GL Accountant

Join the LEGO Group and play a key role in delivering accurate, compliant, and high-quality financial services as a GL Accountant As part of a team supporting the EMEA region, you'll focus on accounting processes for fixed assets and leases while helping ensure excellence across our finance operations

Core Responsibilities

In this role, you will perform month-end closing activities, prepare journal entries, and maintain accurate general ledger records for assigned entities. You will also:

• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and timely follow-up on outstanding balances.
• Ensure compliance with LEGO Group accounting policies, internal controls, and local legislation.
• Support internal and external audit activities, including statutory, tax, and internal audits.
• Collaborate closely with Team Leaders and Finance Business Partners on ad hoc projects and analyses.
• Understand partner needs to provide accurate and value-adding financial insights.

This is an 18-month temporary position based in Prague - Jinonice, with no relocation assistance provided.

Play your part in our team succeeding

You will be part of the GL team within Business Service Operations (BSO) - the LEGO Group's shared service center providing Finance and HR services globally from Monterrey, Prague, and Singapore.

The GL team ensures high-quality and compliant financial operations for the EMEA region, maintaining accurate transactional data, supporting audits, and providing insightful financial analyses.

Do you have what it takes?

• High school graduate or BSc degree (or similar) in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Solid professional experience in finance, accounting, or a transferable role.
• Strong analytical skills, detail orientation, and commitment to high-quality standards.
• Proactive mindset with resilience and a can-do attitude.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to build trust with interested parties.

What would be an advantage?

• Experience working in a multinational or shared service environment.
• Experience with SAP or other ERP systems
• Knowledge of IFRS and local accounting standards.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What's in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children's Rights.

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