About this role
The Senior, Logistics Accounting, will lead the timely and accurate month-end Logistics accounting and reporting for the HelloFresh US brands.
The person in this position must be a strong collaborator and business partner and will work closely with teams within and outside of Finance, including the Logistics Operations team, the Accounts Payable team, the US FP&A team and the US Financial Reporting team. The person in this role should be experienced working with large data sets and distilling it into meaningful analysis, identifying and solving complex problems, leading process improvement projects and employing data analysis to ensure partners and leaders have the most up-to-date and reliable information.
Keys to success at HelloFresh include working egolessly (team-oriented), proactively asking questions to better learn and prioritize your tasks, having a process-improvement mindset, and always having your customers in mind.
Job Responsibilities include:
- Perform the Logistics Accounting month-end close duties for HF US brands, especially our final-mile delivery service, including recording and approving journal entries, preparing balance sheet reconciliations, performing actuals to cost reporting variance analysis, investigating and resolving anomalies, and performing key-controls.
- Partner with stakeholders and team to ensure completeness and accuracy of month end accruals
- Perform detailed validation of aged accrual balances and search for recorded liabilities in accordance with policy.
- Review P&L and balance sheet accounts and provide managers and stakeholders with insights into month-over-month trends.
- Drive the reconciliation of data discrepancies by deep-diving into the lowest level of detail and finding resolutions.
- Find efficiencies to help the team close the period faster and more accurately.
- Own variance analysis to cost reporting and budgets for specific areas of responsibilities.
- Support internal and external audit requirements related to specific areas of responsibility.
- Update process documentation on an ongoing basis as needed.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance
- 3+ years professional accounting experience with a public accounting firm, or mid to large size company (> $100 million revenue);
- IFRS and accounting principles knowledge
- Advanced spreadsheet (Excel and/or Google Sheets) and data manipulation skills
- Oracle, Tableau and SQL experience a plus
- Demonstrated financial acumen and analytical experience delivering variance analysis and data interpretation of results
You’ll get…
- Competitive Salary & 401k company match that vests immediately upon participation
- Generous parental leave of 16 weeks & PTO policy
- $0 monthly premium and other flexible health plans
- 75% discount on your subscription to HelloFresh (as well as other product initiatives)
- Snacks, cold brew on tap & monthly catered lunches
- Company sponsored outings & Employee Resource Groups
- Collaborative, dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company
This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However, the Company reserves the right to adjust, modify, or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs, operational requirements, or other factors.
Other facts
About HelloFresh
HelloFresh is on a mission to change the way people eat, forever!
From our 2011 founding in Europe’s vibrant tech hub Berlin, we’re evolving from the world’s leading meal kit company to the world's leading food solutions group. We delivered 243.3 million meals and reached 7.5 million active customers around the world in Q3 2022.
HelloFresh Group consists of six brands that provide customers with high quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Every ingredient needed for our meals are carefully planned, responsibly sourced and delivered to your door when it’s most convenient for you. Only HelloFresh gives you the tools to achieve something delicious every day.
Making a meal a delicious achievement - not just fuel for your day - takes a lot of work and smart people. From Designers and Copywriters to Data Scientists and DevOps Engineers, to potato farmers, pasta makers and the people who ensure every box is perfectly packed for every customer, we’re collectively disrupting the food supply chain and the multi-trillion-dollar food tech industry.
Our more than 21,000 high-performing and ambitious employees across the globe from New York to Berlin, London to Sydney and Toronto to Milan enjoy a number of benefits including flexible working arrangements, discounts on our boxes, health and well-being and learning and development programs.
We’re always looking for quality ingredients to perfect our recipe, so join us now! https://www.hellofresh.com/careers/locations
What you'll do
- The Senior Accountant will lead month-end Logistics accounting and reporting for HelloFresh US brands, including journal entries and variance analysis. They will collaborate with various teams to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial data.
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