Why project44?

At project44, we’re on a mission to make supply chains work. With Movement, our High-Velocity Supply Chain Platform, project44 optimizes the movement of products globally, delivering unparalleled resiliency, sustainability, and value for our customers. We operate the world's most trusted end-to-end visibility platform, tracking over 1 billion shipments annually for over 1,300 leading brands across manufacturing, automotive, retail, life sciences, food & beverage, and oil, chemical & gas industries. Recently named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company’s List, project44 is headquartered in Chicago with a diverse team spanning 19 global offices and growing.

If you’re eager to be part of a winning team that works together to solve some of the most challenging supply chain issues, let’s talk.

What You’ll Do:

• Prepare IFRS and/ or local GAAP financial statements and notes, management reports and other related documents required for local statutory reporting.
• Identify, calculate and post all necessary GAAP or timing adjustments to obtain the local statutory trial balance.
• Manage the external audit of the statutory financial statements.
• Focus on automation and standardization when preparing the financial statements for project44 subsidiaries.
• Assist in gathering necessary backup support documentation for VAT reporting, request VAT invoice revisions and VAT invoice credits as necessary
• Manage the preparation of complex / high volume VAT declarations from beginning to end, including data collection, preparation in accordance with the filing protocol, submission, payment, and upload in the VAT filing dashboard
• Ensure that VAT accounting accounts are correct and reconciled with the other relevant data, such as VAT declarations, P&L, and intrastate filings
• Complete all VAT related accounting activities upon which VAT returns depend, including control checks of transaction data and review of supporting tax documentation to identify any errors or anomalies

What You’ll Need:

• Qualified accountant with at least 5 to 8 years of accounting experience - experience in the preparation and/or audit of statutory financial statements is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS or any other local GAAP.
• Very good English language skills, additional languages are a plus.
• Excellent in MS Excel, knowledge of NetSuite ERP is a plus.

Diversity & Inclusion

We're designing the future of how the world moves and is connected through trade and global supply chains. We can only deliver a truly world-class product and experience if our teams are as diverse and unique communities we are building for. So it's up to us to create a company where anyone can bring their authentic self to work everyday. We're constantly working to improve, and we accept our responsibility to elevate the voices left in the margins. It's on every one of us.

Our focus on inclusion manifests in the way we hire, the customers we serve, and the regions we prioritize. We're building a company that every one of us at project44 is proud to work for: a company that celebrates you for being you.

We pride ourselves on celebrating everyone — project44 is an equal opportunity employer actively working on creating a diverse and inclusive work environment where underrepresented groups can thrive. If you share our values and our passion for helping the way the world moves, we’d love to review your application!

For any needed accommodations during the hiring process, please email heena.mehta@project44.com. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet just 50% of the role’s requirements.