Head of Accounting

Introduction

Financial Control & Accounting (FCA) is a part of Group Finance with the responsibility to secure that financial performance is correctly reflected for Business Areas, Truck Divisions, Group Functions and legal entities in the Volvo Group. FCA also provides global shared services through delivery centres in Accounting Services with quality-focused and process efficient service deliveries supporting local finance. We are approximately 1.400 FCA employees with a global footprint in 50+ countries. FCA is an innovative and transformative business providing professional expertise and financial value to the Volvo Group.

What You Will Do

The Head of FCA Belgium will represent FCA in the legal entities and take on the leadership of the FCA local finance and accounting department within Volvo Group Belgium nv. Today a team of 13 people manage all delivery within the Finance and Accounting area/processes. e.g. Purchase to Pay, Order to Cash and Record to Report (accounting and fixed assets and taxes). This is done for different legal entities. This role reports to the Director FCA Area Central Benelux Nordics.

Responsibilities

• manage the accounting staff in FCA Belgium and secure a solid cooperation with the global delivery centers
• steer the execution of the strategic objectives in FCA Belgium
• drive the daily control and monitoring within all relevant accounting processes
• manage the monthly closing process
• deliver the complete financial reporting in the group consolidation system and statutory reporting
• secure compliance with internal control objectives, local GAAPs and Financial Policies and Procedures
• guarantee tax and financial compliance
• coordinate the audits
• assist in projects
• secure the quality of deliveries to FCA partners
• represent FCA in the legal entity
• handle the financial and operational measurements in FCA governance model

Who are you?

• Master degree in Business, Finance and Accounting
• Experience and knowledge of Finance & Accounting operations – preferably min. 5 years
• experience as Chief Accountant is an advantage
• Experience in people management
• Ability to positively influence and generate respect/trust from staff and external contacts
• Proven ability to be the driver of the change
• Fluent Dutch and English is mandatory (written and spoken)
• Responsible, methodical and assertive
• Proactive, well organized, motivated, highly analytical
• Proficient in Microsoft Office

What’s in it for you?

At FCA we are actively working to establish teams that will take minimum advantage of the strength inherent in differences in knowledge, experience, age, gender and nationality, etc. We find that well balanced work teams increases group dynamics, creativity and new approaches to solutions.

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Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group . Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

Group Finance contributes to realizing the vision of the Volvo Group by developing and providing a wide range of expert services from financial planning to accounting, business controlling, M&As, financial reporting and investor relations. With Volvo Group Finance you will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who work with passion, trust each other and embrace change to stay ahead. We make our customers win.