Senior Accountant Porto

Senior Accountant
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

We’re the world’s leading AI-native marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the world’s top companies. We help clients what has happened and why and how to shape the marketing strategies that shape their future.

Why this job is important

As a Senior Accountant at Kantar, you will be part of a dynamic and coordinated Finance function delivering operational Finance specialist services. You will work closely with internal and external partners to ensure processes are performed in accordance with performance and quality standards. Your role will be crucial in assisting with closing and reporting, adhering to statutory requirements, and maintaining strong professional relationships across the business.

What you’ll be doing

Assist in the maintenance, processing, and production of month/year-end close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, journals, and associated underlying schedules.

Support the preparation and review of period close entries, and general ledger accounts reconciliation and analysis.

Prepare monthly financial statements into Kantar's consolidation tool.

Coordinate
- end and
- end reporting schedules.

Maintain close relationships with customer/3rd party delivery partner teams to ensure responsiveness to their needs and support escalation and resolution of any performance issues.

The skills & experience needed as Senior Accountant

Proven experience as an accountant.

Experience in producing
- end accounts and preparation for audit.

Proficient English speaker, accurately able to read and write English and communicate efficiently.

Ability to work in a changing and flexible organization.

Willingness to work flexibly across geographic time zones during peak periods such as period end

What’s in it for you

Flexible hybrid working

Up to 25 days off, plus your birthday off and two days paid for volunteering

Meal card and flexible benefits where you are allocated funds to spend on a variety of benefits such as transport cost, education related and more

Why join Kantar?

Kantar is the world’s leading marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the world’s top companies, including 96 of the world’s 100 biggest advertisers.

We have a complete, unique, and rounded understanding of people around the world: how they think, feel and act, globally and locally in over 90 markets.

We don’t just help clients understand what’s happened, we tell them why and how they can shape the future by combining the most meaningful attitudinal and behavioural data with deep expertise and technology platforms to track how people think and act. We help clients develop the marketing strategies that shape their future and deliver sustainable growth.

Our areas of expertise and solutions span Brand Growth, Consulting, Consumer and Shopper Behaviour, Creative Testing and Optimisation, Customer Experience, Innovation and Product Development, Media Effectiveness, Research Services, and Sustainability.

We are committed to maintaining and growing our leadership in supporting our clients’ growth through innovation in our solutions portfolio and embracing digital transformation, in how we think, behave, and provide actionable insights.