Job Description
Are you passionate about LEGO® bricks? Do you want to contribute to a company whose products bring joy to millions of children and adults worldwide? Join our GL EMEA team as a Financial Controller and be part of a team that ensures high-quality financial processes!
Core Responsibilities
This role focuses on financial controlling and general ledger activities, with opportunities to get involved in strategic projects. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, collaborative, and able to navigate a dynamic environment. Key responsibilities include:
- Support monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring supporting explanations are accurate and follow-ups on outstanding balances are completed.
- Assist with internal and external reporting, including audit requirements.
- Prepare and review journal entries, ensuring consistency, completeness, and correct coding according to local accounting standards.
- Perform variance analyses for account movements to help maintain accurate financial records.
- Support audits, tax reviews, and other financial compliance activities.
- Assist in preparing government reports and ad hoc financial information requests.
- Collaborate across geographies and departments, helping to maintain strong partnerships and a positive team culture.
- Participate in GL or Controlling projects, contributing with relevant ideas and support , ensuring a correct implementation
This is a temporary 18-month position as part of a strategic GL project. The role is based in Prague – Jinonice, relocation assistance is not provided.
About the Team
The LEGO Business Service Operations (BSO) is a shared service center delivering HR and Finance services across the LEGO Group from Monterrey, Prague, and Singapore. The GL department plays a crucial role in ensuring accurate and reliable financial processes and fostering collaboration across the organization.
Do you have what it takes?
- Experience in General Ledger or Financial Controlling.
- Exposure to international accounting environments is a plus.
- Experience supporting projects in a dynamic setting.
- Good communication and partner management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP systems, preferably SAP.
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and quality-focused.
- Proactive, curious, and a team player who enjoys supporting colleagues in achieving shared goals.
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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.
Just imagine building your dream career.
Then make it real.
Join the LEGO® team today.
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What We Do
We are the LEGO Group, the company behind the world’s most loved LEGO® bricks. Our brand name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean “Play Well”.
We’ve been sparking imaginations and inspiring the builders of tomorrow since 1932. This is our mission and what motivates our colleagues around the world every day.
Today, we remain proudly family-owned with headquarters in Billund, Denmark. We have regional hubs in Boston, USA; London, UK; Shanghai, China; and Singapore, as well as 7 manufacturing facilities around the world.
These places are home to 28,000+ colleagues in everything from design and engineering to digital technology and marketing. Together we learn, imagine and build – creating play experiences that are sold in over 130 countries worldwide.
A purposeful and responsible global brand where creativity helps to inspire builders all around the world. Just imagine being part of that!
