Your responsibilities

• As a Finance Controller, you will be the owner of the financial data reported and internal controls. You will be responsible for reviewing and monitoring financial data and mitigating financial risks. On a day-to-day basis, your responsibilities will involve managing the Local Finance team, close collaboration with Finance Business Partners and other stakeholders. You will be also a mentor for all accounting departments coordinating and solving non-standard queries and issues.
• Your responsibilities:
• 1. Operations, financial reporting and analysis
• • Secure daily operations are carried out according to agreed targets and deadlines, in compliance with corporate policies and work instructions and fairly and accurately reflect business operations
• • Secure accurate, timely and high quality monthly, quarterly and annual reporting for particular LBUs to the DFDS Group’s HQ in Copenhagen
• • Secure that financial reporting is prepared in accordance with the DFDS Group Accounting Policies, which are prepared under IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)
• • Secure proper reconciliation of operational / commercial systems with Symfonia/D365 on a daily/weekly basis
• • Secure proper reconciliation of balances and P&L with counterparties and timely and accurate intercompany payments
• • Ensure accounts and all the balance sheet items are properly reconciled and documented on a current basis
• • Clarification of accounting related issues e.g. discrepancies in the books, corrections needed with team members from relevant department
• • Correction of accounting mistakes in the books with team members from relevant department
• • Monitoring quality control and coordination of internal compliance tasks as required
• • Improve and maintain internal controls (segregation of duties etc.) and effective accounting procedures, and secure compliance with DFDS Group requirements
• • Leading the Performance calls and secure that proper action is taken to address issues identified
• • Monitoring/issueing timely submission of tax returns to Tax Authorities (VAT/WHT/Income tax/Exceise tax/etc)
• • Preparation of material to auditors
• • Resolve standard and non-standard queries and issues related to relevant processes
• 2. Business knowledge focus:
• • Keeping up to date with business activities, industry trends and standards and accounting requirements
• • Increasing of business awareness in DFDS Logistics Polska
• • Ongoing contact with Manager and Team Leaders about issues in the processes and advising process change if needed
• 3. Customer relationship:
• • Become a trusted business partner
• • Managing feedback and escalations from LBUs in case of accounting/entity related issues e.g. discrepancies in the books, corrections needed
• • Cooperating with external consultants and other government authorities as required,
• • Building effective cross team cooperation

Our requirements

• Solid accounting knowledge – strong focus on quality and timeliness
• Very good understanding of the accounting processes and systems
• Tertiary Degree in Finance/Accounting – however, practical experience and achievements rates higher than education
• Audit background is an advantage
• Precision and attention to details, being inquisitive, diligent and well-organized
• Being proactive and problem-solving
• English language level enabling easy communication
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Strong customer service skills
• Being passionate, positive and able to build team spirit