Accounting Analyst
Job Description
Do you see compliant financial processes as the right step towards creating amazing coffee moments?
Are you described as the person who pays a special attention towards details done in a timely and reliable manner? Does numbers, debit/credit and proper documentation equal accountability to you?
Then you might be the next person to join our Nordic Finance Excellence Center, based in Copenhagen Towers in Ørestad.
The Nordic Finance Excellence Center, based in Copenhagen, is responsible for a diverse line of businesses (Retail, Professional and Manufacturing, across nine reporting entities and five legal entities in three Countries), each with specific statutory accounting and reporting requirements. The FEC team acts and behaves as the financial conscience of the Nordics management teams.
The Accounting Analyst carries the responsibility for the day-to-day activities of one country within the areas accounting, tax, internal controls a.o. The Accounting Analyst ensures that the ongoing bookkeeping, monthly closing process etc. are running efficiently, timely and reliably.
In your role as Accounting Analyst, you will be supported by the FEC Manager to whom you report and by an outsourcing partner handling daily routine activities.
- Drive and execute ongoing bookkeeping (both IFRS and local GAAP) secure constantly reliable figures
- Assist in preperation of local Financial statements
- Assist on Tax matters including Transfer Pricing documentation
- Keep continuous track of items carried in balance sheet and document balance sheet accounts monthly/quarterly in corporate IT system.
- Perform internal control activities
- Organise and drive Audits (Internal and External)
- Monitor, facilitate and support rotation of PtP-flow
- Support cost controlling and variance analysis
- Liaise with internal counterparties and guide these on accounting treatment in line with JDE’s accounting principles and ‘Combined Business Model’
- Develop and improve activities within responsibility areas as needed and as directed by parent company
Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar position in a large company or a subsidiary of a large company or 3-5 years in audit with IFRS reporting experience
- Knowledge of IFRS and Nordic GAAP (DK, NO or SE)
- Experienced in preparation of financial statements and annual reports
- Experienced in preparation of tax matters incl. filing and transfer pricing activity
- Knowledge of SAP and BPC
- Experienced user in MS Office
- Fluent in English and at least one Scandinavian language
- Good abilities in building and managing relationships
As a person you must thrive both with independent hands-on activities and extrovert interaction within the FEC Team, colleagues in other departments/countries and external contacts.
Additional Information
A fantastic opportunity to learn and develop in an exciting international fast-growing business. You will have competent, caring and supporting colleagues and be a part of a unique culture with amazing brands and great coffee!
Your new office location would be in Copenhagen Towers in Ørestad and we look forward to having a cup of coffee with you!
For more than 265 years, JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is inspired by its belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. JDE is part of JDE Peet’s, the world’s largest pure-play coffee and tea company. We are fuelled by our purpose of unleashing the possibilities of coffee and tea to create a better future.
Today, our coffee & tea portfolio is available in more than 100 developed and emerging markets, through a portfolio of over 50 brands that collectively cover the entire category landscape led by leading household brands in the Nordics such as Gevalia, Café Noir, Espresso House, Friele, Douwe Egberts, L’OR, Pickwick and Piazza d’Oro.
What’s it like to work at JDE?
We are proud of our passionate, driven associates that challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious – JDE: A coffee & tea for every cup.
We value Simplicity, Entrepreneurship, Accountability, Discipline and Solidarity and every day we are passionate about creating amazing coffee moments together.