Job Description

Senior Accountant LOCATED IN Rotterdam, Netherlands or Ghent, Belgium or Langenfeld, Germany.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounting transactions of specific legal entities
• Manage the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing process for complex legal entities
• Prepare corporate income tax calculations and entries
• Manage the group and statutory audits of the entities in the scope including liaising with external auditors
• Support special projects and assignments in accounting aspects
• Liaise with the other finance departments, namely Business Finance, Credit control, Corporate accounting, Tax compliance teams
• Act as contact person with local service providers and resolve issues as required
• Acts as subject matter expert
• Any other ad hoc tasks

Profile

• Master’s degree in Accounting
• Preferably a CPA or CA degree
• 5+ years of relevant accounting or auditing experience in a multinational company
• Process automation experience and thinking preferable
• Fluent in English, and preferably German, both written and spoken
• Knowledgeable in German GAAP, German tax knowledge would be a preference
• Has a “can-do” attitude, pro-active, flexible mind-set
• High level of accounting knowledge
• Working knowledge of key systems (SAP, Excel, Powerpoint, Power BI etc.) is essential
• Can work in a dynamic environment and meet tight deadlines
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to make sound and independent judgements

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