Accounting Specialist

About Us

HelloConnect is a subsidiary of HelloFresh, founded to address years of challenges faced in its own customer care. Leveraging our extensive experience in developing customer care tailored to the immediate needs of HelloFresh, our solutions are hyper-focused on serving high-growth companies. Located in Manila, Philippines, we are now making this service available to other companies to benefit from our experience, scale, cost savings, and service level improvements.

HelloFresh

HelloFresh is a global leader in delivering delicious meal kits and grocery boxes straight to customers' doorsteps. We are dedicated to providing high-quality, convenient, and sustainable meal solutions that inspire people to cook and eat healthy at home. Our commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction drives our ongoing success.

Job Description

The Accounting Specialist provides accurate record-keeping and analysis to support the US Accounting team. This position is called upon to assist accounting teams with a variety of financial, compliance, and analytical needs. Given the complexity of the business, strong problem-solving and data comprehension skills are required. This is a roll-up-your-sleeves type of role, where you should genuinely enjoy analyzing financial transactions, crunching numbers, and performing month-end close tasks with an emphasis on completeness, accuracy, and timeliness to ensure that our accounting function runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

You will ...

• Own assigned month-end close processes related to a variety of accounting areas, including but not limited to bank reconciliations, intercompany accounting, G&A accounting, and Inventory Accounting.

• Review general ledger coding on invoiced activity for accuracy and action coding overrides as necessary to ensure accurate accounts.

• Prepare and present financial analyses to support account reconciliations, month-end journal entries, ad-hoc reconciliations and analytic requests.

• Investigate, resolve, and document reconciling items.

• Perform analysis of accruals; prepare accrual month-end journal entries; validate aged accruals through reconciliation to vendor statements.

• Keep process documentation up to date for changes in the business and systems.

• Support external audit requests such as pulling invoices and payments and providing support for journal entries during audit periods throughout the year.

• Provide additional ad hoc reports and analyses as requested by the Accounting team.
  

You have...

• An obsession for accuracy and a love to dig into the details.

• Problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to reconcile large data sets and develop analytical insights.

• Excellent focus and organizational skills with the ability to plan, organize, and execute multiple tasks according to priority and deadlines.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• A proactive approach to research and troubleshooting items in a timely manner

• The ability to work in a team environment.

At a minimum, you have...

• Degree in Accounting; certification is preferred but is not required.

• 2+ years of professional accounting experience in a GL Accounting role with similar responsibilities and a mid to large-size company (> $100 million revenue).

• Detailed understanding of month-end closing processes and thorough understanding of accounting principles.

• Advanced Excel and data manipulation skills (Power Query experience a plus);

• Familiarity with Oracle and Blackline is a plus.


Why work for us?

At HelloConnect, you'll join an organization that values innovation and leverages cutting-edge technology to transform customer experiences. With a collaborative culture, continuous learning opportunities, and a customer-centric focus, you'll contribute to impactful projects that drive business success. Upholding ethical standards and promoting diversity and inclusion, HelloConnect fosters a positive work environment. Your well-being is prioritized through comprehensive benefits and perks. Join us to shape the future of digital experiences and make a difference in the lives of our clients and their customers.

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