Role reports to: Director Finance
Directly reporting to this role: N/A
Purpose
The Assistant Controller handles all accounting activities to support preparation of operating budgets and financial reporting. The insight that is provided to the business helps them to run a healthy and growing organization.
Activities and responsibilities
- Timely implementation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, including the associated reporting within the organization
- Qualitative control of financial transactions within the accounting periods
- Determination and booking of incidental business transactions, as well as the creation of provisions
- Account reconciliation in the general ledger versus sub-ledger
- Coordination and preparation of the annual financial statements with external partners/auditors/tax consultants
- Work with HR on payroll related topics (including assistance with journal entries)
- Determination of corporate taxes for the formation of provisions
- Coordination and preparation of corporate tax returns with internal and external partners/tax advisors
- Monitoring and preparation of periodic VAT returns and other reports
- Active monitoring of the cash flow
- Cross-departmental project work for process optimization
- Be the contact person for local audit and tax consultants
- Business partner for internal and external clients
Job requirements
- Completed business studies with a focus on finance or relevant work experience
- 3-4 years of practical experience in the field of financial accounting including knowledge in the field of controlling
- Solid expertise in MS Excel and knowledge of MS Office, preferably knowledge of SAP,
- Good planning and organisational skills
- Independent and ability to work in a team
- Flexible, resilient and result-oriented
- Ability to achieve results in a fast-paced, changing, highly demanding environment
- Good written and verbal communication skills (English and the country located)
- Hands on attitude (from opening the mail to manage an audit)
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