Financial Accounting & Closing
1. Ensure the operational processes (expense notes, accounts payable process, cost reporting, treasury back-office, …) are optimized
2. Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes
3. Ensure timely and qualitative financial reporting for the various companies, both for local accounting (BGAAP) and for group purposes (IFRS)
4. Oversee reconciliations, provisions, accruals, and journal entries
5. Ensure timely and qualitative management reporting on the actuals, forecasts and budgets (you will manage the forecast and budget process of the holding companies)
Regulatory & Compliance
6. Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and internal policies.
7. Prepare statutory accounts and coordinate with external auditors.
8. Support regulatory reporting teams (e.g., NBB, ECB, FSMA in Belgium)
9. Ensure adequacy of internal controls
10. Provide support in BGAAP and IFRS accounting policies
11. Provide support in various projects
Internal Controls & Audit
12. Strengthen the internal control framework
13. Coordinate internal and external audits
14. Identify process weaknesses and implement corrective actions
15. Team Leadership & Development
16. Manage a team of 5 people and develop accounting teams (general ledger, AP/AR, fixed assets, etc.).
17. Foster a culture of accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.
18. Ensure proper workload distribution and team performance.
19. Process Improvement & Automation
20. Drive digitalization and automation of accounting processes.
21. Improve efficiency through system enhancements (ERP, consolidation tools)
22. Standardize procedures and documentation
23. Business partnering:
24. Collaborate closely with Consolidation, Treasury and Investment teams, Tax and HR
25. Provide response to ad-hoc questions from senior management, external audit or regulators
26. Support management with financial insights and technical accounting advice.
Your profile
27. You have a bachelor or master’s degree in Finance or Business administration;
28. You have experience in managing a small team.
29. You have a good knowledge of Accounting both under Belgian GAAP and IFRS, supplemented with specialized knowledge in the following areas: insurance accounting (under IFRS17), hedge accounting and impairment analysis (IFRS9)
30. Experience with ERP systems (Oracle Netsuite, SAP, Onestream) is a plus. You have strong analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills
31. You are proactive, take initiative and show willingness to learn
32. You are a team player and able to work independently
33. You are fluent in English and in French/Dutch
We offer
34. The possibility of (maximum 50%) home working in agreement with your line manager;
35. A dynamic, multicultural working environment;
36. An interesting and extensive salary package (including meal vouchers, eco vouchers, hospitalization, disability and group insurance, additional child benefit, mobile allowance and intervention in the internet reimbursement, ...);
37. The possibility to optimize part of your salary package through a flexible income plan;
38. A corporate culture where you are encouraged to share your views and opinions;
39. A flat organizational structure with close collaboration and communication with management and cross departments;
40. A company car with charging card;
41. An extensive range of learning & development opportunities through our online learning platform;
42. The opportunity to further develop yourself and to be part of a great team at a Top employer in Belgium. Find out more about it here.
Interested?
Please apply online. We are looking forward to talking to you!