The Senior Corporate Accountant role is to manage the Company’s corporate group accounting activities, including amongst others the intercompany group accounting, consolidation and (external) IFRS financial reporting.
Accountabilities
General accountabilities:
1. Consolidation (including intercompany reconciliation accounting);
2. IFRS reporting (in close cooperation with the Accounting Manager);
3. Audits by external auditor (in close cooperation with the Accounting Manager); and
4. IFRS thought leader.
1. Consolidation
• Is accountable for monthly consolidation (in accordance with IFRS).
• Governs quality of underlying consolidation processes and internal controls thereof.
• Seeks continues improvements and efficiency gains for consolidation activities.
• Responsible for consolidation (reporting) software tooling.
2. IFRS accounting
• Is accountable for preparation of yearly / half-yearly IFRS statements including notes and internal controls thereof.
• Takes the lead in preparation of IFRS/accounting position papers (with support of external IFRS experts).
• Monitors compliance to IFRS regulations, prepares standard operating procedures if required (with support of external IFRS experts).
• Monitors and seeks pro-actively education on relevant IFRS regulations (with support of external IFRS experts).
• Responsible for IFRS software reporting tooling (e.g. Smartnotes) and formal reporting to government authorities thereof (e.g. xbrl format).
3. External audits
• Takes the lead in the preparation and execution of yearly / half-yearly audits by external auditor for the consolidated IFRS accounts.
• Seeks alignment with external auditor on new IFRS/accounting positions or updates thereof.
• Responsible together with the chief accountant for relationship management with external audit team.
4. IFRS thought leader
• Provides updates on new regulations to finance team
• Go-to person for legal and business development in contract discussions
• Leads company education beyond finance on specific business relevant IFRS topics
Other: acts as a sounding board for other members of the accounting team and supports Accounting Manager in ongoing education of accounting team, supports company in IFRS forecasting exercises.
Who are we looking for ?
* Qualified accountant (preferably holding a Master degree) or equivalent through experience and/or training.
* Excellent knowledge and post qualification of (IFRS and Belgian) accounting (e.g. IAB or BIBF) is required.
* Minimum 4 years of relevant accounting experience in an international and commercial business environment. Work experience within big 4 audit companies is a plus.
* Up to date knowledge of Belgian accountancy legislation as well as IFRS regulations and reporting requirements
* Financial audit framework
* Valuation concepts on how to value the different balance sheet items
* Fixed asset accounting
* Process of Consolidation
* Knowledge of the content of the balance sheet items
* Knowledge of the content of the contracts and accounting position papers
* Excellent numerical skills
* Strong knowledge on group consolidation activities
* Knowledge on internal control processes and frameworks
* Knowledge on executing formal audit processes
* Understanding of medical diagnostics industry
* Deadline conscious and highly meticulous
* Self-starter and proactive attitude (i.e. hands on personality)
* Flexible;
* Service and client oriented
* Quick learner and able to work autonomously
* Can work and deal with confidential information
* Thrives in an innovative and changing environment
* Languages : fluent in Dutch and English
Our offering
We offer you an exciting job in a fast growing international and innovative environment where you can work with top entrepreneurs in the biotech industry. You can be part of a very dynamic, young and growing team. You will have freedom to shape your work and shape your job where you deem it necessary: we value your input. Of course we offer you an appropriate compensation package which includes a Flexible Income Plan. We offer a lot of flexibility and attention to your wellbeing via a hybrid work regime.