience in general ledger accounting, financial reporting or audit
- Working knowledge of US GAAP or IFRS
- Solid understanding of balance sheet control, reconciliations and month-end close
- Experience working in a multinational / shared services environment
- High level of attention to detail with a proactive, problem‑solving mindset
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with large ERP systems preferred
- Fluent English (written and spoken)