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.
Consolidation (including intercompany reconciliation accounting);
# IFRS reporting (in close cooperation with the Accounting Manager);
# Audits by external auditor (in close cooperation with the Accounting Manager); Governs quality of underlying consolidation processes and internal controls thereof.
• Responsible for consolidation (reporting) software tooling.
IFRS accounting
• Takes the lead in preparation of IFRS/accounting position papers (with support of external IFRS experts).
• Responsible for IFRS software reporting tooling (e.g. 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.
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.
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. 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
Fixed asset accounting
Knowledge of the content of the balance sheet items
Knowledge of the content of the contracts and accounting position papers
Knowledge on executing formal audit processes
Understanding of medical diagnostics industry
Self-starter and proactive attitude (i.e. hands on personality)
Languages : fluent in Dutch and English
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.