General Ledger Associate

Posted:
9/25/2024, 7:57:37 PM

Location(s):
Lisbon, Portugal

Experience Level(s):
Junior

Field(s):
Accounting

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2022 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com

Change is everywhere at Convatec. It’s transforming our business, and helping us improve millions of lives. And we’re nowhere near finished. Across every part of our business, we’re pushing for better.

Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as a General Ledger Associate, and you’ll do the same.


 

The main purpose of the role is to perform selected accounting and reporting tasks in the general ledger area. The role contributes to ensure proper accounting, reconciliation and reporting for assigned entity(ies).

Key Duties & Responsibilities

  • Perform assigned accounting and reporting activities in line with defined processes, standard operating procedures and work instructions, update process documentations as required

  • Respond to finance queries raised by employees, managers, finance partners & other internal and external stakeholders

  • Escalate issues and concerns to Country Accountant or RTR Team Lead

  • Support migration projects (work shadowing, work instructions creation)

  • Act as a team player, build good relationship with stakeholders

  • Support cross process and cross function cooperation required to achieve overall goals for GBS

  • Secure compliance according to internal procedures and legislation

  • Secure deadlines and assignments are executed according to SLA

  • Act proactively in identification of improvement areas and supports their implementation

Professional Competencies

  • Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting

  • Minimum 2+ years of overall combined accounting and finance experience

  • Knowledge of Technology: MS Office, SAP is an advantage

  • Languages: English (fluent), other is an advantage

Personal Competencies

  • Strong communication skills

  • Taking ownership of assigned responsibilities, including self-study/research needed to execute the same

  • Being able to work to tight deadlines and with switching priorities

  • Proactive and creative in terms of improving ways of working

  • Team player

What we are offering

  • Chance to move your career within the company that is the leader in delivering the pioneering trusted medical solution for the patients

  • Hybrid work model (1 day per week from the office in Lisbon)

  • Modern office space in the Lisbon city center

  • Attractive compensation package with incentive plan and benefits

  • Great atmosphere across the team


 

Our progress will give you countless opportunities to move forward too. Seek out new challenges, and you’ll find them. Stretch your thinking, and you’ll find new ways to make an impact. And if you embrace the opportunity to drive your own growth, you could go further, and achieve more, than ever before.

This is a big step forward.

This is work that’ll move you.

#LI-SF1

#LI-Hybrid


 

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Equal opportunities

Convatec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.

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