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General Accountant

Lisbon

About Essor: 

Essor, where brands take flight. We find digital challenger brands and supercharge them into iconic global legends that consumers love. As a next-generation consumer products platform, we leverage technology, industry expertise, and strategic collaborations to ignite growth and launch brands beyond expectations. 

Essor’s brand portfolio today includes a broad range of rapidly growing health & wellness and lifestyle brands like Boka, ZitSticka, Puracy, OTOTO Design, FreshCap, Iron Flask, Fullstar, numnum, Key Nutrients, and Viking Revolution that are sold on Amazon, Direct to Consumer channels, and through national retailers like Target, CVS, and Walmart. 

About the Team: 

The Finance team strategically plans for Essor's future by managing all levels of financial decisions and ensuring our platform can create value in a sustainable way. 

About the role 

As an Accountant you are responsible for the daily accounting tasks of our service and holding companies as well as the operating companies which hold our assets. As our Group is a young organization you will contribute a lot to establish our processes and system and you will grow yourself with us, get the opportunity to enlarge your scope, and shape your career. Ideally, you are experienced in fast-growing companies in the e-commerce business.

What you will do 

  • Support month-end closing activities, including reconciliation preparation for various accounts/processes and journal entries.
  • Processing accruals and prepayments for a variety of GL codes over our numerous subsidiaries
  • Work closely with the Controlling Leadership team to ensure accuracy of postings
  • Support the FP&A function
  • Assist with the preparation of the audit, developing schedules and fulfilling requests
  • Document new SOP’s for our newly implemented NetSuite ERP and the various integrations on an ad hoc basis

Who you are 

  • You have 3-5 years of experience in an accounting role (Accountant role preferable, but other Controlling roles are welcome to apply)
  • A flexible team player
  • You are a quick learner looking to progress in your career
  • You are studying for an accounting qualification or already have one (preferred) 

We are seeking people who: 

  • Are owners. 
  • Are continually raising the bar.  
  • Know what a great accounting team looks like and are excited by the challenge of building one.
  • Are sincerely open-minded, and are willing to examine their strongest convictions with humility. 
  • Nurture and embrace differing perspectives to make better decisions. 

What's in it for you?

  • A supportive, diverse, and global team with a growth mindset
  • A scaling company with great industry professionals
  • A flexible (hybrid) working environment
  • Great opportunities to get involved with exciting projects.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, age, or national origin will be considered. No qualified applicants will be discriminated against on the basis of disability or protected veteran status.

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