The Bata Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers and retailers of quality footwear. A global company with more than 30,000 employees, over 5,000 stores in more than 70 countries worldwide, Bata has been providing the best shoes at the best value for money, backed by unparalleled service, for more than 120 years. Since its founding in 1894 by Thomas Bata, the Company has consistently demonstrated its commitment to responsible and innovative business models in the belief that capital is not just money, but, above all, people, knowledge and core values. Today, Bata's pioneering principles enable the company to adapt quickly to market changes. It also continues Bata's long tradition of being sensitive to cultural and national differences and enables it to function proudly as an inclusive company in every country in which it operates.
With more than 270 shops in Italy, Spain and Portugal AW LAB is a laboratory of “urban sport style” trends that offers to its customers the coolest products of the moment, suggesting and inspiring them in creating their own style. Since opening its first store in 1997, with the name of Athletes World, AW LAB is part of the Bata group, world leader in the footwear industry, with over 5,000 stores in more than 70 countries. AW LAB proposes a wide collection of sneakers of the most famous international sport brands and a wide range of exclusive designs created in collaboration with them. The proposal is completed by a collection of apparel and accessories of the leading sportswear brand and by two private clothing labels.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE
The ACCOUNTANT joins the Administrative Department to manage every administrative, financial and fiscal aspect of the company.
The task is to ensure that the company complies with all the obligations imposed by law: from bureaucratic formalities, to company accounting, to meeting tax deadlines. The resource will be responsible for working with the Administration Department to prepare documents, to check loads, to record invoices/credit notes, to verify and manage the warehouse loads/unloads for Italy and Spain.
KEY CHALLENGES
Intra/Extra – Community Transactions
* Import of non-electronic invoices into the company portal
* Monthly recording of goods shipments and services
* Requesting invoices from suppliers for goods shipments and services
* Import services invoices from mail to the company portal
* Monthly recording of goods shipments and service documents
* Accounting of services invoices (logistics, mainteinance, utilities, store expenses, marketing, etc.)
* Download the MRNs from the customs cashier in ADM/Reserved Area
Samples
* Documents separation
* Bills, Italy/foreign invoices
* Archive of the DDTs, pro-forma invoices, half-pairs samples
* Periodic registration of the loads related to pro-forma invoices
Other procedures
* Creating/changing supplier master data
* Adding/modifing customer master data
* Issue invoices for cost recovery - transfer from customer to supplier
Monthly Closing
* Monthly closure of the items listed above
CORE COMPETENCIES
* Delivers in consistent way following his department priorities, respecting the deadlines
* Pursues quality in accomplishing tasks paying attention to details and verifying information
* Works well with others departments
* Organizational, management and relational skills
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
* Italian
* Good knowledge of English
* Spanish nice to have
LOCATION
* Limena (PD)
* Possibility of working in Smart Working for part of the week after an initial on-site training period