General Ledger Specialist

For Linklaters Office in Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the General Ledger Specialist role. Your role: Calculate, prepare and post specific and ad-hoc journal entries as part of Month End Close and day to day operations Prepare Bank Reconciliations and Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations (Assets and Liability accounts) Maintain Fixed Asset Registers and calculate and post monthly depreciation charges Responsible for performing Month End Close activities, in line with global and office specific policies Perform monthly controls of account balances, including ZIBR reconciliation Ensure that service quality is maintained in performing daily operations within global General Ledger Department Build excellent working relationships with the Finance and Shared Service staff in the local offices Maintain high quality process documentation Your experience: 1-2 years of professional experience in finance (preferably in General Ledger Department within other SSC/BPO’s) Masters’ Degree in Finance and Accounting or related faculty, additional accounting qualifications nice to have Knowledge of general accounting principles, practices and procedures Understanding of SLAs, KPIs, process documentation, SOPs Office skills: SAP, Microsoft office, high competence in MS Excel Fluent English Location Warsaw (hybrid model – min. 2 days per week at the office) Type of contract Contract of employment (umowa o pracę) with working hours from 9:00 to 17:15 Linklaters and the Team: Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional. We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction. Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere. We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set. We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further. Key Benefits: Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include: Private medical care Free in-house fitness centre Life insurance Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel card Wide range of training opportunities What sets us apart: At Linklaters: We offer a truly global work experie