Inventory Accountant – Fixed Term Contract

Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company founded in 1973. At a time when all life on earth is under threat of extinction, we aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imagination—to influence changes needed to protect our planet. A registered B Corporation and founding member of 1% for the Planet, Patagonia is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism, contributing over $145 million in grants and in-kind donations to thousands of grassroots environmental groups around the world.

Your role:

We’re in business to save our home planet. You’ll be helping us achieve this by providing accurate and intime accounting support to all inbound and retail related matters: incoming goods from our vendors into our warehouse and all inventory in our 12 stores across Europe. You will work closely with different functions within the organization, such as logistics, retail operations and IT.

Your tasks:

Building strong relationships with different stakeholders within the organization.

Accounting for all financial transactions on our EMEA inbound process (goods from vendors to the warehouse): transportation, putting stock on shelf, price checks and approvals, etc.

Accounting for all finance related topics for our 12 retail stores in Europe: inventory management, cost management, inventory control, etc.

Contributing to the month end close, interim audit and year end close processes, potentially be point of contact for all supply chain related topics to our auditors.

Maintain, record and reconcile subledgers and ledgers for the inventory accounting within required time frames, e.g. intercompany / standard price cost analysis / inventory in transit / returns / inventory adjustments / retail warehousing / PPV / freight.

Support finance and operations teams in identifying improvement areas.

Ad hoc requests, within the organization and team.

What we’re looking for:

A love of the outdoors

A passion for saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work

Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field and minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role.

Fluency in English.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, and experience working with large datasets.

Willingness to learn new SW tools and interest in creating reporting and analysis.

Ability to work under tight schedules.

Flexible attitude & good team player.

Great attention to detail and organizational skills.

Proactive with a “can do” attitude.

Ability to work on own initiative.

It’s a plus if you also have the following:

Retail, warehousing and inventory accounting experience.

Knowledge of business intelligence tools (like PowerBI and Tableau) and Microsoft Dynamics 365

Other important details:

This is a fixed term full-time vacancy, based in Amsterdam, intended to support the team for 7 months. If you’re successful in the selection process, we will offer you a 7 months fixed-term contract.

We have a hybrid work model, working from home for maximum 3 (full-time roles) days per week.

We strive to make unbiased decisions and to offer a great experience to every person who applies for a role at Patagonia. Our interviews include standardised questions that focus on the aspects that are important for success in the role.

Perks:

Events and workshops with environmentalists, change-makers, educators and sports ambassadors

Taking part in employee-lead groups such as Sports, Internal Communications, Footprint, Pride, Pata Parents and Events, or create your own!

Ongoing unique learning and development opportunities such as our own programme Earth University and workshops in anti-racism, core sports, among others.

Possibility to apply for an Environmental Internship (spending time away from your regular job to work for an environmental group, while being paid your regular salary) after one year of employment

Option to participate in our 1% for the Planet grants council, being trained and empowered to review and make funding decisions on the grant applications from environmental groups.

We have dog-friendly offices where employees can bring their furry friend to work

We are an activist company and have policies in place to support employees that want to engage in activism.

All employees interns and their families have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, designed to provide third party, confidential support on a wide range of topics relating to emotional, behavioral and social challenges

All employees and interns have access to Unmind, our workplace mental health platform

Possibility to schedule your work hours flexibly (compensating missed hours during the week) to do volunteer work, care for loved ones, enjoy the outdoors, or spend more time to pursue your passions

After 1 month of employment, it’s possible to work remotely from another location in EU/EEA, UK or Switzerland for up to 12 weeks per year (pro-rated for less than 1 year)

Fully paid maternity leave (duration varies by country). After nine months of employment, we offer 12 weeks of partner leave and 12 weeks of adoptive leave. Pro-rated for part-time employees.

Access to Patagonia discounts and sample sales, as well as discounts at other outdoor and value-aligned companies

Plus other benefits specific to each region

At Patagonia, we commit to becoming an anti-racist company that leads by example. This means doing the work to be inclusive and equitable, across all aspects of our business.

Every person who applies to join Patagonia receives equal employment opportunities, and we value a welcoming environment where each member of our EMEA team feels included, respected and empowered, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, civil status, national origin, disability or age.

At Patagonia, we strive to have inclusive representation within our organisation and embrace a diverse mix of talent to contribute to our culture. We actively seek applications from Black and People of Colour (BPOC) and other underrepresented groups.

As we are in business to save our home planet, we can only do this together.

Please make sure that your CV and cover letter are in English.

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Thanks for your interest in supporting us for this role, but we don’t accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies