Chief Accountant (PL: Główna/y Księgowa/y)

Role: Chief Accountant (PL: Główna/y Księgowa/y)

Location: Zabrze, Poland

 

📣A bit about the role

We’re looking for a Chief Accountant to join our squad at an exciting time in our hyper-growth journey, with further international expansion on the horizon. This role would suit a proactive candidate who is ready to step up in their career, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, and eager to be part of a business where they can have a tangible positive impact.

This role will be working within the Core Finance team and will be heavily involved in all key accounting and reporting activities, with a focus on financial and tax compliance and ensuring a robust control environment that allows us to scale sustainably.

This role will report to our Head of Finance EU but it will work closely with a wider range of stakeholders across the business.

 

A bit more detail

In this role, you can expect to…

• co-create the Finance and Accounting Department in a large manufacturing company, being a part of an international capital group;

• maintain full accounting of the company (Dogmates Sp. z o.o. legal entity) in accordance with applicable tax and accounting regulations (appropriate for a large enterprise);
• settle all taxes due, prepare tax returns and other periodic reports required by law (including reporting to the KSSE and statistical reports);
• co-create the chart of accounts, accounting policies and accounting procedures in accordance with the current needs of the company, including the circulation of accounting documents;
• supervise the correctness of source documents and their posting in the financial and accounting system, as well as conduct ongoing analysis and reconciliation of General Ledger accounts;
• conduct the period end close;
• monitor changes in tax regulations and implement them in the company;
• cooperate with tax authorities and other external institutions, as well as represent the company in cooperation with the relevant external bodies.

🔎 A bit about you

• Loves dogs (naturally)
• Has a very good knowledge of the applicable Polish accounting, tax and legal regulations, appropriate for a large manufacturing company (production costs, warehouse management, imports, exports, including intra-group transactions);
• Has at least 5 years of experience as a Chief Accountant or a Chief Accountant Deputy in a large manufacturing company;
• Has a very good knowledge of English and Polish;
• Experience in working with the SAP B1 financial and accounting system is welcome.

🐶 Background

Butternut Box was founded in 2016 and has seen outstanding growth and significant investment during its rapid evolution. A certified B-Corp, Butternut Box is committed to doing better for the planet, people and dogs. In 2023, the business secured £280m of investment from General Atlantic and L Catterton. This significant investment has allowed the business to rapidly develop its international expansion plans. These plans centre around European expansion with Czech Republic next market to launch. Beyond that, there are several markets that would be attractive considerations including: Austria, Nordics, Italy and France.

Butternut Box fully acquired PsiBufet, a Polish Direct to Consumer dog food brand in 2023. This business provides a foothold from which to establish a new manufacturing plant to serve these markets. As it stands, the business currently serves over 300,000 dogs across the UK, Poland, Benelux and Ireland. To achieve the growth demands will require the UK factory, ‘Rudie’s Kitchen’, to deliver increased output whilst a new Polish operation is commissioned and brought online.

The new site is in Zabrze. This new site will be 37,000 M2 (compared to the original UK site at 18,000 M2) and will eventually have 8 lines with the capacity to produce 1,200T per week.

Work is required to ready the building for food manufacturing, and this is underway. Once this is completed, equipment will be installed to allow a fulfilment operation to be moved from

an established site. It isn’t anticipated that many of the existing team will move so a new team will need to be recruited and trained to allow first orders to be processed by Autumn 2025. Further equipment is being installed and commissioned in readiness for the first production to commence by the beginning of November 2025. Again, a production team will need to be recruited and trained to make this possible. It is envisaged that much of this training will utilise the knowledge and experience gained at Rudie’s.

 

Our Values & ways of working

A business with people at the very core.  The company has great employee retention and prides itself on giving everyone the chance to stretch themselves in a supportive and inclusive environment.

The business’ values are: Dedicated and Determined; Open and Honest; Genuine Care; Strive for Better and For the Love of Dogs.