R2R Accountant

at  Tate Lyle

ABOUT US

Tate & Lyle is on a journey of change, inspired by our purpose of Transforming Lives through the Science of Food. Today, we are a global leader in sweetening, texture and fortification products that remove calories and add fibre. Customers use our innovations to create healthier, tastier food and drink for billions of consumers. Across the world, we are unlocking the curiosity and courage in our people – to foster a truly experimental culture and create a tech-enabled, more agile, risk-ready operation. Join us to play your part in growing our business and its positive impact on communities, society and the planet.
Tate & Lyle Global Shared Services Centre in Łódź is the principal location for handling the business support activities and processes for Tate & Lyle, both transactional as well as value-added business partnering support. Starting operations in 2011 with less than 50 people, we now have over 350 employees supporting operations globally. We have 30 teams operating in Łódź to provide service in the areas of Finance, Customer Service, Procurement, HR/People Services, and IS/IT.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Maintain accurate statutory records
• Produce monthly control files to ensure all reconciliations are complete
• Perform monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Reconcile and confirm monthly inter-company balances
• Perform month end close process
• Ensure appropriate business controls are in place, recommend improvements where necessary
• Prepare GL journal entries
• GL reconciliations
• Preparing regular and ad hoc reports
• Continuous improvements to systems and processes in place to ensure best practice, optimum effectiveness and efficiency
• Ensuring Service Partnership Agreements and KPI’s are managed and adhered to
• Liaising closely with all finance groups within the SSO and other support functions as necessary
• Driving end to end standard processes
• Seeking ways to improve service levels and drive down cost

QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in Finance Area

EXPERIENCE

• Two+ years of best-practice experience of record to report gained in an international organisation (ideally shared services).
• Experience in SAP (BW/HFM desired)

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

• Excel knowledge (VBA/Access/SQL desired)
• Strong Finance and Accounting knowledge
• Excel and VBA skills
• Good command of the English language, both verbal and in writing
• Analytical skills on a high level
• Working in English on daily basis
• Great teamwork and communication skills

Responsible for seeing that all general ledger reconciliations are prepared to agreed schedule and that all reconciling items are fully investigated and cleared. Seek to improve customer service and process through process efficiency and automation.