H&m Accounting Specialist

Company Description

The key to building a great look is combining bold pieces.

The key to building a great company is combining different bold people.

We take pride in our history of making fashion accessible to the many, and strive to build a more welcoming, inclusive and sustainable industry. But we also know that you can’t change the world without great people and great teams.

Daily, we are creating with you that special kind of workplace, where unique talents from all over the world come together to form the best of teams, where we foster a culture of creativity, innovation, collaboration and growth.

At H&M, we welcome you to be yourself and challenge you to grow and make a difference.

Help us reimagine the future of an entire industry, making everyone look, feel and do good.

Be proud of where you came from & amazed by where you’ll go.

Be yourself & more at H&M.

We are looking for

**Accounting Specialist**

**Job Description**:
As Accounting Specialist, together with the rest of the accounting team, you will carry out general ledger, accounts payable and account receivable and will support the account manager to carry out monthly and yearly closing. Moreover, you will support our stores in managing accounting related to the daily sales, according to H&M values and guidelines.

**Your responsibilities**:
**BOOKKEPING**

Keep the books correct, up to date and according to law. Make sure routines are followed and that the books are closed on time
- Carry out - Monthly and yearly cut
- Bank & credit card reconciliation
- Gift card analysis and reconciliation
- Balance reconciliation
- Accounts payable
- Stock bookings and intercompany transactions
- Routines for fixed asset bookings and depreciation calculations
- Initiate and carry out general ledger bookings
- Report to Accounting manager when necessary
- Work accordance VAT & Corporate Tax& Withholding Tax rule
- Cash Management

**EFFICIENCY**

To carry out the work in the most efficient way to keep costs low and maximize output
- Take own initiatives to improve and maintain the work in the accounting department
- Make sure to acquire knowledge to be able to be efficient
- Communicate with people to solve things in an efficient way

**TEAM**

You support, lead and coach the accounting team in the daily accounting operations together with Accounting Manager
- Be a role model according to our Values & Values in action
- Ensure staff assessment and actively promote a positive feedback culture
- Share your learnings and knowledge to develop the Accountant role and improve the way-of-working
- Be a key player in your team by motivating and encouraging your team members to achieve stronger results.

Work closely with the Accounting Manager and other functions to ensure alignment of goals and priorities

**Qualifications**:
**Education & Experience**
- Studies and previous work experience in accounting, bookkeeping and account reconciliation, bookkeeping match is a must.
- Degree in business administration and/or economics is a plus
- 2/3 Years of previous experiences in accounting roles

**Skills**
- Understand and meets the legal obligations regarding national laws and regulations in regards to payroll
- Strong ability to plan, prioritize and ensure decisions
- Have excellent communication skills, including fluent written and spoken English and Italian. Knowledge in other languages is meriting.
- Are an excellent relationship builder.
- Ability to deal with fast-paced environment and to multitask
- Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality
- Have the ability to connect your actions and results to business goals
- ** H**ave a strategic and analytical mindset with strong planning and prioritizing skills
- Fluent in Microsoft Office - Word, PPT and Excel
- Willingness to learn and feed the organization with new insights.
- Well-organized, able to cope with a large workload and to prioritize and plan ahead.
- Have competence within digital/tech and Omni ways of working.

Additional Information
**Location: Milan - Italy**

**Benefits**
- Global discount for H&M staff in shops and online (25%) - Includes all H&M group brands (COS, Weekday, Monki, ARKET, &Other Stories, H&M Home and Afound).
- Electronic Ticket Restaurant for each working day of €5
- Incentive Programme for our employees
- Supplementary health care for employees CCNL

**How to apply**:

- Your CV and motivation letter