EU Accountant
Marley Spoon, Portugal

Marley Spoon is dedicated to reintroducing delightful, market-fresh, and easy cooking to people while simultaneously constructing a sustainable supply chain for a waste-free world. Our esteemed chefs craft inspiring and mouth-watering recipes every week, allowing our customers to select what they want to cook, and we deliver the recipes with all the necessary ingredients. As a publicly listed company (ASX: MMM), we operate across three continents and in eight countries, employing over +1200 individuals worldwide. Leveraging technology, we aim to reinvent the global food supply chain to reduce unethical food waste. To achieve this goal, we tackle challenging problems in taste profiling, behavior prediction, and real-time logistics. However, amidst these complexities, one thing remains simple: Marley Spoon exists because we love cooking, and we love eating!

The Finance team at Marley Spoon is expanding with a mission to provide business partnership using best-in-class financial data and analysis. Our objective is to assist the company in making fact-based decisions to propel the business forward. As part of this initiative, we are currently seeking an exceptional EU Accountant!

What we are looking for:

The ideal candidate is an analytically detail-oriented individual who will manage our accounting records for our operations in Europe. Responsibilities will include maintaining various accounting routines (e.g., PSP A/R, A/P, Fixed Assets, VAT, and bank transactions). The EU represents Marley Spoon's most complex region, spanning Austria, Belgium, Germany, with headquarters in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Portugal.

The ideal candidate will act as the right hand to the accounting leadership team on all accounting matters.

What You'll Do:

This hands-on role will support all areas of the business and senior leadership for the EU segment of Marley Spoon. Expected tasks include:

• Assisting the accounting leadership team in overseeing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing activities of the EU segment, including contributing to the preparation of consolidated financial statements (IFRS) and statutory financial statements.
• Timely and accurately registering invoices (First-In, First-Out) according to the Group’s accounting policies and instructions provided by the Accounting, Controllership, and FPamp;A teams.
• Processing and submitting team members’ expenses and reimbursements in adherence to the Travel amp; Living policy.
• Collaborating with the Controllership team to address missing POs (Purchase Orders) and invoices.
• Reviewing vendor ledger entries and investigating issues with a high level of accuracy.
• Partnering with Procurement, Sourcing, and fulfillment center Inventory Management teams to offer excellent customer service to our vendors by providing accurate and timely responses to their requests.
• Importing bank transaction data, PSP A/R, and IFRS-consolidation entries.
• Posting released invoices and correcting errors, if any.
• Supporting external local accountants in reporting VAT transactions.
• Gathering, summarizing, and analyzing a significant amount of transactional data to facilitate key accounting and business decisions.
• Liaising with the Controllership and FPamp;A teams to bridge the financial picture from transactions to expected business outcomes.
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining internal standards, processes, and routines based on group requirements, and introducing new processes/improvements as deemed appropriate.
• Participating in quarterly physical inventory counts if necessary.

Additional information:

• A region with EUR +30 million in revenue.
• +150 hourly and full-time associates.
• One fulfillment center in the Netherlands.
• Three transactional currencies.
• Two brands (Marley Spoon, Dinnerly).
• Matrixed functions.

Who you will work with:

You will collaborate with the global Marley Spoon finance team, especially the centralized accounting function based in Berlin, Germany. Additionally, you will work closely with our fulfillment center (FC) support teams in Nieuwegein, ranging from procurement to inventory management, facilitating the alignment between finance and daily FC operations.

Requirements

• A few years of relevant work experience in Finance, Accounting, and/or Controllership functions.
• Preferred experience in consumer products/manufacturing environments.
• Preferred experience with local and European VAT regulation.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment where change is constant.
• Exceptional analytical skills and clear communication style.
• Attention to detail while being able to grasp the bigge

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