Accounting Specialist (f/m/x)

Finance is more than just numbers and balance sheets. It is a key partner to all other business areas, supporting them in planning, managing, and optimizing business processes. The department's main focus is on analyzing, evaluating, and presenting financial performance. A passion for finance and teamwork is at the forefront, offering excellent development opportunities.

You can look forward to these exciting tasks:

• Prepare complex journal entries, provide technical guidance, and ensure compliance with IFRS and Group Accounting policies.
• Coordinate and perform period-end and month-end closing activities in collaboration with local and global finance teams and in line with group closing calendar
• Manage monthly GL closing process (account clearing, intercompany reconciliation, customer/vendor reclassification, AP/AR aging report, sub-ledger reconciliation).
• Performs GL account reconciliations including action plan
• Manage and process incoming supplier invoices with and without Purchase Order
• Perform GR/IR analysis and follow-up on open items and perform its respective clearing
• Process customer cash allocation and manage bank statements.
• Detect customer payment deltas and respond appropriately in alignment with sales and local finance.
• Manage customer dunning process according to the defined schedule.
• Intercompany Netting.
• Create Ad-hoc and recurring reports including monthly/annual reporting package.
• Prepare documentation and provide necessary financial data and support to external auditors during audits.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve desktop procedures and process documentation to ensure operational consistency and compliance.
• Identify and contribute to implementation of continuous improvement iniciatives

This is what you bring to us:

• 3-5 years of experience in accounting, preferably in a shared service environment.
• College degree in Business Administration or equivalent accounting qualification.
• Proficient with SAP-FI.
• Advanced knowledge of MS office tools (MS Outlook and Excel).
• Excellent English skills, one further European language is desirable.
• Communication skills and cooperative mindset and a high level of accountability and accuracy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Critical Thinking to analyse complex topics;
• Team player with a good sense of different company/ country cultures.
• Ability to analyze daily situations considering the risk and available information, picturing the diverse scenarios, to adopt the best solution.
• Ability to respond to change with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work activities and objectives.

Salary Range: 31-35K annual

Located in the heart of Lisbon, Webasto Portugal is a Business Service Center (WBS), part of the Webasto Group.
Because the “We” in Webasto is your special plus, you will find an innovative and multicultural environment with equal opportunities.
We look forward to receiving your online application.cation!