Senior General Ledger Specialist

For Linklaters Office in Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the Senior General Ledger Specialist role.
Your role
Calculate, prepare and post specific and ad-hoc journal entries as part of Month End Close and day to day operations
Prepare Bank Reconciliations and Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations (Assets and Liability accounts)
Maintain Fixed Asset Registers and calculate and post monthly depreciation charges
Act as deputy for the Team Leader in operational matters when required (e.g. daily coordination, issue escalation, contact for key stakeholders)
Responsible for performing Month End Close activities, in line with global and office specific policies
Coordinate statuses of deliverables versus the process calendar among other Team Members and reporting them to Clients
Propose and implement process improvements and tools automations to bring efficiency into General Ledger operations
Act as first point of contact for more complex General Ledger queries and issues raised by Local Finance Teams or LGS.
Ensure that service quality is maintained in performing daily operations within global General Ledger Department
Build excellent working relationships with the Finance and Shared Service staff in the local offices
Maintain high quality process documentation
Your experience
Minimum 3 years of professional experience in finance (preferably in General Ledger Department within other SSC/BPO’s)
Masters’ Degree in Finance and Accounting or related faculty, additional accounting qualifications nice to have
Knowledge of general accounting principles, practices and procedures
Understanding of SLAs, KPIs, process documentation, SOPs
Office skills: SAP, Microsoft office, high competence in MS Excel
Fluent English
Location
Warsaw (hybrid model – min. 2 days per week at the office)
Type of contract
Contract of employment
Linklaters and the Team
Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere.
We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.
We recognize that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.
Key Benefits
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:
Private medical care
Free in-house fitness centre
Life insurance
Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel
Benefit Multisport club card or subsidized travel card
Wide range of training opportunities
What sets us apart
At Linklaters
We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments
We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work
We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to
We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business
We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation
We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others
Technical Skills:
Accounting Reconciliation, Audit Reporting, Corporate Financial Reporting, Data Management, Document Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Controlling, General Ledg