Senior RTR Accounting Expert with Italian

A newly created role within a newly established GBS structure. Very good English and Italian are essential.

About Our Client

My client is a global organization with a strong international presence, operating through well-recognized consumer brands and a broad portfolio of products used by millions of people every day. The company is driven by values such as responsibility, collaboration, continuous improvement, and delivering high-quality results with integrity. The organization is currently developing a new Global Business Services structure in Warsaw, creating opportunities for finance professionals who would like to be part of a new setup from the beginning. The role is based in a hybrid working model - 3 days per week from the office , located in the area of Warsaw's main business district.

Job Description

• Prepare calculations and supporting documentation for journals, accruals, provisions, and month-end adjustments.
• Analyse financial and business data to determine the correct accounting treatment, not only the system/process flow.
• Support accrual processes related to GR/IR, fixed assets, employee-related costs, intercompany, and other operating expenses.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations across key accounts, including AR, AP, GR/IR, intercompany, fixed assets, accruals, and provisions.
• Analyse balances, variances, and account movements, explaining key drivers and required adjustments from an accounting perspective.
• Support month-end close activities by ensuring completeness, accuracy, and quality of RTR deliverables.
• Prepare and review supporting documentation for reconciliations, including invoices, PO/GR data, subledger reports, schedules, ageing reports, and other relevant evidence.
• Cooperate with transactional teams responsible for posting, providing accurate inputs, calculations, and posting instructions.
• Work closely with finance, commercial, operational, and GBS stakeholders across different locations to resolve discrepancies and obtain required data.
• Support intercompany accounting, including accruals, reconciliations, variance analysis, and follow-up on differences.
• Ensure accounting entries are properly supported, audit-ready, and compliant with internal controls.
• Contribute to process improvement, standardization, and automation initiatives within the new GBS structure.

The Successful Applicant

• Experience in RTR, general ledger accounting, financial reporting, or finance operations, preferably in a shared services / GBS environment.
• Strong technical understanding of accruals, provisions, journals, and month-end adjustments - including how they are calculated and supported.
• Practical knowledge of accruals related to GR/IR, fixed assets, employee costs, intercompany, and operating expenses.
• Good understanding of balance sheet reconciliations and the ability to explain what should support different account reconciliations, such as AR, AP, GR/IR, accruals, fixed assets, and intercompany.
• Ability to answer accounting questions from a technical finance perspective, not only by describing how processes are executed in ERP systems.
• Understanding of fixed asset accounting, including capitalization, depreciation, and asset classes not subject to depreciation.
• Knowledge of intercompany accounting, including accrual creation, reconciliation of differences, and follow-up with relevant counterparties.
• Very good command of English and Italian - both languages are required for daily cooperation.
• Practical knowledge of Excel and experience working with ERP systems, such as SAP or Oracle.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and confidence in working with financial data.
• Good communication skills and readiness to cooperate with international stakeholders and outsourced / transactional teams.
• Proactive approach, ownership mindset, and ability to maintain control over accounting quality in a multi-location setup.
• Openness to working in a newly created structure, with a practical approach to improvements, standardization, and problem-solving.

What's on Offer

• Annual bonus.
• Private medical care.
• Cafeteria platform, including access to a Multisport card.
• Life insurance.
• Additional employee discounts.
• Lunch card.
• Hybrid working model - 3 days per week from the office.
• Opportunity to join a new GBS structure at an early stage and contribute to building processes from the ground up.