Chief Accountant

Scope of the role:

The role of Chief Accountant is to ensure compliance with the Statutory (local tax) regulations in Bulgaria, Group policies and procedures and, to support management team with relevant business analysis. The actions taken by this role will be solidly integrated within CE region and will play a vital role within the local team.

The ideal candidate will be a hard-working professional able to undertake necessary decisions and work diligently under pressure. This person will be comfortable with working in a developing environment, implementing all applicable policies and procedures and identify effective ways to achieve better results.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures the compliance with the Statutory regulations/requirements in Bulgaria and Company’s Group policies and procedures
• General responsibility of the following functions: General Accounting (Statutory IFRS), Tax, Internal Control for accounting area
• Reviews journal entries, analytical reviews of trial balance with focus on assets and liabilities
• Performs Finance business approval of invoices for appropriate posting in accounting records (purchases and sales, trade-relates and overheads);
• Management of fixed assets (acquisitions, invoices, recording assets in FA ledger, depreciation, write-offs, etc.);
• Coordinates the annual auditing process together with Country Controller;
• In-charge for all statutory reporting as per Local/IFRS rules (VAT reporting and Intrastat, Income tax reporting, Transfer pricing, CbCR, Annual financial statements, etc.);
• Prepares other reports as per local/EU regulations (, National Bank statistics, etc.);
• Prepares Group reports (month-end reports (Balance sheet and Income statement), Taxes schedules, other regular reports like aging AR/AP reports, and others);
• Ensures timely month-end activities within Accounting Department and coordination of deadlines with all departments involved;
• Responsible for monthly intercompany reconciliation process with other COFCO entities;
• Follow-up of overhead costs (monthly reporting of actual costs versus budgeted ones) and maintain proper documentation in SAP respecting the COFCO Non-trade Procurement Policy;
• Keeps proper documentation and follow-up of trade-related accruals – goods and services (booking, reversals, matching with invoices) together with Execution department
• Supports the CE regional functions (Treasury, Risk, Controlling) with specific activities related to the areas under responsibility (ad-hoc requests)
• Adheres to COFCO values, guidelines and procedures, as well as to internally developed policies and workflows
• Performs other activities in the accounting department as instructed by direct manager or senior management, relevant to the position (ex. supports the preparation of reports and statements, provides backup for activities as instructed, etc.)

Requirements

• Education in Accounting/Financial area or related studies
• Minimum 5 years’ experience on same position
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a multi-national company
• Chartered accountant certification is a plus (expertise with IFRS)
• Previous experience with ERP and implementation is a plus (SAP)
• Very good MS Office knowledge
• Proficient English speaker
• Diplomatic person, socially smart
• Good communication and people management skills
• Good high-level business understanding as well as accurate micro-analysis abilities

Building relationships (internally- externally) 

• internally: 
  • with the other members of local organization (Trade team, Execution team)
  • with the other members of Finance & Controlling team in Central Europe or Group (European and/or Global and Headquarters)
• externally: company’s business partners (suppliers and clients)