What's the role?
Are you ready to elevate your accounting career in a company that puts its people at the heart of everything it does? Join our market-leading organization as a Senior General Ledger Accountant and be part of a dynamic, international team that’s shaping the future of finance across the globe.
As a Senior General Ledger Accountant, you will join a diverse professional Finance Shared Service Centre team providing accounting services to Hilti entities in Northern Europe and Middle East/Africa. Being responsible for performing compliant General Ledger processes, you will support several market organizations (business entities) and their senior finance leadership team to deliver impactful results and contribute to long-term Hilti strategy to make construction industry better.
Who is Hilti?
Hilti is where innovation is improving productivity, safety and sustainability in the global construction industry, and beyond. Where strong customer relationships are creating products and solutions that are Making Construction Better. Where a passionate and inclusive global team of 34,000 employees across more than 120 countries is exploring possibilities, leveraging their potential, owning their personal development and growing lasting careers. Hilti Great Britain has been consistently recognised as a top employer for nearly two decades and is currently ranked in top 20 UK’s Best Workplaces by the Great Place to Work institute.
What does the role involve?
Your day to day activities in this role will include:
- Full ownership for execution of general ledger processes for defined entities
- Analyzing financial data and providing clear insights to the management enabling informed decision-making
- Business partnering with finance leadership team and other stakeholders by linking business decisions to accounting processes
- Driving process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy and quality in accounting practices while setting and achieving higher service level standards
- Identifying training needs and contributing to development of other team members
- Contributing to initiatives that span multiple regions and business functions, enhancing your skills and broadening your expertise
We welcomed 1000 additional team members last year and have more than 30,000 employees worldwide.
What do we offer?
We really value our people and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include:
- Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
- 6% employer pension contributions
- Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
- 33 days' holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually
- Paid leave to work on charitable projects
- Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback
- Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours
- Employee resource groups focused on gender, mental health, race, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability topics
- Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams
Our Regional Head Office is based at Circle Square in Central Manchester, where we are located a short walk from Oxford Rd train station and St Peter's Square tram stop. We offer a hybrid working pattern between the office and home and different ways to work flexibly so please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.
What you need is:
- To be a qualified or part qualified accountant
- Solid knowledge of finance and tax as well as a good understanding of double entry/bookkeeping
- Strong attention to detail and excellent follow-through skills, adherence to deadline
- LEAN mindset and strive for improvement
- To be enthusiastic, proactive and self-reliant person and a good team player
- Excellent communication skills
- A willingness and ability towards continuous learning
- Technical skills (Power Query, Business Intelligence, Macro etc.) as an advantage, but not a must
- Expertise in SAP S/4 HANA as an advantage
Why choose us?
We’re more than just a company—we’re a community. At our core, we believe in empowering our employees to succeed both professionally and personally and supporting them every step of the way. Unlock unparalleled growth opportunities within the UK and beyond. We believe in nurturing talent and supporting you every step of the way
Click through the 'Apply Now' button where you will be asked to upload your CV and answer a couple of short questions – the whole process should take around 90 seconds.
If you need any support with your application please contact gbcareers@hilti.com.
If we don't have a suitable role for you at the moment, we will keep you in our talent pool for the future so your recruitment process might take a bit longer but we'll be sure to stay in touch.
Hilti is where your best belongs. We are an equal opportunity employer and value the contributions of all our team members regardless of sex, gender identity/expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion or family status.
