Job Description

Are you an accomplished Finance Leader with a passion for driving team success and shaping organizational excellence? We have an exceptional Senior GL Manager role just for you! Be the driving force behind our teams' success, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to help team members reach their full potential.

Core Responsibilities

• Leading and developing our General Ledger team responsible for Hungary, Czech Republic and South Europe.

• Being the promoter of our improvement initiatives leading to automation, or new system implementation.

• Delivering a top-performing, customer- and service oriented culture where the outside-in approach is starting point for all processes.

• Constantly strive to optimize processes and work procedures using the LEGO Continuous improvement approach across functional areas.

• Ensure compliance with internal and external regulations (GAAP and IFRS) in managing group reporting as well as statutory financial statements for defined entities.

• Building and strengthening partners' relations across areas and geographies including collaboration and culture (including Business Controllers, Treasury, Tax, Group Reporting, internal and external auditors).

• Managing and providing guidance for more advanced execution of GL processes (e.g. monthly and yearly closing, reconciliations).

• Input to strategic stream plan and its regional delivery.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The LEGO Business Service Operations (BSO) is a shared service center that delivers HR and Finance services to the entire LEGO Group from 3 locations; Monterrey, Kladno and Singapore. The purpose of the BSO is to create an effective and efficient platform for growth to support our strategy and reach twice as many kids over the next 5-7 years. The General Ledger ensures support of the entire EMEA region.

Do you have what it takes?

• Proven professional experience within the functional area demonstrating profound GL process knowledge and deep experience leading to concrete business results.

• Experience with leading and managing a team of seven colleagues.

• Experience of working and driving a highly collaborative environment in a global setting, promoting coherence and the end-to-end perspective.

• SAP experience.

• Energized, positive personality with the ability to see the "big picture".

• Be robust, resilient and ability to adopt changes, as well as having a proactive mind with a can-do attitude.

• Personal drive and initiative, excellent collaboration skills and proven ability to build trust and credibility with assigned business areas or other key partners.

• Significant business and market understanding both at operational and tactical level.

• Experience working with Continuous Improvements / Lean / Sigma would be appreciated.

• Hungarian language an advantage

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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 eve