Jacobs Engineering Group

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Enterprise Functions

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We are an international engineering company providing services in the field of technical consulting, design, and investment project management. Global Business Services center located in Krakow provide global support for our line of business and corporate teams in the following areas:

• Finance
• Accounting
• HR
• IT
• Procurement
• Payroll
• Project Management

GBS centralizes some of the processes across Jacobs and focuses on process excellence while also advancing the transformation initiative through additional work migration.

You’re following your purpose - and there’s still more to come. Keep developing your skills and explore all that you can do across our global company. As part of Jacobs’ GBS Accounting team, you’ll join a group of strategically focused professionals who work with process owners worldwide. Working together, we’ll help you grow and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future – big and small, global and local.

Jacobs is currently seeking a GBS GL Accounting Manager to work in a dynamic, challenging environment who will cultivate and deliver excellence in Jacobs’ Corporate Accounting Group. We’re looking for a team player with the desire to be an active, long-term contributor in the growth of the accounting teams and organization overall.

Main Responsibilities:

• Prepare and review schedules, journal entries, account reconciliations and fluxes related to legal fees and settlements
• Attend and participate in legal review meetings.
• Responsible for meeting minutes to distribute to group, following up on action items and status updates of legal matters
• Work with sensitive and confidential data
• Review and approve journal entries for the company’s LPP/LTIP and cash incentives, including adjustments related to annual incentive payouts.
• Oversee account reconciliations and variance analyses for stock-based compensation transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Review and validate ESPP and share repurchase schedules.
• Assess and approve account reconciliations and variance analyses associated with deferred compensation transactions.
• Support SOC1 testing for stock-based comp and deferred compensation.
• Assist in conducting SOX testing for stock-based and deferred compensation.
• Assist in reviewing 10-K/10-Q disclosures and footnotes related to stock-based and deferred compensation.
• Support the review of compensation tables in the Proxy statement.
• Opportunities to identify and drive process improvements will both leverage and enhance your skill set.
• Experience and ability to guide and review the work process of accounting for legal fees and settlements

This role allows you to interact with other departments and increase your business acumen. Your accounting knowledge contributes to the success of the company and ensures all duties performed and reviewed are in compliance with US GAAP, Company policies and procedures, SEC reporting requirements, and the Sarbanes-Oxley act.

As a GBS Accounting Manager, you’ll regularly and successfully engage in:

• Participating in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures for global accounting activities and continuous improvement process including automation and acceleration
• Reading, understanding, following, and testing the applicable process narratives pertaining to Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements and technical accounting
• Providing support as needed to external auditors
• Preparing ad hoc reports and analyses

Bring your excellent collaboration and organizational skills and a desire to deliver exceptional work, and we’ll help grow what drives you.

Here's what you'll need

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• Active CPA license or equivalent (ACCA, CIMA)
• 7+ years of accounting experience, of which 2+ years of relevant experience in a public accounting firm or publicly traded company
• Professional experience using Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and vlookups for large volumes of data
• Understanding of consolidations, international accounting and reporting issues
• Technical knowledge and understanding of US GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and controls

Ideally, You’ll Also Have:

• Cross-functional collaboration and communication
• Experience with a large ERP system, preferably Oracle
• Experience using consolidation tools for analysis of actuals, forecast and budget
• Demonstrated analytical, problem solving and process improvement skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and external auditors

We offer:

• Hybrid (6 days/month from our Krakow office) or stationary working model - depending on your preferences
• Flexible working hours (we start between 7:30-10:00)
• Full-time employment contract with salary corresponding to qualifications
• "Short Fridays" (we work 6h on Friday)
• Flexible benefits package (Lux Med medical care, psychological care, life insurance, My Benefit cafeteria system, including Multisport card co-financing, car park sharing system)
• Holiday allowance ("wczasy pod gruszą")
• Unique company culture fostering individual career growth and work-life balance
• Membership in Jacobs employee networks (Women's Network, OneWorld, PRISM, Careers Network, Green Team, SpeakUp Jacobs Poland, Collectively and others)
• Continuous development opportunities, including a range of professional trainings and certifications (e.g. ACCA, CIPS), Graduate Development Program, Learners’ Community, self-learning platform

We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disabilities, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy.

W/M/X in our job advertisement means that we welcome all applicants, no matter what gender you feel you belong to - male, female, diverse.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team recruitmentpoland@jacobs.com

Jacobs is an ACCA Approved Employer!

The ACCA Approved Employer Programme recognises employers’ high standards of staff training and development. We have proved our organisation is committed to ensuring ACCA students, affiliates and members have the right skills, ethics and competences to add value and drive the business forward.

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Locations

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Krakow

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Poland