Finance and Accounting Manager

LC Waikiki is a leading fashion retailer with a turnover of $3 billion. LC Waikiki's journey began in France in 1988, and has continued since 1997 as a Turkish brand under the umbrella of LC Waikiki Mağazacılık Hizmetleri Ticaret A.Ş.

Today, LC Waikiki operates in about 1300 stores in over 60 countries, with 3000 people working at the headquarters, and more than 50,000 people in Turkey and abroad. The company's philosophy "Everyone deserves to dress well" gives people the opportunity to enjoy fashion with quality products at affordable prices.

Finance and Accounting Manager, Thessaloniki

• Managing the finance and accounting unit covering the accounting & tax, treasury & payments, management reporting and ERP applications.
• Make sure that all the periodical tax declarations are prepared properly and submitted on time to the tax office and other related governmental bodies (social Security etc.)
• Managing the payment processes and treasury policies of the company.
• Secures all cash related issues, ensures proper accounting of the daily cash transactions/statements and reconciliation of the daily records
• Leading the preparation of all the periodical management reports in accordance with the company's IFRS base accounting & reporting guidelines with good accrual mentality
• Leading the preparation of all the financial projections including the annual budget, periodical future cash flow statements etc.
• Ensures the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting and analysis to the business
• Make sure that the integrations are working properly regarding cash and inventory cycle
• Managing internal and external audit process held in the company
• To fully understand and make necessary improvement requests on the software used.
• Training & development of finance team members. Preparing a team can handle all duties in hand on time and according to company standards.
• Handling of full sets of accounts of the entity according to both local and IFRS: Payables, Receivables, Inventory, FA, Treasury, General ledger
• Ensures financial controls and implementation of finance& accounting, tax and treasury procedures set by the head office
• Taking active part in the development of finance processes and procedures, methods, information and systems as well as strategies and action plans in order to set & standardize each process globally and improve performance
• Interact with all levels of the organization in their region – and across functions such as Compliance, Legal, Finance, HR, Operation

Qualifications

• University Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration
• Proficient English level (written and verbal)

Professional Experience

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in similar positions – experience in retail company is an asset
• Experience in local accounting and tax legislation
• ERP knowledge – MS Axapta or D365 knowledge/experience is an asset
• Experience of working in a matrix organization (directly reporting to the country manager, functionally reporting the HQ finance director)
• A leader and also a team player
• Result oriented and have excellent communication skills
• High sense of responsibility
• Eager to work in a multinational/multicultural environment
• Able to live or to relocate to Thessaloniki

At LC Waikiki, our values being virtuous, achieving together, extensive expertise, being customer-oriented, challenging the difficulties. So, if you ready to dynamism and want to grow with challenges, come and join us At LC Waikiki, we take the time to review each and every application due to LC Waikiki prerequisites. If your application found appropriate, we will contact you via phone or email.