Senior Accountant - Logistics

The Senior, Logistics Accounting, will lead the timely and accurate month-end Logistics accounting and reporting for the HelloFresh US brands.  

The person in this position must be a strong collaborator and business partner and will work closely with teams within and outside of Finance, including the Logistics Operations team, the Accounts Payable team, the US FP&A team and the US Financial Reporting team. The person in this role should be experienced working with large data sets and distilling it into meaningful analysis, identifying and solving complex problems, leading process improvement projects and employing data analysis to ensure partners and leaders have the most up-to-date and reliable information. 

Keys to success at HelloFresh include working egolessly (team-oriented), proactively asking questions to better learn and prioritize your tasks, having a process-improvement mindset, and always having your customers in mind. 

Job Responsibilities include:

• Perform the Logistics Accounting month-end close duties for HF US brands, especially our final-mile delivery service, including recording and approving journal entries, preparing balance sheet reconciliations, performing actuals to cost reporting variance analysis, investigating and resolving anomalies, and performing key-controls.
• Partner with stakeholders and team to ensure completeness and accuracy of month end accruals 
• Perform detailed validation of aged accrual balances and search for recorded liabilities in accordance with policy.
• Review P&L and balance sheet accounts and provide managers and stakeholders with insights into month-over-month trends.
• Drive the reconciliation of data discrepancies by deep-diving into the lowest level of detail and finding resolutions.
• Find efficiencies to help the team close the period faster and more accurately. 
• Own variance analysis to cost reporting and budgets for specific areas of responsibilities.
• Support internal and external audit requirements related to specific areas of responsibility.
• Update process documentation on an ongoing basis as needed.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance
• 3+ years professional accounting experience with a public accounting firm, or mid to large size company (> $100 million revenue);
• IFRS and accounting principles knowledge
• Advanced spreadsheet (Excel and/or Google Sheets) and data manipulation skills
• Oracle, Tableau and SQL experience a plus 
• Demonstrated financial acumen and analytical experience delivering variance analysis and data interpretation of results

You’ll get…

• Competitive Salary & 401k company match that vests immediately upon participation 
• Generous parental leave of 16 weeks & PTO policy 
• $0 monthly premium and other flexible health plans 
• 75% discount on your subscription to HelloFresh (as well as other product initiatives)   
• Snacks, cold brew on tap & monthly catered lunches 
• Company sponsored outings & Employee Resource Groups 
• Collaborative, dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company  

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However, the Company reserves the right to adjust, modify, or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs, operational requirements, or other factors.