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Join Our Finance Team in Brussels
Are you a detail-driven finance professional with a passion for accuracy and integrity Edelman Brussels is looking for a talented Accountant to play a key role within our dynamic Finance Team. Reporting directly to the Finance Director youll oversee general accounting and financial reporting for our Belgian entities (Edelman and A&R) ensuring full compliance with both US GAAP and Belgian GAAP this pivotal role youll uphold Edelmans high standards of quality ethics and professionalismwhile embracing our core values of integrity respect entrepreneurial spirit and mutual benefit.
Responsibilities include:
Accounting:
Supervision of all accounting processes such as:
Prepare all documents to be processed by shared services.
Prepare and/or process manual journals.
Review and approve payments of suppliers invoices and expenses notes.
Review regularly accruals to ensure full compliance with the Group policy.
Follow-up on accounts payables.
Act as expenses notes auditor.
Review and follow-up of Interco.
Work closely with the Business Manager for costs incurred on behalf of clients.
Support the Business Manager with monthly billing by ensuring accurate timely client contract set up data and analysis for the shared services billing team.
Coordinate the follow up of clients unpaid invoices
Closing & Reporting:
Support to the Finance Director during month end process:
Review actuals costs and compare with latest forecast.
Prepare the different Balance Sheet and P&L reports and analysis to be discussed with the FD before closing the month.
Provide commentaries on variances between actuals & forecasts.
Prepare the reconciliation of the balance sheets accounts.
Prepare annual statutory accounts and the related reconciliations to US GAAP each year (the Stat to GAAP rec)
Taxes:
Support to the Finance Director during month end process:
Review actuals costs and compare with latest forecast.
Prepare the different Balance Sheet and P&L reports and analysis to be discussed with the FD before closing the month.
Provide commentaries on variances between actuals & forecasts.
Prepare the reconciliation of the balance sheets accounts.
Prepare annual statutory accounts and the related reconciliations to US GAAP each year (the Stat to GAAP rec)
Other:
Provide- finance support & ad-hoc training to all staff.
Ensure proper transition to the new ERP software.
Ad-Hoc project as required by Belgium and Region Finance Leadership
Preferred knowledge & experience:
Bachelors in accounting (Belgian GAAP)
Proven experience with IFRS and US GAAP
Excellent knowledge of Belgian VAT and Belgian fiscality
Fluent in English and French.
Experience of accounting/financial management in the service industry.
We are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt perfectly align with every qualification we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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