Senior Accountant Finnish speaker

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Senior accountant - Finland operation

Based in Hoofddorp the Netherlands. We are looking for a candidate who is Finnish speaker.

Applied Materials is the world leader in the development manufacturing and sale of high technology equipment in the fields of semiconductors flat panel displays and solar photovoltaic products.

A multinational group of around 34000 employees in 24 countries our Finnish entity is made up of more than 170 employees mainly located in Helsinki area (Masala and Espoo).

Our group is driven by the key values of commitment trust and respect to meet the technical expectations of our customers and make the technologies of tomorrow possible.

We are hiring a Senior Accountant that will report to the Finance Manager. The Senior Accountant will be located either at the European headquarters of Applied in the Netherlands.

The Senior Accountant will maintain good record of accountancy for our Finnish entity (70% of FTE) and will work closely with our external payroll provider to coordinate and control payroll (30% of FTE).

Role and responsibilities:

Accountancy:

• Performs monthly quarterly close activities under US GAAP reporting requirements.
• Supports the financial statement consolidation activities of some companies controlled by the Finnish parent company.
• Prepares and inputs journal entries and assigns accounting classifications to various records and transactions within established procedures and policy.
• Prepares or assists with tax filings government information reports and management information reports (VAT Income tax wage tax statistical info. grants R&D tax credit ).
• Regular communication and coordination with other Applied teams (R2R/P2P/O2C) to insure proper accounting process and documentation.
• Cooperate as and when necessary with the external auditors in the context of the annual audit of the Finnish GAAP (statutory) accounts.
• Assist Finance Manager with any matter related to statutory audits e.g. income tax value added tax social charges and other similar.

Payroll:

• Compile and prepare the data file to be sent to the Local payroll provider.
• Follow-up and control of the payroll files prepared by the provider.
• Main point of contact with the payroll provider.
• Where applicable point of contact for any questions from local employees in coordination with HR.
• Possible to act as back up in ensuring proper administration of time and absence (T&A) in Workday.
• When needed ensure alignment of HRIS (Workday) with local requirements.

Project-basis:

• Ad-hoc project management depending on local priorities.

You will work in partnership with the local Finance Manager HR BU Finance Controllers and various teams in Corporate Finance.

Your profile:

• Holder of a bachelors or masters degree in finance / accountancy / Audit.
• Hands-on experience in Accountancy and (Finnish) Payroll Management concepts.
• Native Finnish or equivalent.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong skills in Excel and PPT.
• SAP and Netsuite ERP knowledge is a plus.
• Workday knowledge is a plus
• Agility curiosity open-mindedness. Can-do attitude capacity to drive change.
• Strong interpersonal and customer relationship skills. Possesses the ability to work as an integral part of a geographically and culturally diverse team.

What we offer:

Our compensation package is composed as follows:

• Base salary.
• Performance bonus targeted at 10% of the base salary.
• Possibility to participate in our Stock program plan.
• Private pension.

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Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin citizenship ancestry religion creed sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability veteran or military status or any other basis prohibited by law.