Overview:
The Senior Accountant / Controller is responsible for the preparation and delivery of the Statutory Books for European Legal Entities, in compliance with local and corporate policies. With a sound understanding of the Legal Entities´ underlying businesses, he/she is responsible for Financial Accounting, Reporting and Internal Controls. He/she supports the Country Leaders and business in all accounting matters and is the interface of the company with external Authorities (incl. External Auditors).
**Responsibilities**:
**YOU will be involved in the following tasks**:
- Complete Local Book in compliance with statutory and corporate policies (timely closing and reporting for local accounts)
- Partner with external and internal auditors
- Reconcile Local Book accounts and local versus US GAAP books
- Monitor account reconciliations in compliance with the Company’s Integral Policies
- Analyze balance sheet and income statements for Legal Entities within the scope of responsibility
- Collaborate with Tax for appropriate Income Tax Accruals, Income Tax payments, Tax Cash forecasting, Year-End provisioning and Corporate Income Tax filing
- Participate in Company projects impacting the Legal Entities in scope
- Support internal controls in line with SOX 404 as well as the Company’s Internal Control Standards manual
Qualifications:
**What YOU will bring to the team**:
- University degree in Accounting/Finance
- Minimum 5 years of accounting and financial reporting experience required
- Previous experience in Big4 or multinational companies
- Experience in US GAAP and European Local GAAP
- Understanding of Transfer Pricing and intercompany charges.
- Business proficiency in English is required. Another European language (such as French, German, Dutch) is an asset
- Good knowledge of SAP and good Microsoft Office skills
- Good planning & organizing skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Willingness to take responsibility and high degree of motivation
- Problem-solving and solution oriented
- Networker; ability to effectively work with a wide variety of organizations and people
- Flexibility to get rapidly adjusted to new situations in a continuous changing environment