Accountant

Location Prague, Czechia Job ID 0000016719 Category Finance

Job Description

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Become a part of our LEGO highly innovative Accounts Receivable (AR) team and build your expertise while contributing building a modern and tech-oriented team of experts with incoming payment solutions, by working for one of the most recognized and loved brands!

The AR Accountant will be responsible for delivering high performance, emphasizing customer service and a process management culture as keys to success.

In this role you will maintain strong relationships with senior partners and demanding customers/service providers. Alongside understanding the value of the services provided and suggesting continuous improvement ideas to enhance productivity and efficiency, you will:

• Ensure all daily transactional tasks are completed on time.
• Support the Team Lead with various ad-hoc tasks.
• Take care of payment posting and supervision of automatic clearing systems.
• Generate daily reports on unallocated funds.
• Collaborate closely with Cash App, Operations Teams, and General ledger (GL) including external providers when needed.
• Raise queries on unclear allocations or deviations from remittance advice.
• Reconcile GL related to E-commerce Accounts Receivable (AR).
• Ensure timely month-end closing activities.
• Implement optimization initiatives within functional areas and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.

The Accountant plays a crucial role in establishing a sustainable AR department in the BSO. We need development-oriented employees, all eager to engage actively in building a hard-working department, valuing collaboration, process excellence, quality, and fun in everyday life.

This role will have a special focus on our E-com activities (B2C), in addition to standard Cash Application focus for our B2B business.

The ideal candidate will have finance background focusing on optimization and process excellence - robust, resilient, embracing change with a proactive, can-do demeanor. Strong analytical skills are vital, and knowledge of Lean Management would be beneficial. You thrive in a dynamic environment, demonstrating adaptability and dedication to continuous improvement.

• 2+ years of professional working experience, preferably in a related financial role or a position where capabilities are transferable.
• Experience with SAP and MS Office tools.
• Good Crisis Management and able to contain issues efficiently with good Problem-Solving skill.
• Personal drive and initiative, excellent collaboration skills and developed ability to build trust and credibility with assigned business areas or other key partners and collaborators.
• Confidence in making informed and justifiable decisions for own functional area.
• Particularly good command of English.

Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so youll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague Discount – We know youll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, youll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – When you join the team youll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

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