Accountant
CAI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Florence • 🇮🇹 Italy
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Responsible for the accurate and timely execution of financial reporting for the Italian legal entity
- Serve as the in-house expert on Italian accounting and tax regulations
- Work closely with external auditors, tax advisors, and internal stakeholders
- End-to-End Accounts Payable process, including invoice processing, payment runs, and vendor reconciliations
- End-to-End Accounts Receivable activities, including purchase order management, invoicing, posting payments, and reconciling work in progress
- Perform month-end close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, and preparation of management accounts
- Manage relationships with external auditors and tax advisors
- Prepare statutory audit schedules and supporting documentation
- Support preparation and filing of tax returns in partnership with external tax advisors
- Coordinate the preparation and signing of corporate documents
- Develop and maintain accounting process documentation
- Execute ad hoc finance projects in line with business needs
Requirements
- Diploma or bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
- 3 to 5 years work experience in a finance position
- Fluent in English and Italian
- Experience in statutory audit, review or preparation of corporate tax returns and VAT returns
- Proficient in Microsoft Office including advanced Excel
- Effective time management to meet local statutory deadlines, month-end close, and audit schedules
- Excellent communication skills in Italian and English, with the ability to liaise effectively with local authorities, auditors, and tax advisors and global colleagues
- Proactively identify issues, develop practical solutions, and work independently
- Demonstrates meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to build relationships with internal departments
Benefits
- It is absolutely necessary, in order to apply, to be a European citizen or to hold a valid residence permit for Europe.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial reportingItalian accounting regulationstax regulationsAccounts PayableAccounts Receivablemonth-end closejournal entriesstatutory auditcorporate tax returnsVAT returns
Soft skills
effective time managementexcellent communicationproactive problem solvingattention to detailrelationship buildingindependent workliaising with stakeholders
Certifications
diploma in accountingbachelor’s degree in finance