Position:General Ledger Accountant with PortugueseJob Description:

What You Will Be Doing at Arrow?

As a General Ledger Accountant, you will be involved in General Ledger controlling and reporting, compliance, tax, statutory, and multiple general accounting and reporting activities, along with a range of other financial reconciliation and control tasks as required within the team.

• Control and manage the accuracy of General Ledger for the assigned Arrow companies.

• Complete all relevant month-end financial close procedures including necessary accruals and prepayments activities.

• Prepare and be responsible for all necessary internal reporting required within Europe and to US head office.

• Facilities and restructuring accounting and control.

• Carry out relevant Sarbanes Oxley controls.

• Hedging and Revaluation.

• Headcount reporting, control and forecasting support.

• Statutory accounting and corporation tax work.

• Statutory/Corporate reconciliations and European consolidation.

• Control and prepare VAT, Intrastat and Sales List Reporting, submission of Vat Returns and related compliance.

• Support and be involved with all audit work.

• Manage the fixed asset register and all relevant accounting, liaising with the accounts payable clerks and other business areas where required.

• Prepare any necessary variance analysis for all the above.

• Support other accountants within the team on a variety of tasks in order to meet the total needs of the finance department.

• Involvement with developing new/efficient processes/procedures within the accounting team.

• Provide support and assistance to the Accounting Manager on projects and ad-hoc tasks.

• Manage other staff where appropriate.

What Are We Looking For?

• Portuguese Language

• You've got experience with Portuguese GAAP / US GAAP.

• You've got a very good knowledge of general accounting and reporting processes.

• You've got fluent Portuguese and English language skills.

• You've got experience with making an accrual, prepaid, UK/European VAT, balance sheet reconciliation.

• You've got advanced Excel and data manipulation skills.

• You are a results-driven person.

• You can work under pressure and meet deadlines.

• You've got the ability to prioritize your tasks.

The Skills That Will Help You to Succeed Even More:

• You've got Oracle knowledge.

• You are part or fully qualified (Portugal Accounting Schemes, CIMA, ACCA).

• You know Spanish

What is in it For You?

• This is a full-time position.

• Working hours: Mon-Fri 8.30-5.00 with 1h for lunch/ Mon-Fri 9.00-5.30 with 1h for lunch.

• Permanent contract with 6 months probation period.

• You will be offered a pension plan.

Arrow is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse working environment by providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified persons.

Location:
UK-Harlow, United Kingdom (Kao Park Hockham Way)Time Type:Full timeJob Category:Accounting/FinanceSummary

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  Location:
  UK-Harlow, United Kingdom (Kao Park Hockham Way); PT-Porto, Portugal (Avenida da Boavista); PT-Lisbon, Portugal (Avenida Dom João II)
• Type: Full time