BrightPoint is a talent acquisition agency founded by entrepreneurs with over 15 years of experience in investment advisory and management consulting. The team includes experienced and energetic young professionals with achievements proven through the years – more than 1500 closed positions and over 95% recruitment success rate. Our services include recruitment, headhunting, talent acquisition and employer branding, in terms of sectors focus is on experts & management and information & communication technologies.
Our Client is a global player in the energy sector, with a unique footprint across key markets. Built on a foundation of performance, adaptability, and long-term vision, the company continues to earn trust in complex and evolving environments.
Job Summary:
They are currently seeking a Head of Accounting Bulgaria, Greece and Solutions EMEA to lead the accounting team. The position will be based in Sofia.
Key Responsibilities:
• Overall management and coordination of all processes in relation to accounting and tax matters of the Company
• Oversee the day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data and compliance with accounting standards
• Lead and develop the junior members of the team, providing mentorship to accounting staff while promoting a culture of continuous improvement, fostering their professional development
• Assist in development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department
• Current accounting activities: management of the processes related to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Fixed Assets, Inventory, Payroll and other GL accounting;
• Review general ledger accounts, correct journal entries, performing account analysis and reconciliation,
• Tax reporting of the Company: monitoring and following the necessary steps for compliance with applicable tax legislation and according to the Group tax calendar;
• Quarterly preparation of the tax closings, reconciliation of taxes to accounting and ensuring timely payment of all taxes within the perimeter
• Responsible for Group reporting according to the corporate instructions for monthly, quarterly and annually closings;
• Reporting for local purposes (Financial statement preparation, Financial Supervision Commission, National statistic, BNB reports);
• Preparation of audit documentation, lead the communication and cooperation with statutory and group auditors;
• Lead the implementation of new IFRS standards along the perimeter and their inclusion in the financial statements
• Contribute to maintain high quality Internal Control Environment and compliance with the internal control activities and group policies;
• Proactivity in automation opportunities to reduce the amount of journal entries
• Collaborate with the FP&A in the preparation of reports for Management, Lenders and covenants
• Prepare ad-hoc accounting memos in complex transactions and new projects
• Participate in accounting postings, whenever needed
• Any other ad hoc tasks, as required by CFO or other management
Qualifications and Skills:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or other relevant
• At least 5 years of proven financial and accounting experience as Chief accountant or Head of Accounting or similar
• English language skills are required
• Experience in an international business environment is an advantage
• SAP experience
• IFRS knowledge
• Good understanding of accounting processes and procedures
• Analytical skills and attention to details
• Ability to work in a team and very good communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities, to meet strict deadlines and manage time efficiently
BrightPoint is a talent acquisition agency founded by entrepreneurs with over 15 years of experience in investment advisory and management consulting. The team includes experienced and energetic young professionals with achievements proven through the years – more than 500 closed positions and over 95% recruitment success rate. Our services include recruitment, headhunting, talent acquisition and employer branding, in terms of sectors focus is on experts & management and information & communication technologies.
Our client is European pharmaceutical company focused on the development, production, and sale of medicinal products. They are looking to hire Accounts Payable Specialist with Polish language for their Source to Pay Department.
Responsibilities:
• Manage vendor documents, process invoices/credit notes, and resolve disputes efficiently
• Ensure compliance and timely expense management across tools and systems
• Lead optimization initiatives to streamline and accelerate AP processes
• Support the implementation of automation and advanced technologies in AP operations
• Analyze performance metrics, track progress, and propose improvement actions
• Oversee AP tools and systems, managing upgrades and testing as needed
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
• Knowledge of accounting, tax, and social security legislation
• Expertise in Excel (Power Query, Power Pivot) and Power BI; SAP/BW experience is a plus
• Analytical and data visualization skills for effective communication
• Excellent English and Polish communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to prioritize tasks, adapt quickly, and build strong relationships in cross-border teams.
The company offers:
• 25 days of paid annual leave
• Additional Health Insurance
• Multisport card on a preferential price
• Food vouchers
• Yearly bonus
If you feel the challenge, please send us your CV! Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Our client is a manufacturing company with a Global Business Services Centre in Sofia. They are planning a rapid expansion of their existing finance & accounting teams in 2025 across their Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, and Controlling functions.
They are seeking 2x Senior RTR Specialists to join their team in early 2025.
Job Responsibilities
- Participate in transition activities
- Support accounting services for selected processes and countries, e.g. accounting for and coordination of month-end general ledger close, and preparing balance sheet reconciliations.
- Get involved in monthly period-end fixed assets closing activities;
- Provide support for roles in the area of Record-to Report.
- Act as primary point of contact for selected partners and/or processes.
- Be responsible for financial reporting operational activities.
- Participate in process improvement projects.
- Support audit activities.
- Participate/lead cross trainings of junior associates and new team members.
- Handle ad-hoc requests.
- Follow internal control procedures and all accounting policies in accordance with CAS and internal control framework.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics
- Completion of or progression towards professional qualifications like ACCA, CIMA or CPA is considered a significant advantage
- More than 5 years of experience in RTR area
- Experience with simple to complex query handling
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PPT)
- ERP knowledge (SAP)
- Process knowledge on RTR
- Strong team player
- Problem solving attitude
- Strong analytical skills
- Full professional proficiency of written and oral English is required
Our client is a manufacturing company with a Global Business Services Centre in Sofia. They are planning a rapid expansion of their existing finance & accounting teams in 2025 across their Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, and Controlling functions.
They are seeking 2x Senior Controlling Specialists to join their team in early 2025.
Job Responsibilities
- Participate in transition activities from dedicated countries
- Prepare standard management reporting
- Prepare Risk reporting (Distribution of template to functions and analyze feedback)
- Prepare FTE reporting
- Reconcile/ consolidate local P&L and balance sheet figures into group accounts
- Upload figures to group business consolidation system
- Perform Production report
- Support the monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing process – analyze deviations in IC-invoices, evaluate inventory incl. reclassification, cost allocation
- Analyse financial performance
- Actively contribute to forecasting and financial planning
- Support audit process
- Suggest methods to update, simplify, and enhance processes, procedures and technologies
- Support continuous improvement and implementation of programs, policies, and procedures
- Ensure data is accurate in company systems
- Training and supporting of less experienced employees
Job Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or another related discipline
Experience
- More than 5 years of experience in Controlling area
Competencies
- Experience with simple to complex query handling
- Strong customer service focus and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical, problem solving, organizational and communication skills
- Work experience in SAP CO and/or other Controlling & Accounting tools
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PPT)
- Taking initiative in a proactive manner to improve own and teamwork practices
- Full professional proficiency of written and oral English is required
- Fluency in German or French would be considered an advantage
Our client is one of the largest retail and tourism groups operating in 20+ countries across Europe. The
company provides a wide range of products and services, including food products, groceries, and gardening supplies, as well as hospitality, travel, and tourism services. They utilize a broad distribution network to reach their customers, which includes both physical retail outlets and online platforms.
They are currently seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to join their IT hub in Sofia.
Job Responsibilities
- Working with data related to logistics and delivery
- Using sufficient database and up-to-date libraries
- Crafting prediction models
- Tailoring algorithms for delivery and time-optimization
- Endeavoring within an International Working Environment
Job Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in the field with ML models in production
- Fundamental Machine Learning knowledge (ML libraries, feature engineering, model updates, etc.)
- Expert knowledge in Software Development (Python, Java or Kotlin)
- Strong knowledge of SQL
- Prior experience with GitHub, CI/CD, and Docker
- Prior experience with a scheduling tool (i.e. Airflow)
Preferred
- Knowledge of Snowflake, RAY
- Previous experience with GCP / BigQuery / VertexAI
- Previous experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch
- Experience with projects, related to logistics and warehouses
- Comfortable working within an Agile/Scrum environment
Company Benefits
- 25 days paid vacation
- Additional health and life insurance, transport allowance, and sports card
- Flexible working
- Personal educational budget
- Regular technical training
- Foreign language classes
- International training
- Library (physical books and online materials)
- Hackathons
- Recreation area at the office including table tennis, football, PlayStation, billiard, and chess
- Parking space
- Snacks, fruit, and beverages at the office
Our client is an active investment management firm focused on delivering attractive performance and client portfolio solutions. They believe that technology will play a key role in the future of finance, and have built a robust trading platform to handle scale, complexity and customisation.
As Front Office Analyst you will oversee the daily management of the firm’s front office investment operations, trading systems and models. You will ensure data integrity, implement new business initiatives and research ideas, manage risk parameters and coordinate projects across a wide range of stakeholders.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage daily front office operations, including maintaining and cleansing critical data for the firm’s systematic trading algorithms and quantitative research teams. This includes trade signals, data feeds and other inputs
- Monitor and ensure smooth operation of systematic trading systems and models; swiftly diagnose and resolve time-sensitive issues
- Collaborate with peers and technology teams to improve operational efficiency and contribute to trading platform enhancements
- Leverage technology to enhance, automate and streamline daily investment management processes
- Design and support the architecture of the firm’s trading environment, including data aggregation, position management and component monitoring
Job Requirements
- Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and analytical content
- Relevant work experience in an Operations role in the Investment Management/ Hedge Fund industry is preferred
- Experience steering or materially delivering into complex projects
- Ability to draw conclusions and portray findings by studying and visually representing structured and unstructured data
- Working understanding of the financial assets traded by the firm, including futures, FX, equities, options & bonds
- Knowledge of SQL or Python and their applications in data analysis and process automation
- Ability to simultaneously manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities
- Dependable judgement under pressure and intellectual honesty
- Strong verbal and written communication in English
Personal Attributes
- Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving
- The ability to distil down complex problems to facilitate timely issue resolution and communication
- Focus on delivering value to the business with continuing efforts to improve process
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative personality
Our client is a Swiss company offering financial services to road transportation companies across Europe. Established in 2018 in Switzerland, the company now operates with two subsidiary offices located in Serbia and Bulgaria, alongside branch offices situated in Spain, Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic.
They are now looking to hire a Sales Representative to manage relationships with clients in the logistics and transportation industry.
Job Responsibilities
- Meet or exceed sales targets by selling company products to new and existing customers.
- Review and respond to incoming enquiries from clients.
- Meet with customers to drive product sales.
- Assist with contract preparation and negotiations.
- Follow up with existing clients to make sure they are satisfied with the company’s products and services.
- Build and sustain a long-lasting relationship with new and existing customers.
- Maintain and grow a strong client base.
- Responsible for storing all data about potential clients on a country specific shared drive.
- Responsible for translating contracts and marketing materials into the local language.
Requirements
- University degree preferred.
- Prior sales experience is not a must, but we would expect you to be proactive, honest, motivated, and enthusiastic about the company’s products and services.
- You will work in a multicultural team, so B2 or higher level of written and spoken English is an essential requirement for interdepartmental communication.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Teams).
- Good knowledge of Gmail and related applications.
Our client is a Swiss company offering financial services to road transportation companies across Europe. Established in 2018 in Switzerland, the company now operates with two subsidiary offices located in Serbia and Bulgaria, alongside branch offices situated in Spain, Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic.
They are now seeking a Back Office Specialist to assist with daily administrative tasks in the Sofia office.
Reporting directly to the Country Manager, you will be expected to:
- Support business administration, sales and marketing departments.
- Communicate with clients to clarify issues as required.
- Monitor the payment terms of potential debtors and notify them of the due date.
- Define Debtors’ credit limits.
- Prepare accounting reports, issuing invoices to the clients.
- Respond to clients’ emails and enquiries in a timely manner.
- Conduct payment allocation as well as payouts.
- Support testing of new software as needed.
Job Requirements
- Prior experience in an administrative position within the Finance, Banking, Logistics, Transportation or Customer Service field.
- You will be working in a multicultural team, so, besides Bulgarian language, B2 or higher level of written and spoken English is an essential requirement for this position.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office package (Excel, Word, Power Point, Teams).
- Knowledge of Gmail and related applications.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Team spirit.
- Problem-solving abilities.
- Patient and assertive.
Our client is a multinational company currently expanding its Accounting & Finance hub in Sofia. They will be hiring 20 new individuals into Source-to-Pay and Record-to-Report with project go-live date in early 2025.
We are actively seeking candidates for the following roles:
AP Expert
- Perform operations in the Accounts Payable process area, such as management of documents from vendors, vendor invoice and credit notes processing, support resolution of disputes with vendors, manage payment proposals, as well as perform AP helpdesk activities.
- Ensure compliance and timely management of expenses via different tools and systems.
- Take part in automation and advanced technology implementations to ensure effective and efficient AP operations.
- Provide on-going functional advise and support in the AP process area.
- Develop and maintain policies, guidelines and procedures.
- Implement and calculate key metrics, track and analyse periodic performance with follow-up on improvement actions.
- Coach team members on delivering high-quality services, ensuring adherence to rules and deadlines.
- Own and maintain tools and systems in the AP process area, supporting upgrades, retrofits and testing as required..
RTR Accountant
- Perform operations in the Record to Report process area, such as fixed assets and intercompany accounting, month-end closing and reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, tax accounting.
- Ensure compliance and timely delivery of financial reports and support for tax returns.
- Support and promote optimisation and acceleration in the Record to Report process area.
- Take part in automation and advanced technology implementations to ensure effective and efficient RTR operations.
- Provide ongoing functional advise and support in the RTR process area.
- Develop and maintain policies, guidelines and procedures.
- Implement and calculate key metrics, tracks and analyse periodic performance with follow-up on improvement actions.
- Coach team members on delivering high-quality RTR services, ensuring adherence to rules and deadlines.
- Own and maintain tools and systems in the RTR process area, supporting upgrades, retrofits and testing as required.
Job Requirements
- A degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or another related discipline.
- 3+ years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable, or General Accounting and Tax Operations, respectively.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, be proactive and drive initiative.
- Experience working as part of cross-functional, cross-border teams and user groups.
- Tech-savvy, capable of translating transactional data into clear summaries for management.
- A self-starter, confident and self-aware with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English with ability to express ideas effectively through data or presentation.
- Any additional European language would be considered a strong advantage!
- An excellent team player able to operate in a fast-paced and sometimes demanding environment.
Our client is a leading German manufacturer, currently expanding its Global Business Services centre in Sofia.
The IFRS Specialist will play important role in ensuring compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), with a particular emphasis on IFRS 16 (Leases). The specialist will assist in managing the accounting and reporting of lease arrangements and ensuring accurate implementation of IFRS 16 policies and procedures across the organization. The role also involves collaboration with the global finance teams and audit support related to IFRS 16.
Job Responsibilities
- Monitor and review lease contracts, ensuring compliance with IFRS 16 across all relevant entities.
- Support the accurate accounting and reporting of lease agreements, including recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of leases.
- Gather, organize, and validate lease data from various business units globally.
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of lease contracts and related information within the lease accounting system.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to maintain an updated and accurate lease database.
- Assist in period-end closing activities, with a focus on lease-related accounts.
- Support internal and external audit related to IFRS 16.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Progress towards a professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, or CIMA, will be considered an advantage.
- Previous experience in accounting or finance.
- General knowledge of IFRS.
- ERP systems experience (SAP preferable).
- MS Office package experience.
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills with a high level of attention to detail.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent command of English; a second foreign language would be an advantage.