Chief Accountant

Description

For our company, we are looking for a strong professional who will be responsible for a 360 view of the financial activities for both The Netherlands and Belgium, starting with accounting and expanding to all fields of finance.

The position reports to a Finance manager based in Belgium, with a dotted line to the country manager within the country. The geographic scope of the job covers The Netherlands and Belgium.

Summary of Essential Job Functions:

General / Statutory Accounting

• Responsible for complete and accurate financial statements (P&L and Balance Sheet)
• Support monthly forecasts and month end closings
• Support the annual conversion of US GAAP accounting to ensure local statutory compliance.
• V.A.T reporting and filing
• US GAAP and Statutory GAAP reconciliation
• Posts the statutory entries into the GL
• Annual Report preparation
• E&Y audit preparation
• CIT return preparation
• Implement and follow up on Finance Policies and Procedures

Non Trade Accounts Payable:

• Monitor the payment process (payment takes place in our shared service center in Hungary)
• Monitor the expenses and suggest cost reductions where possible.

Miscellaneous:

• Support the country managers on ad-hoc financial requests
• Act as a business partner to the operations management team

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

• Degree in accounting (D.E.C.F level required)

Experience and Knowledge:

• Minimum 6 years work experience in accounting
• Experience in VAT
• Experience in Annual report preparation
• Experience in audit

Personal Attributes:

• Good communication skills including local and English language proficiency;
• Strong ability to work in a team
• Willing and capable to take initiatives, positive attitude

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