This position sits within the General Ledger and Reporting team in our Shared Services Center in Prague. You will be primarily responsible for Intercompany and General Ledger Accounting for two German entities, with additional support for intercompany processes across the UK, US, and Canada. The role requires strong technical accounting expertise, the ability to work independently, and effective collaboration with global stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Intercompany Accounting

• Manage intercompany transactions across Germany, UK, US, and Canada

• Process approx. 40–50 AP/AR intercompany invoices monthly

• Create intercompany accruals and prepayments

• Calculate and post wage recharges for UK, US, and Germany

• Maintain intercompany cost centres and ensure correct cross-charging

• Perform reconciliations across all entities and resolve discrepancies

• Use Tagetik to monitor balances and coordinate corrections

• Collaborate with payroll providers and divisional colleagues

General Ledger Accounting – Germany

• Manage and reconcile balance sheet accounts

• Coordinate wage data collection and booking with payroll provider

• Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly VAT returns

• Calculate depreciation and foreign exchange adjustments

• Manage prepayments, accruals, and payroll/holiday provisions

• Handle GR/IR in collaboration with Procurement and AP teams

• Approve outgoing payments

Key Competencies and Experience

• Experience in general ledger accounting

• Strong understanding of balance sheet and P&L principles

• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and audit processes

• Proven ability to manage month- and year-end closing activities

• Familiarity with VAT submissions and statutory requirements

• Excellent Excel skills; SAP experience is a strong advantage

• Fluent spoken and written English

• Self-motivated and able to work independently

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance 

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health. 

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.