Diligent Accountant for dynamic holding

Our client is a human-sized firm (+/- 20 staff) financial holding. They thrive on investing into a small number of businesses in order to fully engage with them and participate in their long-term development. To achieve this goal, they build ambitious and successful partnerships with the management teams of these organisations. They are located in the Louise area in Brussels. They are today looking to recruit a diligent Accountant who is seeking to onboard their exciting venture.

Purpose of the role

To handle daily accounting routine tasks, to prepare financial reporting, to handle salary-related follow up and to gradually be involved in company-wide projects. Reporting to the Finance Director.

Job Description:

General accounting  & cash management

• Maintenance of the chart of accounts
• Accounting of fixed assets
• Accounting of bank movements and reconciliation to the purchase and sales processes
• Accrual and accrual-reversal process
• Maintenance of the analytical dimension of the accounting (projects, nature of costs)
• Cash flow management of the entities, ensuring that the cash movements are monitored and that future cash needs are covered  

Accounts payables

• Full creation of suppliers in the software (Adfinity)
• Matching of the invoices to the ordered items
• Control of the invoices for compliance with legal obligations
• Scanning of the invoices for archiving, approval and accounting
• Interaction with the team to get the approval of the invoices
• Controlling of expense note (completeness of the supporting document, potential tax treatment)
• Scanning of the expense notes/invoices for archiving, approval and accounting
• Handling annual 281.50 sheets
• Handling monthly VAT reporting obligations and the process of foreign VAT recovery
• Providing regular payment reporting to the National Bank of Belgium

Accounts receivables

• Gathering the data to establish sales invoices
• Booking the invoices
• Following up on the payments

Salary administration

• Handling the invoices received from the social secretariat
• Reconciling the invoices to the accounting instructions received
• Reviewing the accounting instructions received to detect errors
• Ensuring that the data processed by the social secretariat reconciles with the books on a yearly basis (reconciliation of the books to statement 325.10).

Financial Reporting

• Establishment of annual accounts on a statutory basis for all companies
• Preparation of the Monthly statutory statement of the companies, along with their analytical review for sharing with the CFO and the highest level of management
• Preparation of the Monthly consolidated statement of the companies, inclusive of an analytical review, for sharing with the CFO and the Senior Leadership Team
• Preparation of a Monthly report tracking the various project costs, split by project, alongside a variance analysis to budget
• Preparation of cash-flow statements with an ex-post and an ex-ante approach
• Helping the team with the review of the Fund’s quarterly reporting and booking done by the Fund’s administrator  

Ad-hoc support of management companies of the members of the team

• Ensuring that all the documents are sent in time to the fiduciaries
• Ensuring that the fiduciaries have done their tasks on time
• Preparing sales invoices for Management Committees when they are the offset of the purchase of the structure

Profile:

• You hold a Bachelor in Accounting
• You have at least 3-5 years of experience acquired in a similar role
• You are fluent in French with a professional level of English (minimum B2)
• You have an excellent knowledge of Excel, including of the advanced functionalities (pivot tables, Vlook ups, etc.)
• You have an operational knowledge of an accounting package such as Adfinity or BOB
• You are extremely rigorous, precise with a strong eye for detail
• You are reliable and know how to meet deadlines
• You are autonomous, hands on and genuinely enjoy operational tasks while being able to handle a complex reporting and to see the big picture
• You are resourceful and proactive
• You are positive and team minded, with good interpersonal skills as you will be interacting closely with the whole Brussels team

Offer:

• A permanent, full time or 4/5th (80%) employment contract
• Starting date: ASAP!
• A competitive salary with fringe benefits including a company car or mobility plan, luncheon vouchers (€8,00), homeworking allowance (€134 net/month), reimbursement of home internet, group and health insurances, 26 holiday days (+ several days between Christmas & New Year), Homeworking schedule (up to 3 days/week), discretionary and company bonuses, cell phone, laptop, yearly teambuilding activities abroad
• Location: the company is located in the Louise area and is therefore reachable by public transport
• The opportunity to work in a fast paced, human-sized company with a flat hierarchy and a stimulating business culture!