Your Role in Our Story:
As a young and fast-evolving company, we are dedicated to continuous improvement and efficiency in our processes. This exciting period of transformation offers a unique opportunity for you to contribute to and shape our evolving financial structures. As a Senior Accountant you become a vital member of our Group Control Finance Team. You will oversee complex accounting tasks at a group level while providing guidance and mentorship to junior staff.
Our diverse, international team comprises a finance director, a finance manager, three FP&A colleagues, three financial controllers, and two accountants. Reporting directly to the finance manager, you will handle accounts payable, intercompany transactions, and a variety of group-related accounting topics and automations. You will collaborate closely with our financial controllers, accountants, and the broader operations and Business Support departments across the group. In essence, your role involves:
- Leadership and Supervision: Oversee the work of junior accountants, providing mentorship and support. Review reconciliations, and reports prepared by junior staff.
- Complex Accounting Tasks: Manage month-end and year-end closing processes: prepare complex balance sheet reconciliations, i.e. account 2950, and reconcile debit and credit cards
- Financial Analysis: Conduct detailed financial analysis to support strategic decision-making: Vendor and Customer ledger analysis. Provide insights and recommendations based on financial data analysis.
- Audit Preparation: Assist with internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and information. Address audit findings and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to all relevant accounting standards and regulatory requirements. Stay updated on changes in accounting regulations and implement necessary adjustments.
- Project Management: Lead and manage special accounting projects and initiatives. Ensure timely completion and successful implementation of projects.
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Assist in the maintenance and development of annual budgets: updating PO Budget information for each budgeting cycle & link PO Budgets and perform analysis on gaps in linking. Contribute to budgeting and forecasting with financial insights from your experience in working with our financial accounting data.
Your Expertise:
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following qualifications and attributes:
- Over 2 years of comprehensive experience in accounting functions within an international company in the Netherlands, with group-level accounting as a plus.
- Proven track record of handling complex accounting tasks.
- Advanced knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and regulations.
- Strong leadership and supervisory skills.
- Proficiency in accounting software and ERP systems.
- Consistent high performance in current accounting role.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and projects effectively.
If you meet these criteria and are ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply.
What We Do
ACT is the world’s leading provider of market-based sustainability solutions. As enablers of the global energy transition, ACT helps organizations hit their climate targets, no matter how ambitious. Since 2009, ACT has become a trusted brand in high-impact climate projects, green electricity markets, renewable energies and energy efficiency, emission allowances and carbon offsets. With a growing portfolio of over 70 products in 40 plus countries, ACT’s consultants in Amsterdam, Shanghai, New York and Paris deliver bespoke solutions backed up by unparalleled market knowledge. ACT builds its relationships on trust and fosters an entrepreneurial environment. In shaping environmental markets, ACT enables its partners to pursue sustainable futures.
