Chief Accountant

The Chief Accountant will manage a team of 6 accountants (based locally & remote) and will be responsible for the A to Z Accounting for the Group.

Client Details

For one of our clients, a Belgian dynamic company active internationally in the chemical sector, we are currently looking for a Chief Accountant in order to support their development.

The company has 25 years of experience and is growing fast. Today, they count around 70 employees in 10 countries with a 200m€ revenue. In Belgium, their office count 15 people.

Their headquarters are located in the Flemish Brabant.

Description

Chief Accountant - Chemical sector - Flemish Brabant

As the Chief Accountant, you will manage a team of 6 accountants (based locally & remote) and will be responsible for the A to Z Accounting for the Group.

Your main tasks consist in :

• Managing the accounting team composed of 6 accountants (AP, AR, GL) based locally & internationally
• Supervising the A to Z accounting activities for the group
• Being in charge of the monthly closing activities for all the group entities (including the depreciations, provisions, salaries)
• Being responsible for the group consolidation in IFRS
• Preparing the financial statements
• Managing the local & internation VAT (import / export)
• Preparing the financial reports
• Being the point of contact for the external auditor
• Acting as Process Owner of the financial workflow and participating to the optimization of financial processes.

Profile

Chief Accountant - Chemical sector - Flemish Brabant

The ideal Chief Accountant will meet the following criteria:

• Holding a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Master's degree in Business / Management / Economics
• 5-10 years of accounting experience with international exposure (transfer pricing, import, export)
• Having a good knowledge of the BEGAAP and IFRS
• Having a first people management experience
• Being fluent in English with the knowledge of French and / or Dutch
• Having strong Excel skills. Knowledge of Power BI is a plus
• Being dynamic, loving challenges and willing to evolve in a fast-growing company
• Strong focus on the personality : problem solving mentality, taking initiatives, cooperating with others, proposing solutions for improvement.

Job Offer

Chief Accountant - Chemical sector - Flemish Brabant

Our clients offers a complete salary package in line with you experience :

• Competitive gross salary paid 13,92 months
• Company car & charging card
• Company bonus
• Performance bonus
• Group insurance
• Hospitalization insurance
• Meal vouchers
• Net allowances
• Eco vouchers
• Flexibility
• 25 days holiday
• Belgian company active internationally
• Fast growing group
• Ideal location (Flemish Brabant).

AKA Accounting Manager / Chief Accountant / Chef Comptable / Responsable Comptable / Responsable Comptabilité / Finance Manager / BEGAAP / BE GAAP / IFRS