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Provide high quality financial accounting & reporting shared services to responsible companies in accordance with Group Finance policies and standards.
Month End Close & reporting:
o Manage month end / year end close activities and timetable for all responsible companies.
o Preparation of responsible reconciliations for approval.
o Preparations and review of responsible reconciliations
o Review of fixed assets balance sheet control account reconciliation.
o Maintain integrity of assets in fixed assets register.
o Manage physical inventory of assets.
o Create new assets in fixed assets register.
o Run monthly depreciation routine.
o Prepare and maintain IFRS16 accounting for leases.
o Prepare budget and forecast information.
Financial Governance:
o Maintain accounting and reporting procedures in accordance with Finance policy and procedures.
o Prepare local accounts filing and disclosures in accordance with Belgian GAAP.
o Maintain accounting and reporting procedures in accordance with Regional office and Head office finance reporting standards and timetable.
o Ensure transactions on hold / incomplete and open PO / Requisitions are being completed in a timely fashion.
o Maintain accurate VAT and TAX records, work closely with External consultant to ensure compliance
o Maintain Government records and ensure compliance with local regulations.
Statutory Accounts:
o Prepare corporate tax information.
o Prepare and provide information for external auditor as and when required.
Management Accounts:
o Produce management accounts reports for review and approval of Senior Manager Corporate Accounting.
o Ensure up to date analysis maintained for key general ledger profit and loss accounts.
o Review of GL coding of all purchase transactions to ensure consistent with budgets and that they are correctly allocated.
General Ledger:
o Calculation of monthly accruals and account reconciliation.
o Maintain transaction integrity between general ledger and subledger modules.
o Manage periods in general ledger and sub ledger modules.
o Run foreign currency revaluation routine in general ledger and post after approval by Corporate Accounting Manager.
o Review of general ledger journal postings.
o Prepare monthly salary GL journal posting.
o Prepare monthly salary control account reconciliation.
Accounts Payable:
o Prepare reconciliation of accounts payable control account
o Post purchase invoices and prepare payment run
o Review and approval of customer and supplier changes
o Ensure compliance to purchasing policy.
o Maintaining good external vendor and internal purchaser relations through prompt response to accounts payable enquiries.
o Maintaining accounts payables records and files.
o Review of Supplier reconciliations, not limited to but including Month End reconciliations.
o Maintain integrity between general ledger and accounts payable.
o Set up of manual payments through Internet Banking.
o Reconciling corporate credit card expense accounts in line with approved employment expense claims received
Accounts Receivable:
o Prepare reconciliation of accounts receivable control account
o Raise Sales invoices Monthly Maintaining good external and internal customer relations through prompt response to Accounts Receivable enquiries.
o Customer account reconciliations, not limited to but including month/year end reconciliations.
o Identify required changes to Sales Invoice and Credit note templates
Cash Management:
o Prepare bank account reconciliations.
o Maintain bank account signatory list and update as necessary.
o Approval of banking instructions.
o Manage Cashflow
VAT:
o Preparation of the VAT Returns for review and approval by Senior Manager Corporate Accounting.
Other:
o Support Group Finance special projects as needed.
o Administration and maintenance of accounting and financial reporting archive records.
o Where required liaison with external parties to ensure data received timely and efficiently.
o Provide cover for other roles when required.
Location
London, Canary Wharf Office.
Quarterly travel to Belgium branch - whilst in handover stage will be more frequent
Breadth & range of responsibilities
o Corporate accounts Company responsibility scope for 5 companies across Europe
Skills, Qualifications and Expertise
• CIMA / ACCA / ACA final stages / Qualified or overseas equivalent.
Knowledge of Belgian GAAP (BE GAAP)
o Familiarity with the Belgian Chart of Accounts (PCMN)
o Understanding of VAT rules, statutory reporting, and tax compliance in Belgium
• Understanding of UK GAAP / IFRS o Sound accounting technical knowledge, including basic understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP financial reporting standards.
o Experience with FRS 102 and international consolidation
• VAT & Tax Compliance o Knowledge of Belgian VAT rates, filing deadlines, and cross-border tax implications
o Experience with EU intra-community transactions
• Language Proficiency
French or Dutch (preferred for Belgian communication)
Strong English for UK operations
• International Reporting Experience
o Experience working with multinational teams or foreign subsidiaries
