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Fixed Assets & Lease General Ledger Accountant

Requisition ID
2025-13053
# of Openings
1
Position Type
Regular Full-Time
Location
LV-Riga

Your Role at Cabot

Partner to the site Finance Managers in the recording and accounting for transactions in the legal entity general ledgers, including their integrity, documentation and respect of accounting policies and internal control requirements. Responsible for month-end closing activities and reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts and sub systems. Responsible for reporting financial statements and supporting disclosure information to the Corporation.

How You Will Make an Impact

  • Ensure precise and prompt accounting and reporting of fixed assets and leases in line with established deadlines and guidelines on a monthly, quarterly, and year-end basis.
  • Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities encountered in the accounting and reporting of fixed assets and leases.
  • Asset value management- asset capitalization, asset depreciation, retirement, and disposal.
  • Contribute to maintaining procedure descriptions and instructions. Support colleagues on all GL treasury related topics for EMEA and NA and proactively share knowledge with others and help with onboarding new team members.
  • Prepare and process all journal entries in the general ledgers, utilizing the Company’s ERP system.
  • Prepare and execute all month end closing activities, including reconciliations, and reporting of the financial statements and supporting disclosure information.
  • Report timely and accurate financial statements & accounting information in accordance with US GAAP accounting principles.
  • Monitor inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and other areas of the general ledger in close coordination with local site finance manager.
  • Ensure compliance of all accounting transactions and activities of the businesses in accordance with appropriate global accounting standards (policies, processes, procedures, work instructions).
  • Provide and participate in the explanations of the financial statements when required.
  • Participate in special projects and ad-hoc accounting / financial activities as required.
  • Ensure compliance with all policies, procedures, and standard business practices, as they pertain to the general ledger function, as well as, the Business Service Center, including internal control procedures and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.
  • Performs other duties and job tasks according to employer’s written and verbal orders.

What You Will Bring to Cabot

  • University degree in accounting, finance or similar discipline or can be a student able to work full time.
  • 1+ year of professional experience in accounting, Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable field.
  • Familiarity with general ledger, financial reports and analysis will be considered as an advantage.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
  • Customer and team-oriented mindset.
  • Practical experience with ERP will be considered as an advantage.

Additional Information:

  • Salary:1517 - 2085 EUR Gross depending on experience.
  • Permanent contract.
  • Working hours: 9:00 - 17:30.
  • Health insurance from first day of work.
  • Monthly allowance & yearly bonus. 
  • Hybrid work schedule (3 days on site and 2 days’ work from home).

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About Cabot


Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

Innovation that drives sustainability

Many of the world’s greatest sustainability challenges are fundamentally chemistry problems. We can convert the mobility sector from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, but this requires batteries with greater range and lower cost. This is fundamentally a chemistry challenge. We can have a zero-energy building, but this requires high performance insulation, efficient solar panels, and energy storage solutions. Each of these are fundamentally chemistry challenges.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.


EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001


Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay


This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.

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