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Working at European Business Services
As the new leader of our industry, Holcim is seeking to recruit, develop, and retain the best talent to help us meet the challenges and opportunities of the future. We want people eager to grow to their full potential while delivering value to our shareholders, customers, and society in general. European Business Services as part of Holcim Group offers various job positions in the accounting & finance area as well as part - time opportunities for university students.
Become a part of our international team and contribute to building a better future from the heart of Europe.
Open positions in our team:
What will be your responsibilities:
- Develop applications focused on measurement of the activities and processes in QlikView
- Develop and implement data collection systems to optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
- Prepare (clean, transform, sort) complex data sets to make them suitable for analysis
- Define and prepare visual reports and documentation
- Participate in the Analytical/Reporting/AI forums/workshops
Successful candidate’s profile:
- Knowledge of SQL and other databases, mastery in MS Excel
- Programming skills, mainly in the field of Business Intelligence
- English min. B2
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Confident in the dynamic agile environment and detail oriented
What will be your responsibilities:
- Coordinate and/or act as Project Manager of activities related to data management (collection, validation, visualization and analysis)
- Act as a bridge between the business and the development teams
- Define structured methodology & sets of rules for data quality & data validation
- Define and prepare visual reports (e.g. power point) and documentation to present conclusions to management
- Perform first level of interpretation on data (trends, patterns, key messages)
Successful candidate’s profile:
- Experience in Reporting and Data Analytics
- Creativity to identify, present, and deliver process improvements and efficiencies
- English min. B2
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficient in the preparation of presentations and detail oriented
Please send us your CV at ebs.recruitment-svk@holcim.com
What will be your responsibilities:
- Receive phone, email and ticketing tool queries from employees, and vendors in German language
- Document tickets and respond to messages in a professional manner
- Resolve queries and communicate ticket resolution to appropriate contact person
- Cooperate with other departments and teams
- Create and maintain all Service Desk manuals
Successful candidate's profile:
- Min 1 year experience in Customer Service, Economics or Administration field
- English and German language min B2 level
- Knowledge of SAP or other ERP/CRM system is an advantage
- Strong customer focus and communication sills are required
- Attention to details and team work ability
What will be your responsibilities:
- Coordinate team based training, personnel forecasting, peer appraisal, scheduling, interviewing, identification of non-monetary awards and gathering of team performance statistics
- Ensure timely and accurate group reporting submissions and drive for consistent improvement of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
- Coordinate the various deadlines and tasks performed by each GL & FA team
- Drive the implementation of best practices, continuous improvement, and process standardization for the existing processes within the teams irrespective of customer segment
- Manage the external and the internal auditing requirements, ensuring timely and complete service is provided to them
Successful candidate's profile:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in the area of accounting – audit, general ledger, fixed assets, tax, intercompany accounting
- Experience in leading a team is a plus
- English - Upper intermediate (B2)
- Advanced knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping
- Informal and collaborative leadership skills
What will be your responsibilities:
- Your main responsibility will be to support the delivery of general accounting and fixed assets accounting.
- In this role, you will assist the General Accounting & Fixed assets team in the prompt and accurate
recording of financial transactions (e.g. ledger entries, journal postings, etc.) and recording of fixed
assets (e.g. asset creation, modifications, depreciation, derecognition etc.). - Apart from that, you will reconcile the relevant systems and journals, and ensure that updates are made
accurately and in a timely manner. As well you will support preparation of documents and adjustments
for monthly, quarterly and year-end close. - You can look forward to supporting customers in having a good understanding of the general ledger and
group reporting pertaining to the respective parties. - Last but not the least, you will solve disputes through monitoring, intervening and escalating issues
according to group policies and ensuring all disputes are resolved in a timely manner.
Successful candidate's profile:
- University Degree in Finance, Business or Accounting
- English language B2
- Min 1 year of relevant experience in accounting area is a plus
- Competency with numbers and solid experiences with an ERP tool
- You are well organized with good attention to details
The role of AP Accounting Specialist is a part of the P2P Tower.
- In this role, you will ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness of provided services - Accounts Payable processes/services consistent with Holcim Accounting principles and other internal/external audit requirements.
- You will take care of GR/IR clearing activities and Vendor open items clearing.
- Your responsibility will be to investigate and clear open AP records related to GRIR GL accounts and Vendor accounts across the European countries.
- You can look forward to cooperation with other teams and towers in EBS and countries, e.g. Cash & Bank team, Procurement department, RPA team, ICS team, Reporting and GL departments.
- Last but not least, you will proactively drive continuous improvements and contribute to operational initiatives within the team.
Successful candidate's profile:
- University education in Economics, Accounting, Business, Management and related fields
- Accounting AP knowledge, understanding of principles of vendor invoicing - mandatory
- Knowledge of GRIR clearing and vendor open items clearing
- English language min. B2 level
- German language min. B2 level
- Strong customer focus
- Attention to details and team work ability
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Willingness to learn
The role of Junior Procurement Specialist is a part of the Procurement team in Holcim EBS, Slovakia.
- Your main responsibility will be to fulfill all activities within the defined scope, strictly following the SOP and predefined SLAs. You will actively participate in the SOP creation and updates based on the business need.
- Ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness of provided services.
- Actively participate in report creation and take responsibility for data correctness.
- Handle the processes in their responsibility (Idoc error handling and monitoring, PO log monitoring, PO creation and modification, FO creation and update, SA creation and update, blocked invoices management, Procurement related reporting for specified entities) defined by the scope file and SOP for each entity within EBS.
- Handle activities based on requests, support knowledge transfers and all interconnected activities.
- Cover other PS team activities when required
- Resolve procurement support related tasks in a timely manner based on the agreed SLA and individual targets.
- Follow the rules of PS in regard to the usage of One Service.
- Actively participate in team internal training and provide support for other team members, cooperating on creating a backup strategy for all activities.
- Proactively bring improvement ideas in regard to processes and team organization.
- Take responsibility for the specific area of action (language / country/process based), act as deputy supervisor in assigned tasks and activities.
- Support managerial decisions and their implementation.
What do you need to fit well in this role?
- University education (Master’s degree) in Business, Economics, Administration, Procurement
- 1 year experience in related positions in the field of procurement, logistics, accounting, purchasing
- SAP knowledge
- English - upper intermediate (B2)
- German language - upper intermediate (B2)
- Experience in MS Office tools & Google equivalents on advanced level
- You are organized, structured and able to prioritize tasks
- Ability to analyze and solve problems
- Professional communication skills
- You are customer oriented, results oriented with responsible work attitude
The role of Tax Reporting Manager is a part of the R2R Tower.
- Prepare the group tax consolidation reporting pack at quarter-end and HC. Analyze the effective tax rate (ETR), return to provision, deferred and current tax calculations in accordance with IAS12 and IAS34. Prepare a summary to the Head of Tax Strategy, Policy & Reporting of significant impacts on the ETR
- Prepare the monthly cash tax reporting package, highlighting key variances to the Head of Tax Strategy, Policy & Reporting
- Take responsibility for and maintain the group central tax risk provisions, including liaising with the Regional Tax Managers as required
- Assist with the preparation of the tax disclosure note in the mid-year and annual report
- Assist with tax forecasting and budget processes
- Be a subject matter specialist on income tax accounting matters and deal with ad-hoc tax reporting queries from reporting units
- Provide periodic training updates to countries on changes in reporting process or tax accounting matters
- Support with external reporting obligations including CBC and Tax Transparency
- Review all group adjustments made by the consolidation team and verify the accurate booking of agreed upon tax effects
- Correspond with reporting entities to ensure accurate and timely completion of tax reporting packages
- Monthly status review of reports prepared for the EU Mandatory Disclosure Regime (“MDR”)
Whom we are looking for:
You are a fit for this role if you have:
- University degree or other comparable qualification in Accounting or Tax
- At least 3 years post qualification experience within industry or Big 4
- Strong knowledge of IFRS, specifically IAS12
- Excellent time management skills
- Strong communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Positive attitude
The role of Senior Procurement Specialist is a part of the Procurement team in Holcim EBS, Slovakia.
- Your main responsibility will be to fulfill all activities within the defined scope, strictly following the SOP and predefined SLAs. You will actively participate in the SOP creation and updates based on the business need.
- Ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness of provided services.
- Actively participate in report creation and take responsibility for data correctness.
- Handle the processes in their responsibility (Idoc error handling and monitoring, PO log monitoring, PO creation and modification, FO creation and update, SA creation and update, blocked invoices management, Procurement related reporting for specified entities) defined by the scope file and SOP for each entity within EBS.
- Handle activities based on requests, support knowledge transfers and all interconnected activities.
- Cover other PS team activities when required
- Resolve procurement support related tasks in a timely manner based on the agreed SLA and individual targets.
- Follow the rules of PS in regard to the usage of One Service.
- Actively participate in team internal training and provide support for other team members, cooperating on creating a backup strategy for all activities.
- Proactively bring improvement ideas in regard to processes and team organization.
- Take responsibility for the specific area of action (language / country/process based), act as deputy supervisor in assigned tasks and activities.
- Support managerial decisions and their implementation.
What do you need to fit well in this role?
- University education (Master’s degree) in Business, Economics, Administration, Procurement
- 2 years of experience in related positions in the field of procurement, logistics, accounting, purchasing
- SAP knowledge
- English - upper intermediate (B2)
- German language - upper intermediate (B2)
- Experience in MS Office tools & Google equivalents on advanced level
- You are organized, structured and able to prioritize tasks
- Ability to analyze and solve problems
- Professional communication skills
- You are customer oriented, results oriented with responsible work attitude
Would you like to work in the procurement field and manage Holcim suppliers? Do you want to use your Azerbaijani language daily and are you ready for a new role on the Europe region level? We have a part-time opportunity for you!
The role of Procurement Prequalification Specialist with Azerbaijani is a part of the Procurement team, P2P Tower.
- In this role, you will perform the mapping and evaluation of suppliers considered high risk, in terms of Sustainable procurement, Health and Safety and local regulations.
- You will coordinate the activities related to the development and maintenance of the suppliers’ hazard identification tables according to the principles of the sustainable procurement policy.
- Your responsibility will be to support and help define the action plan for suppliers that do not comply 100% with the minimums required by Holcim.
- You can look forward to the activities to standardize the supplier prequalification process at regional level.
- As well as you will maintain the documentation sent by suppliers and ensure the proper storage and constant review.
What do you need to fit well in this role?
- University education (Master’s degree) in Business, Economics, Administration, Procurement
- Experience in related positions in the field of procurement, logistics, accounting, purchasing
- SAP knowledge is an advantage
- English - upper intermediate (B2)
- Azerbaijani - advanced (C1)
- Experience in MS Office tools & Google equivalents
- You are organized, structured and able to prioritize tasks
- Professional communication skills
- Customer oriented and responsible work attitude
Main responsibilities
The role of the Corporate Controller is reporting directly to the Head of Global Hub Analytics and Reporting, supporting the Corporate Finance & Planning with leadership team in project management and execution of strategic initiatives.
In this role, you will perform:
- In this role, you will work/coordinate with various Corporate functions in different locations (France, UK, CH, LATAM, Slovakia, India)
- Review all the spending by:
- Stakeholders/Function heads (SPOCS)
- Function
- Spending type
- Year to year, Month to month comparison
- Check missing entries, payroll entries
- Liaise with accounting to correct entries and missing entries
- Reconciliation of SAP FI, SAP FC & LHiNK
- Reconciliation of the FX differences
- Detailed analysis of intercompany recharges, 3rd party invoicing & by product cost
- Detailed analysis of Accounting, Reporting & Controlling (ARC) cost
- Identification and analysis of the unusual items
- Preparation and revision of the EXCO slides
- Preparation of the Vendor spending reports, Digital department analysis
- Budget preparation and coordination with all Corporate departments
- Maintenance of the Corporate Centers master data & alternative Cost center structure
- Preparation of the BI reports
- Ownership and maintenance of the Glass Tool
What do you need to fit well in this role?
- University degree in Economics, Controlling, Management HR or related field,
- Accounting or Controller Certificates as an advantage.
- 5 years of Accounting, Controlling experience
- Experience working in multinational companies and international environments, ideally outsourcing/offshoring industry.
- Proven ability to manage stakeholders and excel in communication
- Ability to drive through the issue identified and overcome obstacles, problem solving skills
- MS Office/Google Suites - advanced
- SAP FC, SAP FI - advanced
- Glass Tool – advantage
Your role as HR Project Assistant will include, but not be limited to:
- Supporting Regional Head of HR with analytics related to HR, Recruitment & Talent Acquisition processes
- Assisting with planning, coordinating, gathering and analyzing data on various HR projects
- Collecting Data on all topics under HR and converting them into storyboards & presentations
- Organizing and coordinating business trips, handling daily communication, phone calls, e-mails
- Setting up and organizing internal and external meetings, conference calls and video conferences
- Providing proper preparation of documentation and briefing all involved parties and ensuring follow-up
Your Profile
Education / Qualification
- University degree in Human Resources or related field (Psychology, Management, Public Administration)
Experience
- Proven track of experience in HR / project coordination / executive administration is a definite advantage
Knowledge & Skills
- Confidence to deal with international senior leaders in English
- Quick learner with ability to demonstrate cultural awareness, maturity & understanding of Corporate environment and standards
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent MS Office skills and good command of Google Apps
- Superior planning and organizational skills with ability to handle ad hoc changes
- Good analytical thinking, experience in data analysis & visualization is a big plus
- Highly effective in time management, able to manage multiple tasks and set priorities
- Ability to deal with a high level of confidentiality
- Flexibility & “can-do” attitude
Language Requirements
- An excellent knowledge of English is a must. (minimum C1)
- French or Arabic would be a plus.
Are you interested in EBS but none of our open position fits you? Send your CV to our database and you may be contacted by our HR team or contact us via ebs.recruitment-svk@holcim.com