GL Accountant /Financial Accountant

In this GL Accountant role you will be part of the EMEA Shared Service Centre based in Amersfoort, next to the trainstation. You will be part of a multicultural environment that is very dynamic and gives a lot of responsibility to their employees.

As a GL Accountant in this retail company you will be responsible for:

• Responsible for all month end activities and month end journal entries for assigned entities maintained by the SSC.
• Maintains a month end checklist and accurately records monthly accruals and prepayments.
• Assists in consolidation actuals in the corporate books.
• Assists with the chart of accounts maintenance; change/delete/add accounts in SAP.
• Assists in calculating allocation of group costs and generates appropriate journals and invoices to ensure allocations to the correct cost centers take place.
• Ensures consistency and completeness of data transfers between sub-ledgers and General Ledger.
• Reviews inter-company accounts, involving communication with other business locations worldwide.
• Ensures that all GL accounts are reconciled in a timely manner.
• Manages fixed assets master data; new assets creation, disposals, depreciation, reconciliation of fixed assets to the general ledger, etc.
• Enhances existing processes and helps his/her manager to develop continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the most efficient completion of duties.
• Additional requirements and ad hoc requests.

Skills and education

• Fluent English skills (also preferably one another EU language; French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch)
• MBO / Middle professional Education
• 1+ years of professional experience in SSC GL Functions

• ERP system experience (preferably SAP)
• Ability to work well in a team
• Ability to see opportunities for process improvements

• Ability to have a good business understanding.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced Excel

Are you interested? Please let me know by applying!