General Ledger Accountant

**Overview...**:
At JBT Marel, what we do matters. As one of the global leaders within food and beverage technology and automated systems, we know that the contribution of our employees, ultimately leads to the success of our business fortifying the future of food.
We are committed to our employees and will provide you with development and opportunities to allow you to be the best version of yourself at work, at home, and in your community.
We foster a genuine inclusive team culture enjoying collaborative working across our global teams to deliver world-class projects.
We encourage development ensuring new experiences and challenges at JBT Marel in order to feed your growth
As a General Ledger Accountant, you will be responsible for maintaining general ledger entries and reconciling financial statements. Furthermore, you will be responsible for ensuring that ledger data is accurate and precise under Sox and US GAAP environment. You will be working within a large organization, having contact with diverse business partners from various departments and countries. It is an exciting opportunity to learn new things, to implement best practices for the processes and to standardize the common GL tasks. It is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious professional, who wants to learn and to progress
**The Opportunity...**:
**Entities to cover**: Marel GmbH, Poland, Czech Republic

**Responsibilities**:

- Perform full financial close process, ensuring timely and accurate submission of financial reports.
- Perform general ledger accounting, prepare monthly account reconciliations and variance analysis.
- Support timely delivery of financial accounting and tax reporting activities, including but not limited to: monthly, quarterly ans annual close processes, Balance Sheet reconciliation, Financial Statements review, IFRS reporting, consolidation reporting, GST/VAT, and Corporate Tax returns.
- Preparing periodic financial statements, including budgets, forecast, variance analysis and commentaries
- Coordinate and collaborate closely with Shared Services and Finance teams to oversee & review Accounts payables and Accounts receivables transactions and capital expenses and others financial accounting matters
- Execute business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal control and compliance to US GAAP and IFRS.
- Liaise with internal / external auditors on all audit matters to ensure compliance and facilitate completion of annual group audit and annual statutory audit. Execute tasks in the PBC list providing supporting documents to auditors, variance analysis, and other internal and external audit tasks. Also directly communicating with statutory auditors, external and internal stakeholders - directors and company secretary.
- Report Financial and Operational Issues-processes and systems related. Review of existing policies and procedures, internal controls, compliance with group policy. Process improvement recommendations and driving issue resolutions.
- Test, design and roll out new financial system or tools
- Support finance-related and system enhancement projects (process improvements, automation, etc).
- Support other adhoc accounting activities

**Position Requirements**:

With 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in General Accounting
- US GAAP reporting and IFRS will be an advantage and regional exposure
- Prior experience in Big 4 will be a huge advantage
- OneStream financial management is a plus
- Revenue recognition or inventory management is a plus
- SOX/Internal Controls knowledge is a plus
- Strong computer skills especially MS Office
- Working with ERP systems such as Oracle & SAP
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are essential
- Be an effective team player with ability to work under own initiative
- Team player with strong analytical skills, critical thinking and attention to detail

**Why work at JBT...**:
We are excited to meet individuals who are enthusiastic about making things happen, take personal responsibility and appreciate seeing the direct results of their work in the final product. We are a fast-growing company and offer our top teams a diverse and challenging range of tasks in a respectful corporate culture. Your contributions matter are appreciated and have a significant impact Join us and be part of our team
- Competitive compensation package
- The ability to work in an established international and fast-growing company with great opportunities for personal development
- A work environment where we value individual initiatives
- Continuous development and improvement, and always together as a team

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.