Manager, Logistics Accounting chez HelloFresh

The Manager, Logistics Accounting, will lead the timely and accurate month-end Logistics accounting and reporting for the HelloFresh US brands.  

This person will manage Senior Accountants and must possess the ability to influence business partners and effectively drive processes and improvements independently. The person in this position must be a strong collaborator and business partner and will work closely with teams within and outside of Finance, including the Logistics Operations team, the Accounts Payable team, the US FP&A team and the US Financial Reporting team. The person in this role should be experienced working with large data sets and distilling it into meaningful analysis, identifying and solving complex problems, leading process improvement projects and employing data analysis to ensure partners and leaders have the most up-to-date and reliable information. 

Keys to success at HelloFresh include working egolessly (team-oriented), proactively asking questions to better learn and prioritize your tasks, having a process-improvement mindset, and always having your customers in mind. 

Job Responsibilities include:

• Manage Senior Accountants to perform the Logistics Accounting month-end close duties for HF US brands, including recording and approving journal entries, preparing balance sheet reconciliations, performing actuals to cost reporting variance analysis, investigating and resolving anomalies, and performing key-controls.
• Partner with stakeholders and team to ensure completeness and accuracy of month end accruals 
• Support staff in performing detailed validation of aged accrual balances and search for recorded liabilities in accordance with policy.
• Review P&L and balance sheet accounts and provide managers and stakeholders with insights into month-over-month trends.
• Drive the reconciliation of data discrepancies by supporting the team in deep-diving into the lowest level of detail and finding resolutions.
• Find efficiencies to help the team close the period faster and more accurately. 
• Own variance analysis to cost reporting and budgets for specific areas of responsibilities.
• Support internal and external audit requirements related to specific areas of responsibility.
• Update process documentation on an ongoing basis as needed.
• Review the work of staff and mentor them in their area of responsibility.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5-7 years professional accounting experience - mix of public accounting and industry accounting preferred 
• IFRS and accounting principles knowledge
• Advanced spreadsheet (Excel and/or Google Sheets) and data manipulation skills
• Oracle, Tableau and SQL experience a plus 
• Demonstrated financial acumen and analytical experience delivering variance analysis and data interpretation of results

The Analyst, Supply Chain planning will be responsible for managing the weekly tasks of menu planning along with implementing and driving strategy to enhance the operation. You will be tasked with leveraging data and developing tools and metrics to improve accuracy and efficiency in menu planning. The Analyst will be the primary liaison with key stakeholders across the operation to ensure weekly operational success and that strategic projects are driven forward.  To succeed in this role, you’ll need to have a genuine interest in using data and information to solve real business challenges, strong analytical abilities, and a keen interest to make a big impact on a fast-growing organization.

You will ...

• Manage weekly tasks of menu planning, while liaising with key operational, product, and culinary stakeholders.
• With the support of your manager - identify, analyze, and drive strategic initiatives to enhance the operation.
• Develop/improve tools and support the creation of metrics to ensure recipe database health and improve reporting of menu planning weekly results.
• Work with the Analytics team to build out a more sophisticated planning models and tools  to improve menu planning efficiency leveraging Python scripts & helping build out the data warehouse.
• Work on projects & new initiatives with broad company impact and leadership exposure.

You are...

• Data-driven – You can organize, explore, and synthesize unstructured data into actionable insights to better inform operational decision-making.
• Intellectually curious – You have an insatiable desire to understand how things work, why they work the way do, and to consistently challenge the status quo.
• Detail-oriented – You possess strong organizational skills and consistently demonstrate a methodical approach to all your work.
• A self-starter – You are highly motivated and passionate. You’re eager to take on new projects without knowing exactly what you will uncover.
• Agile – You thrive in fast-paced and dynamic environments and are comfortable working autonomously.
• A critical thinker – You use logic to identify opportunities, evaluate alternatives, and synthesize and present critical information to solve complex problems.
• An excellent communicator – able to communicate at all levels with clarity, poise, maturity and precision both written and verbal
• Collaborative - Work cross functionally with various teams to gather key inputs, and able to work well with diverse opinions
• Dedicated to providing the best possible experience for the HelloFresh customer
  
  

At a minimum, you have...

• 1-3 years’ experience delivering analytical solutions to complex problems
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Planning, Data Science, Computer Science, Accounting, or another relevant field of study
• Fluent in Microsoft Office applications and Google Suite applications (especially google sheets / google scripts). Intermediate to advanced Excel proficiency required. 
• Ability to work with multiple database systems and provide intelligence-driven conclusions 
• Experience with Tableau, SQL, a significant plus
• Experience delivering actionable, data-driven insights.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills
  
  

You’ll get…

• Competitive Salary & 401k company match that vests immediately upon participation 
• Generous parental leave of 16 weeks & PTO policy 
• $0 monthly premium and other flexible health plans 
• 75% discount on your subscription to HelloFresh (as well as other product initiatives)   
• Snacks, cold brew on tap & monthly catered lunches 
• Company sponsored outings & Employee Resource Groups 
• Collaborative, dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company  

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However, the Company reserves the right to adjust, modify, or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs, operational requirements, or other factors.