Chief Accountant

As Chief Accountant, you will take end-to-end professional ownership of the accounting records, statutory financial statements, tax positions and regulatory reporting of Hapag-Lloyd Polska, including its permanent establishments in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. You will work as a hands-on senior finance professional: leading a small Local Finance team while remaining directly involved in closing, reconciliations, journal entries and complex accounting topics. You will act as the key local authority for accounting, statutory and tax matters, advise management, cooperate with Headquarters in Hamburg and external advisers, and contribute actively to the SAP S/4HANA finance transformation.

• Own statutory accounting, financial reporting and tax compliance for Hapag-Lloyd Polska and Baltic permanent establishments.
• Perform and review journal entries, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, fixed assets, intercompany and other GL activities.
• Lead and actively participate in month-, quarter- and year-end closing and statutory financial statement preparation.
• Ensure VAT, CIT, WHT, GUS, NBP and other statutory/regulatory filings are complete and timely.
• Lead audit and cooperation with tax advisers, authorities, HQ and other finance teams.
• Advise management on accounting, tax and statutory implications and recommend solutions.
• Lead and develop the Local Finance team while remaining operationally involved.
• Support SAP S/4HANA implementation, testing, process design, controls and continuous improvement.
• Proven experience as a Chief Accountant in a complex business environment.
• Strong practical knowledge of the Polish Accounting Act and Polish statutory accounting.
• Strong practical knowledge of VAT, CIT and other relevant Polish tax requirements.
• Hands-on experience with statutory financial statements, GL, closing, reconciliations and balance-sheet control.
• Practical SAP experience in Finance & Accounting; SAP S/4HANA or ERP transformation experience is an advantage.
• Experience with audits, tax advisers, authorities and regulatory reporting such as GUS and NBP.
• Experience leading and developing finance professionals.
• Ability to make independent, well-supported professional decisions and drive issues to resolution.
• Fluent English and experience working in an international organization.