Senior Financial Controller GL

Prague - Czech Republic

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

Are you passionate about LEGO bricks Do you want to work for a company whose products bring joy to millions of children and adults worldwide Join our GL EMEA team as a Senior Financial Controller and make a real impact!

Core Responsibilities

This role blends traditional financial controller activities with strategic project responsibilities requiring adaptability strong soft skills and the ability to thrive in a dynamic and evolving environment. Key responsibilities include:

Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations ensuring supporting explanations are complete outstanding balances are followed up on and corrective actions are taken.
Take ownership of internal and external reporting including audit requirements.
Approve journal entries ensuring consistency completeness correct coding classification and alignment with local accounting standards.
Perform variance analyses to ensure financials remain accurate and free from probable errors or misstatements.
Support statutory audits tax audits and other financial reviews.
Ensure compliance with local statutory reporting rules and tax requirements leading communications with external and internal auditors.
Prepare review and submit government reports and ad hoc financial information requests.
Build and strengthen partnerships across geographies and departments fostering teamwork and a collaborative culture.

This is a temporary 18-month position as part of a strategic GL project. The role is based in Prague -Jinonice relocation assistance is not provided.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The LEGO Business Service Operations (BSO) is a shared service center delivering HR and Finance services across the LEGO Group from Monterrey Prague and Singapore. The General Ledger (GL) department plays a pivotal role in ensuring high-quality financial processes and meaningful collaboration across the organization.

Do you have what it takes

Proven experience in General Ledger and Controlling.
Solid experience in an international accounting environment.
Extensive experience leading projects in a dynamic setting including change management initiatives.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP systems preferably SAP.
Highly analytical detail-oriented and committed to quality.
Proactive curious and eager to take initiative in a fast-paced environment.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time including prior to any advertised closing date. So if youre interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Whats in it for you

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount We know youll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible youll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team youll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group where everyone feels safe valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeksto encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex gender identity or expression race/ethnicity national origin sexual orientation disability age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Childrens Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Childrens Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO team today.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Job DescriptionAre you passionate about LEGO bricks Do you want to work for a company whose products bring joy to millions of children and adults worldwide Join our GL EMEA team as a Senior Financial Controller and make a real impact!Core ResponsibilitiesThis role blends traditional financial contro...