Junior Financial Accountant

Join HelloFresh and Help Change the Way People Eat

At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high-quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10 years, we've seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the world's leading meal kit company, active in 18 countries across 3 continents. Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy, and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.

HelloFresh has been recognized as the #4 Best Place to Work in the Large Category 2024 by Great Place to Work Netherlands! 🎉

🍋 This is how you’ll change the way people eat forever

We are looking for a Junior Financial Accountant for our ambitious, fast growing and international team in Amsterdam. Working in the Finance team and reporting to the Accounting Team Lead, you will take a leading role in accounting. We expect that you become part of the center of excellence in the accounting topics and you will assist in improving and automating our processes and tool landscape and support the transition to more sophisticated tools and processes. As a Junior Financial Accountant you will be taking ownership of the Fixed Assets process, payroll accounting, taxes, preparation of local financial statements and many more activities for the Benelux market. You will be part of a diverse and tech oriented team, who combine dedicated effort with a spirited and enjoyable work environment.

🥑 This is how you’ll make an impact

• Own and manage parts of the Month End closing
• Maintain accounting records for up to 5 entities, across Benelux region
• Take ownership of Fixed Assets process and/or payroll accounting
• Collaborate with Operational and Marketing teams on the Month End closing process
• Own parts of yearly financial statements and adjustments
• Drive or support during internal and external audits
• Own the weekly Accounts Receivable bookings and the monthly Balance Sheet reconciliation process
• Booking of intercompany transactions
• Strengthen the revenue process
• Develop process improvement skills and implement process improvements

🍉 These are the ingredients you’ll bring to the team

• A minimum of 1-3 years of accounting experience in a Head Office environment and are eager to learn and progress your career in Accountancy
• Passion, drive and great communication skills
• You have experience with ERP systems, you’re familiar with IFRS; reporting experience is a plus.
• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting; accounting qualification is a plus.
• You are full of improvement ideas and act as a sparring partner for the Accounting Team Lead.
• A quantitative and analytical mindset and know how to use data as the basis of your decisions.
• You don’t shy away from a challenge and are able to perform in a fast-paced and continuously changing work environment.
• You’re pro-active, ambitious, and make things happen.
• Fluent in English

🥕 This is our recipe

• Freedom to initiate, execute and implement your own ideas
• The opportunity to engage and collaborate with our colleagues across the globe
• Learning and development opportunities including a personal development budget
• 24 holidays per year, plus 1 day per additional year of work (up to a maximum of 30 days)
• A hybrid work setup, with a budget to help set up your home office
• Flexibility to work abroad (for up to 8 weeks in a year)
• Reimbursement of travel expenses to the office
• A discount on your weekly HelloFresh, Green Chef or Factor_ box
• Our FreshEnergy program including bootcamp, Headspace subscription, a collaboration with OpenUp for your mental wellbeing, webinars and other events
• Friday drinks, Winter party, yearly events, quarterly strategy sessions with drinks afterwards
• Multiple ways of getting to a work-related appointment, for example by using our company cars or a MyWheels car
• Discount on your ClassPass subscription, and a discount for your gym membership via Bedrijfsfitness Nederland
• Discount on your additional health insurance through Zilveren Kruis
• Healthy lunches, fruit and snacks in the office
• Monthly pension scheme

🌱 Grow your career at HelloFresh

A career at HelloFresh is an opportunity to make an impact in a world-leading meal-kit company. Through our Learning Never Stops core value, we empower you to take your career development to your highest potential…but we don’t just want to say it, we want to show it too.

Possibility of further developing in the role. Based on your preference for further development as accounting expert or (junior) manager.

About HelloFresh

We believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action - from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers’ homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!

At HelloFresh, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.

We want to adapt our processes and create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate our process. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with us in the application form.

HelloFresh is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, please reach out to us at:

• Europe: EUaccommodations@hellofresh.com
• APAC: APACaccommodations@hellofresh.com
• United States: USCandidateAccommodations@hellofresh.com
• Canada: CAaccommodations@hellofresh.com

Why work with us?

Make an Impact

You want to make a difference. We change the way people eat—forever.

People & Culture

You want to be part of a team. We’re a smart and collaborative community.

Learn & Grow

You want to learn and grow. We're evolving an industry, and learning together as we grow.

Inclusion

You’re hungry. We’re HelloFresh—and everyone is welcome at our table.

Data is King

You want to produce real results, fast. We use data and consumer insight, not gut-feeling, to help us prioritise and deliver.

Dynamic & Change-Oriented

You’re looking for a change. We thrive on it.