
Accounting and Controlling - IC - E
- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
- Vast
- Voltijds
- Responsible for the detailed accounting of IT, legal and insurance expenses and accruals. Responsibility includes posting journal entries based on complete and accurate information per the month-end close timeframe, reconciling accounts, and performing analysis subsequently to maintain a complete and accurate general ledger.
- Analyze, compile and verify financial information and create financial reports and accounting statements so that the extended leadership team has accurate and timely information for making financial decisions.
- Be the subject matter expert in the accounting areas owned, being able to analyze and respond to questions, act as a point of contact, and work with functional or operational stakeholders to help with development of budgets, understanding of financial reports, and management of their financial responsibilities.
- Proactively support in covering all compliance requirements, i.e. Sox, tax, statutory and statistical filings and audits.
- Support internal & external audits and inquiries.
- Ensure mastering of systems and processes are complete, responsible for ledgers involving multiple countries and / or stakeholders.
- Support the team by identifying and communicating issues, with recommended process improvements, where possible.
- Identify and complete process improvement projects (including completion of existing projects and working through new projects).
- Provide oversight of other accountants on routine, non-complex tasks.
- Mentor and coach team members with onboarding and continuous development.
- Broad Job Knowledge (3 - 5 years)
- Bachelor degree: Accounting, Finance degree and/or Specialized Certification, such as CIMA, ACCA, CRA or CPA
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong work ethic; self-directed and resourceful
- Solution oriented and result driven
- Proactive, flexible and capable of working independently as well as working in a team
- Good communication and analytical skills
- Ability to multi-task & flexible attitude
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Systems: ERP, Microsoft Applications & Excel