General Ledger Accountant
Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing personal-care retail company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio across seven categories including medical products, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our portfolio includes such brands as E45, Pevaryl, Lamisil, Nutravita, Decubal and many others. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A.
Join us at Karo Healthcare on our exciting journey. We're currently looking for a General Ledger Accountant for our office in Kaunas, Lithuania.
What’s in it for you?This is an opportunity to take real ownership of General Ledger accounting within a growing international business. You’ll work across multiple legal entities, collaborate with colleagues across Global Finance and play an active role in strengthening and improving our finance processes.
If you enjoy combining strong technical accounting with a hands-on, business-focused approach in a fast-moving environment, this could be a great next step.
What you’ll be doing- Take ownership of day-to-day General Ledger (GL) activities for assigned legal entities, ensuring accuracy, efficiency and compliance.
- Manage month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing in line with Group deadlines and policies.
- Prepare and review month-end journals, manual vouchers and short- and long-term accruals.
- Manage intercompany transactions and reconciliations, ensuring accurate Balance Sheet and P&L reporting.
- Prepare, post and reconcile expense and payroll accounts.
- Run depreciation and maintain the fixed asset ledger and General Ledger.
- Prepare, review and approve balance sheet reconciliations in line with internal controls.
- Review P&L accounts, analyse variances and ensure costs are allocated to the correct accounts and periods.
- Support the Financial Controller with financial statements, consolidation reporting and audit preparation.
- Work with external stakeholders including auditors, banks, tax and regulatory authorities.
- Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities across Finance processes.
- Build strong relationships with Global Finance colleagues and wider business teams.
- Support the training and onboarding of new colleagues within the General Accounting team.
Requirements
- University degree or equivalent qualification in Finance, Accounting or a related field.
- 5+ years of relevant accounting experience, ideally gained within an international FMCG, Consumer Healthcare or similarly fast-paced organisation.
- Strong hands-on experience in General Ledger accounting and financial close processes.
- Good understanding of accounting principles and IFRS.
- Experience using a General Ledger module within an ERP system.
- Understanding of end-to-end finance processes including Record to Report (R2R), Order to Cash (O2C) and Purchase to Pay (P2P).
- Strong financial, analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with digital finance tools.
- Fluent English, both written and spoken.
- Ability to prioritise effectively and deliver against deadlines in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Collaborative and proactive approach, with a high level of integrity and accountability.
- Hands-on mindset with a positive, practical and solution-focused approach.
Benefits
Benefits
- Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage
- Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions
- Flexible schedule and life work balance
- Responsibility for exciting and challenging projects that have a direct, visible impact on our customers and the industry
- Very positive work environment in a young, international, and motivated team
- Start-up spirit while being a part of the large international organization with strong values
Karo Healthcare has a Diverse & Inclusive environment. We are looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.
Skills Required
- University degree or equivalent qualification in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- 5+ years of relevant accounting experience
- Hands-on experience in General Ledger accounting and financial close processes
- Understanding of accounting principles and IFRS
- Experience using a General Ledger module within an ERP system
- Understanding of Record to Report, Order to Cash, and Purchase to Pay processes
- Strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence with digital finance tools
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Collaborative, proactive, ethical, accountable, hands-on, and solution-focused approach
What We Do
Karo Healthcare delivers smart choices for everyday healthcare. We own and commercialise branded, original over-the-counter products and prescription medicines across a range of everyday categories, including intimate health; skin health; digestive health, foot health; pain, cough and cold; wellness; and specialty products. Our products are available in more than 90 countries and sold through pharmacies, retailers and via healthcare providers. We have our own sales organisation in more than 10 European countries, with the Nordic region as our core market. Karo Healthcare is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and owned by EQT Partners since 2019.
