Senior General Ledger Accountant in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Job Information

As Senior General Ledger Accountant, you participate to the monthly closing activity (statutory and group reporting) in accordance with BE GAAP.

You are also the person in charge of accounting from A to Z of certain entities within scope of WEU.

The Tasks

You are in charge of the monthly closing from A-Z in accordance with BE GAAP, French GAAP and/or Lux GAAP
You also review monthly balance sheet and P&L before upload in group reporting
You prepare VAT and intrastate declarations / statistics BNB-NBB
You take charge of the Group reporting in consolidation tool (Tagetik) and preparation of related additional information
You verify intercompany transactions in Tagetik
You support Credit collection
You calculate the income taxes
You prepare the annual statutory accounts
You maintain regular contact with other departments (controlling, tax, treasury, corporate finance)
You collaborate with the auditor
You perform account reconciliations
You perform ad-hoc analysis on specific GL accounts.

The Responsibilities

You take ‘ownership’ of the assigned companies – managing from A to Z and perform skeptical analysis on final figures
You deliver reliable figures for statutory and group purposes
You support Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable department.

The Profile

Basic Requirements (Education, Level of Experience, Language)

Educated to graduate degree in accounting or to bachelor degree level in business management
Knowledge of general ledger accounting under BE GAAP/LUX GAAP/French GAAP/NL GAAP
Knowledge on Belgian VAT and income taxes
Experience in a similar function: 5 to 10 years
Language skills:
French environment
Good written and oral English language skills
(Basic) knowledge of Dutch language is a plus

Needed Knowledges (Technical knowledge required by the position)

Needed skills (Soft skills required by the position as People management, analytical skills, problem solving,...)

Quick learner
Autonomous / self-dependent
Analytical thinking
Managing own time effectively, handling multiple demands and able to meet deadlines
Confidentiality
Dynamic
Communicator
Proactive
Open to new ideas
Providing process and/or efficiency improvements.

The Team

The Accounting & Consolidation department is part of the Group Finance Team based in Belgium and has several responsibilities:

Act as a guardian for statutory accounting rules and procedures in Belgium, Luxemburg, France and The Netherlands, but also for the Group accounting rules applied for Group reporting
Serve as a reference for complex accounting matters
In charge of Group consolidation and statutory accounting in accordance with B-Gaap and Lux Gaap. The Accounting team currently manages more than 20 legal entities
Prepare the consolidated annual report
Maintain relationship with the external Group auditors
Administrator of our group consolidation system (Tagetik)
Interact on a regular basis with the other departments of the Group Finance team: Group Controlling, Group Corporate Finance & Tax, Group Treasury.

The Recruitment Process

If you apply for this great position, you could go through these different steps:

Olivia Braszko, our Talent Acquisition Lead will analyze your Résumé and cover letter
A first "Teams" interview will be scheduled with Olivia. You will take 2 personality questionnaires. Olivia will want to know more about you, as a person and as a professional. She will assess your motivations and will answer to your questions
You will have a second interview with Aurélie Mordant, the HRBP, and Kristof Pierlé, our Accounting & Consolidation Director
The last interview will be with Barbara Jonnart, our CFO.

Why Carmeuse?

We truly believe that where you work matters and, as a family business, we know what makes our employees happy!

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Requisition ID : 192486

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